@lancearmstrong: Hey Glasgow, Scotland!! I'm coming your way tomorrow. Who wants to go for a bike ri

[montage]

what an idiot reporter in the video.

First Question: "you're also riding the the tour of Ireland next week?"
Lance: "yea"
Reporter: "are you hoping to do well?"


.................fking idiot

 

[mr Mag00]

a man of the ppl

 

[magnatom]

What a blast - awesome fun - one of my best bike experiences.

I look forward to the ride report!

Just a shame I was working.

 

[mr Mag00]

shame at wrong end of country

 

[Jonathan M]

Ok, so the spontaneity is sort of nice, on the other hand WTF couldn't he have organised it so that
1) more riders had chance to attend
2) the authorities could have supported it
3) cancer charities be wondering why the most famous cancer survivor & supporter missed the opportunity to offer a fund-raising ride for them? Orchid Cancer in particularly, but seeing as LA also had lung & brain secondaries then most of the main charities (even Cancer Research UK as an umbrella group) must be shaking their heads at this one!!??!!

 

[gavintc]

It would have been a disaster if more attended. Indeed, I suspect that the boys in blue are having a quiet chat to LA, asking him not to do it again. Red lights, keep left signs - ignore them all when you are keeping with LA. Once the pace quickened and the majority of the riders slid off the back, the riding settled down. But as we left Paisley - what an event!!

 

[SimonRoberts0204]

how much did he kick up the pace to?

 

[Will1985]

Jonathan M - Armstrong wasn't the organiser!! He tweeted this morning that he was just a follower after being asked about it at customs by "Glasgow's finest".

By leaving it late he ensured that half the country wouldn't show up. Given a bit more than 20 hours notice I'd have probably hopped on the train! Personally I'd have posted very late last night to keep it to a lucky few.

 

[MajorMantra]

Ok, so the spontaneity is sort of nice, on the other hand WTF couldn't he have organised it so that
1) more riders had chance to attend
2) the authorities could have supported it
3) cancer charities be wondering why the most famous cancer survivor & supporter missed the opportunity to offer a fund-raising ride for them? Orchid Cancer in particularly, but seeing as LA also had lung & brain secondaries then most of the main charities (even Cancer Research UK as an umbrella group) must be shaking their heads at this one!!??!!

Why can't he just go for a ride for fun? Isn't he allowed to do that?

I think it's really cool and I would have loved to have gone. I also think that if more pro cyclists showed a bit of the common touch the way LA does then cycling might be regarded with less suspicion by the population at large. Can I be the first to suggest a group ride with VP? (on the proviso that I get to suck her wheel )

Matthew

 

[Chuffy]

May I be the first to offer the phrase 'publicity stunt' on this thread?
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[Will1985]

May I be the first to offer the phrase 'publicity stunt' on this thread?
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Hater!!

 

[Chuffy]

Hater!!

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One minute! Well done Will!

If I'd posted this earlier I'd have had dozens of fanboys queueing up, but I didn't want too much of a crowd...

 

[Jonathan M]

May I be the first to offer the phrase 'publicity stunt' on this thread?
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Egotistical publicity stunt?

 

[Will1985]

Someone had to do it.

On a tangent to this, up until now Wiggo hasn't had any problems with fans at CTT events...maybe now he is slightly more famous I wonder if he will exercise more caution and ask for organiser's discretion or tweet what he's entering?

 

[Jonathan M]

Why can't he just go for a ride for fun? Isn't he allowed to do that?

I think it's really cool and I would have loved to have gone. I also think that if more pro cyclists showed a bit of the common touch the way LA does then cycling might be regarded with less suspicion by the population at large. Can I be the first to suggest a group ride with VP? (on the proviso that I get to suck her wheel )

Matthew

Yep, we all ride for fun sometimes, maybe all the time, but to post a twat about it (is that the right word??) for the reasons I put above, well, yes, really cool for the 0.0005% of UK riders who went & rode, I just think that it is a shame that he couldn't have though bigger picture and organised something along the lines of a UK Ride of the Roses - how much money for cancer support organisations & research could that have raised???

The common touch would have been to turn up in Paisley & ask at the LBS "where does the local chaingang meet?" in an unassuming manner.