Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
I played rugby with a few coppers (and firemen). They were fit, and hard, but fair and were good blokes.
How fit are cycling coppers?
- Thread starter twowheelsgood
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Elmer Fudd
Miserable Old Bar Steward
- Location
- Durham, and I am the eejit
Dayvo said:
Oooooh ! Matron !
Twenty Inch
Guru
- Location
- Behind a desk
The cycling coppers in City of London always look pretty fit, in all that tight lycra and their uniforms and big truncheons.
Oooh, I think I'm having a crisis of sexuality. Must be the weather.
Oooh, I think I'm having a crisis of sexuality. Must be the weather.
Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
I believe one of York's cycle paramedics once proved his fitness by jogging up the steps (275 of them) of the Minster Tower, where some guy had had a heart attack...
He'd have been carrying panniers as well...
He'd have been carrying panniers as well...
twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
- Location
- Over the Hill
Arch said:
Arch !! I've told you before to stop doing THAT in confined spaces
Old Walrus
Guru
- Location
- Hassocks, West Sussex
As a 'cycling copper' I'd say the majority of us are reasonably fit....
We've got Smith & Wesson MTBs which are jacks of all trades if not a little over specced for getting from A to B. They are excellent for the sneaky patrols where the cars can't get and do break the ice when speaking to 'yoof'. We would like some decent kit to wear but aren't holding our breath!
We've got Smith & Wesson MTBs which are jacks of all trades if not a little over specced for getting from A to B. They are excellent for the sneaky patrols where the cars can't get and do break the ice when speaking to 'yoof'. We would like some decent kit to wear but aren't holding our breath!
stevenb
New Member
- Location
- South Beds.
lol....if I were still in the job I could answer this myself...judging by the takeaways that most eat ....not that fit....although I know plenty of ex colleagues who are very fit.
papercorn2000
Senior Member
stevenb said:
There's a few I know (knew) who were reasonable cyclists - there's one in the East End of Glasgow who was a neo-pro in France for a few years!
Back to bonj's bit about foot chases being over in a few seconds...
I once had cause to chase a guy. He jumped a fence. When I had got over, I couldn't see him - then I caught a glimpse of him going round the corner, so after him I goes... Lost him again and then see him halfway up the next street, so off I go. I must have lost him half a dozen times (not helped by the local populace "did you see a guy run this way?", "No mate, huvnae seen naebody!") as I chased him for about 10 minutes and about a mile and a half. The worst thing was; I had called for backup and was trying to continually shout in where I was; some other bugger caught him!
When you start these foot chases, you usually start from cold, no warm up and you are wearing body armour and several kilos worth of kit - I was a good distance runner in my time and the perp was usually 10 years younger than me and in a track suit and trainers. It's no wonder that you rarely caught them.
