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It really is

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  • MattFalleMattFalle Posts: 11,644
    2 1/4 big ones to ride around the Isle of Wight with Wiggins?

    Bucket list location?

    Eh? Seriously?
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • thistle_thistle_ Posts: 6,978
    Waitlist?
    Did they run out of pixels for the 'ing'
  • lesfirthlesfirth Posts: 1,381
    What has this got to do with Golf?
  • ugo.santaluciaugo.santalucia Posts: 28,031
    lesfirth said:

    What has this got to do with Golf?

    I guess I have always associated a certain high life style with golf…

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  • MattFalleMattFalle Posts: 11,644
    ugo.santalucia said:

    lesfirth said:

    What has this got to do with Golf?

    I guess I have always associated a certain high life style with golf…

    no - you have mixed that up with apirations of grandeur and business sense.

    taxi drivers and squaddies play a lot if golf and thats not exactly a high lifestyle.

    this is pandering to the new breed of cyclust who have bought inro the lifestyle.
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • focuszing723focuszing723 Posts: 7,004
    Apparently when you've finished the tour you receive total consciousness.

  • imposter2.0imposter2.0 Posts: 12,015
    Disappointed - I was expecting to read about a new VW...
  • lesfirthlesfirth Posts: 1,381
    MattFalle said:

    ugo.santalucia said:

    lesfirth said:

    What has this got to do with Golf?

    I guess I have always associated a certain high life style with golf…

    no - you have mixed that up with apirations of grandeur and business sense.

    taxi drivers and squaddies play a lot if golf and thats not exactly a high lifestyle.

    this is pandering to the new breed of cyclust who have bought inro the lifestyle.
    Well ,that makes a change. A sensible post from MF. :D
  • kingstongrahamkingstongraham Posts: 25,862
    MattFalle said:

    ugo.santalucia said:

    lesfirth said:

    What has this got to do with Golf?

    I guess I have always associated a certain high life style with golf…

    no - you have mixed that up with apirations of grandeur and business sense.

    taxi drivers and squaddies play a lot if golf and thats not exactly a high lifestyle.

    this is pandering to the new breed of cyclust who have bought inro the lifestyle.
    On the other hand... it's a lot like this.

    https://www.legendstour.com/alliance
  • ugo.santaluciaugo.santalucia Posts: 28,031
    Why would I want to ride with a plump retired pro? I bet I’d have to wait for Wiggins if the road goes up… he’s so damn fat these days
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  • MattFalleMattFalle Posts: 11,644
    kingstongraham said:

    MattFalle said:

    ugo.santalucia said:

    lesfirth said:

    What has this got to do with Golf?

    I guess I have always associated a certain high life style with golf…

    no - you have mixed that up with apirations of grandeur and business sense.

    taxi drivers and squaddies play a lot if golf and thats not exactly a high lifestyle.

    this is pandering to the new breed of cyclust who have bought inro the lifestyle.
    On the other hand... it's a lot like this.

    https://www.legendstour.com/alliance
    well obviously its the same business model onnit.
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • focuszing723focuszing723 Posts: 7,004
    ugo.santalucia said:

    Why would I want to ride with a plump retired pro? I bet I’d have to wait for Wiggins if the road goes up… he’s so damn fat these days

    Ouch!
  • de_sistide_sisti Posts: 1,283
    MattFalle said:

    2 1/4 big ones to ride around the Isle of Wight with Wiggins?

    Bucket list location?

    Eh? Seriously?

    Some club members and I did the Isle of Wight for a fraction of that price. :D
  • ugo.santaluciaugo.santalucia Posts: 28,031
    focuszing723 said:

    ugo.santalucia said:

    Why would I want to ride with a plump retired pro? I bet I’d have to wait for Wiggins if the road goes up… he’s so damn fat these days

    Ouch!
    Some retired PROs look after themselves and they are still decent in their 40s and 50s, but Wiggins looks like what? 90kg? Combine that with deteriorated power output and it's very likely he can't keep up going uphill. If in his heydays his FTP was 6 W/kg or thereabout, now it's probably less than 4...
    Why would I want to pay to ride with him?
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  • MattFalleMattFalle Posts: 11,644
    ugo.santalucia said:

    focuszing723 said:

    ugo.santalucia said:

    Why would I want to ride with a plump retired pro? I bet I’d have to wait for Wiggins if the road goes up… he’s so damn fat these days

    Ouch!
    Some retired PROs look after themselves and they are still decent in their 40s and 50s, but Wiggins looks like what? 90kg? Combine that with deteriorated power output and it's very likely he can't keep up going uphill. If in his heydays his FTP was 6 W/kg or thereabout, now it's probably less than 4...
    Why would I want to pay to ride with him?
    tbh, he doesn't care - he's getting paid, what, £20k? - to ride really slowly with some, admittedly unbearingly boring sycophantic clubbies for 6 hours, have some really nice food, get drunk and boost his own ego.

    Going fast is the least of his worries.
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • ugo.santaluciaugo.santalucia Posts: 28,031
    MattFalle said:

    ugo.santalucia said:

    focuszing723 said:

    ugo.santalucia said:

    Why would I want to ride with a plump retired pro? I bet I’d have to wait for Wiggins if the road goes up… he’s so damn fat these days

    Ouch!
    Some retired PROs look after themselves and they are still decent in their 40s and 50s, but Wiggins looks like what? 90kg? Combine that with deteriorated power output and it's very likely he can't keep up going uphill. If in his heydays his FTP was 6 W/kg or thereabout, now it's probably less than 4...
    Why would I want to pay to ride with him?
    tbh, he doesn't care - he's getting paid, what, £20k? - to ride really slowly with some, admittedly unbearingly boring sycophantic clubbies for 6 hours, have some really nice food, get drunk and boost his own ego.

