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"wafflycat" <w*a*ff£y£cat*@£btco*nn£ect.com> wrote in message
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Vicky Pendleton is on. Was on earlier - further interview a little later
in the programme

On the follow-up interview...

Shock! Horror! Vicky Pendleton cycles on road! Horror!

Looking at track bike... It has no brakes!

and...

wait for it...

"Don't you fall off?"

No, Bill, Mr Stud-Muffin dancing newsreader... cyclists learn not to fall
off their bikes with any degree of frequency. And as regards world champion
cyclists, they learn this basic cycling skill quite quickly!

AAAARRRRGGGHHH!!!!

;-)

wafflycat said:

"Don't you fall off?"

No, Bill, Mr Stud-Muffin dancing newsreader... cyclists learn not to
fall off their bikes with any degree of frequency. And as regards world
champion cyclists, they learn this basic cycling skill quite quickly!

AAAARRRRGGGHHH!!!!

;-)

If you don't fall of frequently you're not trying!
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wafflycat said:

"Don't you fall off?"

No, Bill, Mr Stud-Muffin dancing newsreader... cyclists learn not to fall
off their bikes with any degree of frequency. And as regards world
champion cyclists, they learn this basic cycling skill quite quickly!

A bit of common sense can be applied here. How many times has Bush fallen
off during his presidency? Once. Now, how often would a person with a more
normal level of intelligence fall off?

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A bit of common sense can be applied here. How many times has Bush
fallen off during his presidency? Once.

That we know of...

He may be tumbling into the scenery at Camp Freddie^w David on a regular
basis, but with no FLJS to report it, we'll never know :-)

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wafflycat <w*a*ff£y£cat*@£btco*nn£ect.com> waffled thusly

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"wafflycat" <w*a*ff£y£cat*@£btco*nn£ect.com> wrote in message
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Vicky Pendleton is on. Was on earlier - further interview a little
later in the programme

On the follow-up interview...

Shock! Horror! Vicky Pendleton cycles on road! Horror!

Looking at track bike... It has no brakes!

What's wrong with that?

My wife also didn't know that I had been riding a fixed wheel, no-braked
bike .. 😉

To many people who don't follow track-cycling, the thought of riding without
brakes, strapped in on something that carries on spinning the pedals when
you stop 'pedalling is absolutely abhorrent, simply because they can't
comprehend what can be achieved. Maybe "Shock! Horror!" interviews do a lot
more good in the way of explaining at dimwit level exactly what our [1]
heroes actually do.

[1] for various values of our and hero ... 😉

What else would you expect from an interview on morning TV?

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Paul - [censored]

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"wafflycat" <w*a*ff£y£cat*@£btco*nn£ect.com> wrote in message

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Quoted message said:

Vicky Pendleton is on. Was on earlier - further interview a little later
in the programme

On the follow-up interview...

Shock! Horror! Vicky Pendleton cycles on road! Horror!

Looking at track bike... It has no brakes!

and...

wait for it...

"Don't you fall off?"

It's a bit like interviewing a footballer and asking if they get brain
damage when they head the ball..

Oh, hang on a minute..

...d

On Apr 4, 1:18 pm, "David Martin" <[email hidden]>

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wafflycat' w*a*ff£y£cat*@£btco*nn£ect.com said:

"wafflycat" <w*a*ff£y£cat*@£btco*nn£ect.com> wrote in message

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news:[email hidden]...

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Quoted message said:

Vicky Pendleton is on. Was on earlier - further interview a little later
in the programme

Quoted message said:

On the follow-up interview...

Quoted message said:

Shock! Horror! Vicky Pendleton cycles on road! Horror!

Quoted message said:

Looking at track bike... It has no brakes!

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and...

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wait for it...

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"Don't you fall off?"

It's a bit like interviewing a footballer and asking if they get brain
damage when they head the ball..

given that spontaneous falls are more a feature of early stage
learning (John B's pupils notwithsatnding of course) and this is often
a childhood activity it is more like asking a footballer if he has to
play in pants and vest when he forgets his kit

best wishes
james

wafflycat said:

Vicky Pendleton is on. Was on earlier - further interview a little later
in the programme

Just saw it on
http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/sol/newsid_6520000/newsid_6525600/6525625.stm?bw=bb&mp=rm
I thought Victoria came across very well

Dan Gregory said:

Just saw it on
http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/sol/newsid_6520000/newsid_6525600/6525625.stm?bw=bb&mp=rm

Phwoaar. Sorry, Nicole, it's just not working between us ...

Richard Bates said:

Dan Gregory said:

Just saw it on
http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/sol/newsid_6520000/newsid_6525600/6525625.stm?bw=bb&mp=rm

Phwoaar. Sorry, Nicole, it's just not working between us ...

Victoria is an absolute babe. Never seen the attraction of Nicole...

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wafflycat said:

Vicky Pendleton is on. Was on earlier - further interview a little later
in the programme

"Helen Simmonds from Norfolk asks..." ;-)

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MatSav

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Victoria is an absolute babe. Never seen the attraction of Nicole...

<www.nicolecooke.com/main/gallery/2004/style.html>

That do yer?

Mark Thompson said:

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Victoria is an absolute babe. Never seen the attraction of Nicole...

<www.nicolecooke.com/main/gallery/2004/style.html>

That do yer?

Not as much as this:
http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00Db7C