I have become a stereotype............but
seataltea
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I ride a variety of bikes, for commuting and often for many miles to get out of the house.
I am middle aged.
I am a what the Daily Fail considers a 'professional'.
I am not an architect but have a couple of SAABs.
I have facial hair.
I wear sandals every day but not socks.
I prefer shorts, long trousers are for work
I like Sweden, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
I ski every year in an upmarket location.
France is my preferred holiday location.
however
Within the last month I have hit someone in the face so hard they fell to the floor.
I have considered skunk, coke and cheap sex.
I have considered that amphet will help me ride really quickly.
Falling Down looks like a biopic.
Drowning Pool Let The Bodies Hit The Floor is a catchy tune.
Huge uni bills are on the horizon.
Doing a 'Beaumont' has appeal.
Right time for bed, got to ride to work at 6am
I am middle aged.
I am a what the Daily Fail considers a 'professional'.
I am not an architect but have a couple of SAABs.
I have facial hair.
I wear sandals every day but not socks.
I prefer shorts, long trousers are for work
I like Sweden, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
I ski every year in an upmarket location.
France is my preferred holiday location.
however
Within the last month I have hit someone in the face so hard they fell to the floor.
I have considered skunk, coke and cheap sex.
I have considered that amphet will help me ride really quickly.
Falling Down looks like a biopic.
Drowning Pool Let The Bodies Hit The Floor is a catchy tune.
Huge uni bills are on the horizon.
Doing a 'Beaumont' has appeal.
Right time for bed, got to ride to work at 6am
'nulla tenaci invia est via'
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I am not looking forward to the andropause
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What's a Beaumont?0
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Zachariah wrote:What's a Beaumont?
Mark Beaumont went on a record breaking cycle tour trip with the aim of hitting someone so hard in the face that they fall to the floor, and having cheap sex on coke (not with the same person) in at least 4 antipodal locations around the world all while wearing the same white shirt, tie and black trousers. His only baggage a pannier and a shotgun.
Seriously though: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUscTep9lbM&NR=1 An inspirational chap. Would recommend watching both his series, The Man Who Cycled The World and The Man Who Cycled The Americas. Not on iPlayer any more, but its "around".0 -
I quote right back at you dude "nulla tenaci invia est via'"
Perversely (apart from the Saabs, the shorts and the sandals) we're pretty much of a place.FCN 5 belt driven fixie for city bits
CAADX 105 beastie for bumpy bits
Litespeed L3 for Strava bits
Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast.0 -
well, I am:
middle aged
married
semi-detached house,
2 children
professional job
holiday in france
ski
but:
vegetarian
agnostic
no car (can drive though)
'greenie'
socialist/labour tendencies0 -
Within the last month I have hit someone in the face so hard they fell to the floor.
Please tell more about this, there must be a good story to it.0 -
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I'm spartacus!Hat + Beard0
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notsoblue wrote:Zachariah wrote:What's a Beaumont?
Mark Beaumont went on a record breaking cycle tour trip with the aim of hitting someone so hard in the face that they fall to the floor, and having cheap sex on coke (not with the same person) in at least 4 antipodal locations around the world all while wearing the same white shirt, tie and black trousers. His only baggage a pannier and a shotgun.
Seriously though: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUscTep9lbM&NR=1 An inspirational chap. Would recommend watching both his series, The Man Who Cycled The World and The Man Who Cycled The Americas. Not on iPlayer any more, but its "around".
this chap did a beaumont and smashed his record. as far as i can see, the only reason he did it is because he thinks beaumont of an arrogant @rse
http://thisisnotforcharity.blogspot.com ... w-for.html0 -
Alphabet wrote:notsoblue wrote:Zachariah wrote:What's a Beaumont?
Mark Beaumont went on a record breaking cycle tour trip with the aim of hitting someone so hard in the face that they fall to the floor, and having cheap sex on coke (not with the same person) in at least 4 antipodal locations around the world all while wearing the same white shirt, tie and black trousers. His only baggage a pannier and a shotgun.