    Going fast is the least of his worries.
    True…
    Anyway, it’s probably sour grapes as I am sure if MF paid for me to go, I’d probably have a good time… I like cycling and I like food

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  • kingstongrahamkingstongraham Posts: 25,862
    This is a much cheaper way to waste your money: https://www.cameo.com/philippegilbert
  • pblakeneypblakeney Posts: 24,654
    ugo.santalucia said:

    focuszing723 said:

    ugo.santalucia said:

    Why would I want to ride with a plump retired pro? I bet I’d have to wait for Wiggins if the road goes up… he’s so damn fat these days

    Ouch!
    Some retired PROs look after themselves and they are still decent in their 40s and 50s, but Wiggins looks like what? 90kg? Combine that with deteriorated power output and it's very likely he can't keep up going uphill. If in his heydays his FTP was 6 W/kg or thereabout, now it's probably less than 4...
    Why would I want to pay to ride with him?
    Cos if he was still 6 W/kg you wouldn't be able to keep up. 😉
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • DeVlaeminckDeVlaeminck Posts: 8,687


    A bit unfair saying he doesn't look after himself - most blokes his age would settle for that - admittedly he's probably a couple of stone plus over race weight but my money would still be on Wiggins against us over a lap if the Isle of Wight.
    [Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]
  • focuszing723focuszing723 Posts: 7,004
    edited December 2021
    ID.3
  • MattFalleMattFalle Posts: 11,644
    Tbf as well, although the food does lovely, there doesn't seem to be a lot of it.

    i reckon you'd get back starving, shower, dress uncomfortably for dinner because you'd have to, few glasses of bubbly, get hungry squiffy and a bit cold as you do, guzzle dinner then have to send someone out for a bag of chips and a few lines.



    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • joe2019joe2019 Posts: 1,338
    ugo.santalucia said:

    focuszing723 said:

    ugo.santalucia said:

    Why would I want to ride with a plump retired pro? I bet I’d have to wait for Wiggins if the road goes up… he’s so damn fat these days

    Ouch!
    Some retired PROs look after themselves and they are still decent in their 40s and 50s, but Wiggins looks like what? 90kg? Combine that with deteriorated power output and it's very likely he can't keep up going uphill. If in his heydays his FTP was 6 W/kg or thereabout, now it's probably less than 4...
    Why would I want to pay to ride with him?

    So you could show him how to ride uphill.







  • imposter2.0imposter2.0 Posts: 12,015
    ugo.santalucia said:

    Why would I want to ride with a plump retired pro? I bet I’d have to wait for Wiggins if the road goes up… he’s so damn fat these days

    Post a picture of yourself, for comparison...
  • ugo.santaluciaugo.santalucia Posts: 28,031
    DeVlaeminck said:



    A bit unfair saying he doesn't look after himself - most blokes his age would settle for that - admittedly he's probably a couple of stone plus over race weight but my money would still be on Wiggins against us over a lap if the Isle of Wight.

    At 6’3” with that build, he’s probably not far off 100 kg… I am sure he is still fast, on a flat road…

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  • pblakeneypblakeney Posts: 24,654
    Maybe that's why Isle of Wight was chosen, no major climbs. 😉
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • diplodicusdiplodicus Posts: 709
    Or ride round the New Forest with Jens Voigt for roughly £60. Fun day out but no fancy dinner :D

    http://www.shutuplegscharityride.com/
  • ugo.santaluciaugo.santalucia Posts: 28,031
    imposter2.0 said:



    Post a picture of yourself, for comparison...

    I looked hard but couldn't find any with a bare chest in the sun... but here's how 65kg look like... ;)


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  • orraloonorraloon Posts: 12,320
    What I have learned today: that Bradley Wiggins is 6'3". Had not realised that.
  • dabberdabber Posts: 1,917
    edited December 2021
    I suspect that Bradley might be more than capable of putting most (all?) of the BR posters to shame even at his current weight.
    David Moncoutie (aged 46) recently rode through the area of France in which we have a house and demolished all of the KOMs, not just by a few seconds but by massive amounts.
    These guys are usually in a totally different league to most of us even when they age a bit.
    “You may think that; I couldn’t possibly comment!”

    Wilier Cento Uno SR/Wilier Mortirolo/Specialized Roubaix Comp/Kona Hei Hei/Calibre Bossnut
  • ugo.santaluciaugo.santalucia Posts: 28,031
    dabber said:

    I suspect that Bradley might be more than capable of putting most (all?) of the BR posters to shame even at his current weight.
    David Moncoutie (aged 46) recently rode through the area of France in which we have a house and demolished all of the KOMs, not just by a few seconds but by massive amounts.
    These guys are usually in a totally different league to most of us even when they age a bit.

    Yes, but Wiggins wasn’t a natural climber… he had to get thin beyond belief to be able to stay with the best. He was 70 kg in 2012, he’s now over 90 for sure. At the time his FTP was probably around 6 W/kg, now it’s probably 4 if not less… which is a decent club rider level.
    On a track I am sure he can still do some numbers

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