Did Bradley's Tour De France win influence you in anyway?

[Dave 123]

Yes. I have bought a throne, and I now sometimes stand on top of cars to wave to my adoring public.

 

[Chris Norton]

To be honest it's the whole of the GB cycling team that has really brought me back. Clean and successful.

Firstly though it was Hinault and Robert Miller that set me up for the love of the road. Always knew that the sport can be a dirty place but really didn't care at professional level cos it just did not relate to me.

Team Sky deliver 2 Grand tours this year? What they gonna give Brailsford then.

 

[beeblemaster]

Olympics! First time I'd watched a road race... with that and the Paras got me hooked. Ride as often as possible now, got the bikes, the gear and joined a club!

 

[ruffers]

Yes it definitely did with me the way he conducts himself and competes in the stages I think is brilliant.... After the tour I couldn't wait to get out and try cycling properly so wiggo was a big inspiration

 

[MaxInc]

1.90m @ 69kg ... I'm sure it's part of his success and I admire his dedication but looking at various photos I'm finding him quite uninspiring. Olympics on the other hand got me seriously thinking about how lazy and unfit I've become and encouraged me to try and do something about it.

 

[Ern1e]

No with me it was the cost of running a vehicle but in a way the whole team GB did have an impact on cycling in general, plus as Compo stated earlier the price of pre owned (by heck I'am being posh lol ) bikes went through the roof. So all in all maybe not a bad thing for the sport.

 

[Louch]

I bought my bike following a twenty four hour cycle challenge in November. I bought a road bike after watching the year in yellow documentary , as it looked faster and more fun than a hybrid

 

[ColinJ]

1.90m @ 69kg ... I'm sure it's part of his success and I admire his dedication but looking at various photos I'm finding him quite uninspiring. Olympics on the other hand got me seriously thinking about how lazy and unfit I've become and encouraged me to try and do something about it.

Well take a look at someone like Fabian Cancellara instead then! 1.86m tall (my height) and about 81 kg (a bit above my target weight, but he is obviously more muscular than me).

I reckon he looks pretty impressive!

 

[philinmerthyr]

Not really. I've been following the tour for years and was 500m from the finish in Tournai, Belgium when Cav won stage 2 last year.

With dodgy knees, cycling was the best option to help me lose weight and get fit. The incentive was signing up to ride the London 100 for Beating Bowel Cancer in Aug. The fitness is there, I rode 100km on the weekend. I've still got lots of weight to lose.

http://www.justgiving.com/Phil-Lewis-London100

 

[SWSteve]

I wouldn't say I was influenced by Wiggo or Cav, but I was interested in them and their placings during the tour/olympics last year. And since I've bought my bike my interest has grown.

I bought the bike as I wanted something to benefit health in the long run as I am worried about physical and mental health when I get older. And it also helps while away weekends...with a massive smile on my face

 

[SWSteve]

Well take a look at someone like Fabian Cancellara instead then! 1.86m tall (my height) and about 81 kg (a bit above my target weight, but he is obviously more muscular than me).

I reckon he looks pretty impressive!

His legs are ridiculous

 

[ColinJ]

His legs are ridiculous

I think they suit him!

 

[gavroche]

No. I have been following the TDF since at least 1962 and cycling on and off since then, with a very long period of off though. Now I cycle for my own pleasure only as I am too old to prove anything.

 

[Cycleops]

[quote="thegravestoneman, post: 2445611, member: As for returning to cycling it was more of a conversation with a colleague who cycled, then a chance find of a spare butchers bike to complete mine,[/quote]

I wondered who was buying all those butchers bikes on ebay!

 

[Herzog]

His legs are ridiculous

I actually 'raced' with Fabian Cancella last weekend (Berner Rundfahrt/Seeland Classic - he's local to the area, turns up, grabs 4th, then signs autographs), and I have to say he looked a bit 'heavy'.