Seriously though: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUscTep9lbM&NR=1 An inspirational chap. Would recommend watching both his series, The Man Who Cycled The World and The Man Who Cycled The Americas. Not on iPlayer any more, but its "around".
this chap did a beaumont and smashed his record. as far as i can see, the only reason he did it is because he thinks beaumont of an arrogant @rse
http://thisisnotforcharity.blogspot.com ... w-for.html
Wow, he seems incredibly petty for someone that's achieved something so impressive :shock:0 -
dhope wrote:Wow, he seems incredibly petty for someone that's achieved something so impressive :shock:
yeah, i can kind of see where he's coming from on some of it, but he generally comes across as an angsty politics student. i enjoyed beaumont's tv programmes, but he is a bit stuck up his own bumhole with it all. motivational speakers are all w@nkers IMHO0 -
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Alphabet wrote:notsoblue wrote:Zachariah wrote:What's a Beaumont?
Mark Beaumont went on a record breaking cycle tour trip with the aim of hitting someone so hard in the face that they fall to the floor, and having cheap sex on coke (not with the same person) in at least 4 antipodal locations around the world all while wearing the same white shirt, tie and black trousers. His only baggage a pannier and a shotgun.
Seriously though: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUscTep9lbM&NR=1 An inspirational chap. Would recommend watching both his series, The Man Who Cycled The World and The Man Who Cycled The Americas. Not on iPlayer any more, but its "around".
this chap did a beaumont and smashed his record. as far as i can see, the only reason he did it is because he thinks beaumont of an arrogant @rse
http://thisisnotforcharity.blogspot.com ... w-for.html
That blog really reflects so much worse on the writer than it's intended target.Not climber, not sprinter, not rouleur0 -
Stuey01 wrote:Alphabet wrote:notsoblue wrote:Zachariah wrote:What's a Beaumont?
Mark Beaumont went on a record breaking cycle tour trip with the aim of hitting someone so hard in the face that they fall to the floor, and having cheap sex on coke (not with the same person) in at least 4 antipodal locations around the world all while wearing the same white shirt, tie and black trousers. His only baggage a pannier and a shotgun.
Seriously though: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUscTep9lbM&NR=1 An inspirational chap. Would recommend watching both his series, The Man Who Cycled The World and The Man Who Cycled The Americas. Not on iPlayer any more, but its "around".
this chap did a beaumont and smashed his record. as far as i can see, the only reason he did it is because he thinks beaumont of an arrogant @rse
http://thisisnotforcharity.blogspot.com ... w-for.html
That blog really reflects so much worse on the writer than it's intended target.
Strange that someone who has cycled round the world still needs to get a life - I wonder why he actually did it - at least with Beaumont there was proof and I can think of a lot of charities who would be grateful for £20,0000 -
I believe Julian Sayerer (he of the massive shoulder chip above) did not get the record ratified. However, Vin Cox did this year. Well done Mr C.seataltea wrote:some bollocksAspire not to have more, but to be more.0
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Simon E wrote:I believe Julian Sayerer (he of the massive shoulder chip above) did not get the record ratified. However, Vin Cox did this year. Well done Mr C.seataltea wrote:some bollocks
i think he did get the record, but then was promptly trumped by Cox, which is fairly amusing0 -
Alphabet wrote:Simon E wrote:I believe Julian Sayerer (he of the massive shoulder chip above) did not get the record ratified. However, Vin Cox did this year. Well done Mr C.seataltea wrote:some bollocks
i think he did get the record, but then was promptly trumped by Cox, which is fairly amusing
If you have a look in his blog, there's the picture of the certificate from Guinness with his name on it, so it does look like he got it. He was at 169 days, Vin Cox at 164.
However, there's some talk of a fellow called Alan Bate doing it in something crazy like 113 days...0