And it goes on !

[HLaB]

This is getting tiresome now

 

[rich p]

This is getting tiresome now

This is old news!

 

[Aperitif]

I think any cycling drug takers should be made to eat 100 doughnuts in public, helped to gain a stone in weight and be obliged to ride on flats only for three months. And their team / sponsor concerned must pay back all the money accrued from any competition - to some worthwhile recognised charity like the Red Cross or MSF etc... hang on, Bertie may buy in tainted doughnuts - uh oh!

 

[Angelfishsolo]

I think any cycling drug takers should be made to eat 100 doughnuts in public, helped to gain a stone in weight and be obliged to ride on flats only for three months. And their team / sponsor concerned must pay back all the money accrued from any competition - to some worthwhile recognised charity like the Red Cross or MSF etc... hang on, Bertie may buy in tainted doughnuts - uh oh!

Maybe a worse punishment would be to ride a Halfords bike for the next tour!!

 

[monnet]

Maybe a worse punishment would be to ride a Halfords bike for the next tour!!

With a team of Halfords mechanics as their support.

Can you imagine the wheel changes?!

Mechanic: 'Erm, what? A puncture on the rear wheel you say? No, sorry I don't think we can change that'
Rider: 'What about them wheels on top of the car?'
Mechanic: 'Oh yeah, I suppose one of them might do' (fits front wheel into rear drop outs, lets rider know that it might look odd but that's just the way it is and then helpfully loosens of headset, reverses the forks and tells rider he should be able to catch the group with a quick descent down the other side of the Tourmelet).

 

[Angelfishsolo]

With a team of Halfords mechanics as their support.

Can you imagine the wheel changes?!

Mechanic: 'Erm, what? A puncture on the rear wheel you say? No, sorry I don't think we can change that'
Rider: 'What about them wheels on top of the car?'
Mechanic: 'Oh yeah, I suppose one of them might do' (fits front wheel into rear drop outs, lets rider know that it might look odd but that's just the way it is and then helpfully loosens of headset, reverses the forks and tells rider he should be able to catch the group with a quick descent down the other side of the Tourmelet).

Yep you got it

 

[cjb]

Maybe a worse punishment would be to ride a Halfords bike for the next tour!!

I was only thinking about Halfords this weekend as I'm seeing a lot of Boardman road bikes on my travels and I wondered what impact the advertising on ITV4 over this year's TDF has had on sales. I was on holiday at the time and was able to watch the tour in real time and the Boardman ads were relentless.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

I was only thinking about Halfords this weekend as I'm seeing a lot of Boardman road bikes on my travels and I wondered what impact the advertising on ITV4 over this year's TDF has had on sales. I was on holiday at the time and was able to watch the tour in real time and the Boardman ads were relentless.

I know. I'm sure the bikes are OK but as a TdF sponsor it is like Max Power sponsoring F1

 

[cjb]

I know. I'm sure the bikes are OK but as a TdF sponsor it is like Max Power sponsoring F1

They certainly look the part in that all black colour

 

[Angelfishsolo]

They certainly look the part in that all black colour

Black can make pretty much anything look good

 

[Globalti]

I tried a Boardman MTB recently and it was pretty good!

 

[wakou]

The TdF SE at Halford's? I was chatting to one of their spotty yoofs. The branch sells 40 per week!!!!!!!!

 

[cjb]

Black can make pretty much anything look good

I entirely agree, but have great respect for CB himself - he's a no nonsense sort of guy - and I would be very surprised if he would endorse any product that wasn't up to the job. After all, it's only the frame and virtually everyone sources offshore now.

BTW I don't ride a Boardman bike, but I though I might start tracking Halford's shares!!