Chris Boardman
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I don't know who put him up as a spokesman for cycling but I'm glad they did.
The man talks so much sense.
(Funny I always had the impression he hated cycling but had found himself to be very good at it)
The man talks so much sense.
(Funny I always had the impression he hated cycling but had found himself to be very good at it)
“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
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Context? What's he been on now? Did he say something like "it's not about where we are it's where want to be" and then suggest that helmets aren't the panacea that people seem to imagine? I hope so. I like him when he does that.0
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CiB wrote:Context? What's he been on now? Did he say something like "it's not about where we are it's where want to be" and then suggest that helmets aren't the panacea that people seem to imagine? I hope so. I like him when he does that.
The BBC2 lunchtime politics thingy.
You read the script yeah?
Coming very much from the angle that our transport system bares part of the responsibility for the number of fat people we have.“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0
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TailWindHome wrote:the number of fat people we have.
And yet, weirdly, when he does his talk to camera whilst riding a bike along the finishing straight of a TdF stage on ITV4, he looks just like any other fat-ish dad out on their road bike unwisely poured into a lycra bag. I find it really difficult to reconcile how he looks now with his accomplishments on a bike.
Oh well. Not everyone can look like Adonis preserved in aspic, like wot I can, I suppose.0 -
Greg66 Tri v2.0 wrote:TailWindHome wrote:the number of fat people we have.
And yet, weirdly, when he does his talk to camera whilst riding a bike along the finishing straight of a TdF stage on ITV4, he looks just like any other fat-ish dad out on their road bike unwisely poured into a lycra bag. I find it really difficult to reconcile how he looks now with his accomplishments on a bike.
Oh well. Not everyone can look like Adonis preserved in aspic, like wot I can, I suppose.
I'll tell him you said he looks like a fat-ish Dad - I'm seeing him tomorrow
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msmancunia wrote:Greg66 Tri v2.0 wrote:TailWindHome wrote:the number of fat people we have.
And yet, weirdly, when he does his talk to camera whilst riding a bike along the finishing straight of a TdF stage on ITV4, he looks just like any other fat-ish dad out on their road bike unwisely poured into a lycra bag. I find it really difficult to reconcile how he looks now with his accomplishments on a bike.
Oh well. Not everyone can look like Adonis preserved in aspic, like wot I can, I suppose.
I'll tell him you said he looks like a fat-ish Dad - I'm seeing him tomorrow
Really? Perhaps you could ask him to check his private messages on Slowtwitch!0 -
He does look like a normal bloke on a bike these days, but the bits when both he and Ned Boulting are riding together are a good laugh. Chris is a bloke on a bike he still seems able to shift faster than most of us.
I think he's brilliant on cycling advocacy and really hope the government follow the recommendation to appoint a cycling champion and the first one is Chris Boardman.0 -
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/cy ... 747182.ece was more of his sense, the other day.0
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He is, quite simply, the Boss.
His cycling achievements, his tv punditry, his common sense views.
And he just seems like a top fella to chat/ride/drink with.
(You can tell him I said that too msancunia!)0 -
Greg66 Tri v2.0 wrote:TailWindHome wrote:the number of fat people we have.
And yet, weirdly, when he does his talk to camera whilst riding a bike along the finishing straight of a TdF stage on ITV4, he looks just like any other fat-ish dad out on their road bike unwisely poured into a lycra bag. I find it really difficult to reconcile how he looks now with his accomplishments on a bike.
Oh well. Not everyone can look like Adonis preserved in aspic, like wot I can, I suppose.
Seen Lemond or Roche recently?
Kelly however still looks as if he put the pain on.“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
TailWindHome wrote:
Ahh, sunshine on Wekka - schoolboy reverie... 8)0 -
TailWindHome wrote:Greg66 Tri v2.0 wrote:TailWindHome wrote:the number of fat people we have.
And yet, weirdly, when he does his talk to camera whilst riding a bike along the finishing straight of a TdF stage on ITV4, he looks just like any other fat-ish dad out on their road bike unwisely poured into a lycra bag. I find it really difficult to reconcile how he looks now with his accomplishments on a bike.
Oh well. Not everyone can look like Adonis preserved in aspic, like wot I can, I suppose.
Seen Lemond or Roche recently?
Kelly however still looks as if he put the pain on.
Not just me then, I recon he would eat most people for breakfast!Pain hurts much less if its topped off with beating your mates to top of a climb.0 -
Greg66 Tri v2.0 wrote:Oh well. Not everyone can look like Adonis preserved in aspic, like wot I can, I suppose.
That made me really chuckle, cheers for that Mr 66 and also a cheeky 
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