Top Gear

Paul Boyd said:

Coyoteboy said the following on 12/11/2007 13:26:

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I'm a petrol head (and a cyclist - multiple personality disorder?) and
I dont find her attractive at all. In fact I find her quite irritating.

You heretic, you! :-)

Horses for courses :-)

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Paul Boyd said:

Coyoteboy said the following on 12/11/2007 13:26:

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I'm a petrol head (and a cyclist - multiple personality disorder?) and I
dont find her attractive at all. In fact I find her quite irritating.

You heretic, you! :-)

Horses for courses :-)

You fancy Princess Anne?

cheers,
clive

Rob Morley said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Tony Raven
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In article <1i7fqmt.1gz67vc18mu0foN%
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icogs <[email hidden]> wrote:

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> Ha Ha Ha!!!

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I was pleased to see that Top Gear's response was quite unlike that of
Fifth Gear (on which, IIRC, the bike won but was rubbished as making
people sweaty / dead / fit).

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Ah, the closet fans of the WW and Fifth Gear are revealing themselves
;-) (I know, I know, you only watched it because you heard there was
going to be bicycle content ;-) )

Doesn't Vicki Butler-Henderson count as an excuse, or is she only
attractive to petrol heads?- Hide quoted text -

It must be a petrol head thing ;-P To be serious, she's skinny and
probably has the muscle tone of a rake.

Personally, I have a liking for the lady who does some of the testing
and fitness articles in CW. Now she is fit in whatever sense you like.

David Lloyd

Wednesday BBC2 7pm

Jan

Paul Boyd said:

Coyoteboy said the following on 12/11/2007 13:26:

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I'm a petrol head (and a cyclist - multiple personality disorder?) and
I dont find her attractive at all. In fact I find her quite irritating.

You heretic, you! :-)

That's me as well then, why they have to use that airhead rather than
somone that CAN drive as well as talk such as Penny Mallory is beyond me!

Jan said:

Wednesday BBC2 7pm

Jan

Or from the BBC's own BBCi Player download: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/

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The Stig (or an actor playing him)

Local paper had a bit by a racing team on what it was like having Top Gear
at an event. More than one driver plays The Stig (or at least there was more
than one person in Stig costume for the driver briefings).

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Brownz (Mobile) said:

Colin McKenzie said:

I think Hammond has a lot to learn about cycling safely in traffic,
though. Perhaps he thought his plastic hat would protect him just as
the other one did when he smashed up the jet car.

Certainly would, anything that helps is a bonus.

Don't do it anyone - he doesn't know what he is saying.

To be fair, he went on "saved me some stitches & bruising", which is
entirely plausible, rather than the usual "saved my life".

Paul - [censored] twisted the electrons to say:

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Paul - censored said:

Might be worth looking up UKNova or Mininova and downloading a torrent
of it.

Bad form, I know, but possibly helpful.
http://www.uknova.com/wsgi/torrent/view/51667
Need to be a member but it's free. 😉

I believe the footage of the "race" is also available from the Top Gear
website - http://www.topgear.com/
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Rob Morley said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Roger
Merriman
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true though one has to rember that it's entertainment rather than a
factual program.

Clarkson said something like "Top Gear has just won an award for best
factual program, despite the fact that we haven't had a fact on the show
for five years". :-)

heh yes.

roger
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Clive George said:

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Horses for courses :-)

You fancy Princess Anne?

cheers,
clive

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Tony Raven said:

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icogs said:

Ha Ha Ha!!!

I was pleased to see that Top Gear's response was quite unlike that of
Fifth Gear (on which, IIRC, the bike won but was rubbished as making
people sweaty / dead / fit).

Ah, the closet fans of the WW and Fifth Gear are revealing themselves
;-) (I know, I know, you only watched it because you heard there was
going to be bicycle content ;-) )

I'm not a closet fan of either of the two programmes. I am quite happy
to be known to be a fan of Top Gear. I do struggle to understand people
who take it seriously since it's not been a serious programme since the
entire production team left for Channel 5.

What is the WW by the way?

Cheers,
Luke

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exile in Lancashire <http://www.shrimper.org.uk>

Brownz (Mobile) said:

Colin McKenzie said:

icogs said:

Ha Ha Ha!!!

I think Hammond has a lot to learn about cycling safely in traffic,
though. Perhaps he thought his plastic hat would protect him just as
the other one did when he smashed up the jet car.

Certainly would, anything that helps is a bonus.
In my last accident, car overtook and turned left in front of me, it
certainly saved me some stitches & bruising as I headbutted the cars A
pillar.
The amount of cockends ignoring redlights [censored] me off as well -
inconsiderate [censored] that give cyclists a bad name.

No offence Mr. Mobile, but I've got to killfile this subthread.

Cheers,
Luke

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Red Rose Ramblings, the diary of an Essex boy in
exile in Lancashire <http://www.shrimper.org.uk>

Rob Morley said:

Doesn't Vicki Butler-Henderson count as an excuse, or is she only
attractive to petrol heads?

Vicki Posh-Totty does nothing for me.

Luke

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Red Rose Ramblings, the diary of an Essex boy in
exile in Lancashire <http://www.shrimper.org.uk>

marc said:

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Mind, it also showed that he was about the only cyclist in the film who
was actually stopping at red lights ... 😉

Other people stopping at red lights would probably not have been seen on
camera. The number of red light jumpers was ridiculous though.

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What did the woman who passed him say?

"Speed up, you're in my way."

To which Hammond replied, "I can't go any faster because I haven't got
bandy legs like you."

Cheers,
Luke

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Brownz (Mobile) said:

The amount of cockends ignoring redlights [censored] me off as well -
inconsiderate [censored] that give cyclists a bad name.

Yes I saw a lot of them RLJing today - and the bar stewards were all
driving their cars as well
:-)

(Alan Braggins) said:

In article said:

The Stig (or an actor playing him)

Local paper had a bit by a racing team on what it was like having Top Gear
at an event. More than one driver plays The Stig (or at least there was more
than one person in Stig costume for the driver briefings).

At least two at the Britcar 24 hour race

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David Lloyd said:

On 12 Nov, 10:49, "Pete Biggs"

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David Lloyd wrote:
> IIRC, Hammond cycles regually, as does James May, and is the owner of
> a quality machine.

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> If he was just doing 80 rpm on the small ring, he wasn't trying. As
> this was a test of speed, he was hampered by having tyres that were
> not exactly narrow, to say the least.

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Give the guy a break. He did far better than the average TV presenter
on a
bike, as well as winning this race. Didn't look like he had the power
to
push higher gears anyway. It's no good shifting up unless you have the
welly to go with it.

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~PB

I didn't intend to detract from his efforts, in fact I thought he did
very well. He definately WAS trying. I thought he was pedalling faster
than the 80rpm reported by one previous coorespondant, and thought he
had got off his small ring.

David Lloyd

Fair enough must have been my perception then.

Nah, I think I could have put it better.

David Lloyd

Dan Gregory said:

Brownz (Mobile) said:

The amount of cockends ignoring redlights [censored] me off as well -
inconsiderate [censored] that give cyclists a bad name.

Yes I saw a lot of them RLJing today - and the bar stewards were all
driving their cars as well
:-)

Pisses me off no end, I wouldn't do it in the car, I don't do It on the
motorbike, and I don't do it on the sirrus.

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Ian Smith said the following on 12/11/2007 13:29:

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Paul - censored said:

icogs wrote:

> Ha Ha Ha!!!
Seemed to me to be probably the most positive thing I've seen on TV
about Bicycles that isn't a 'real' sporting event,

Any chance of a summary for those of us that aren't secret Top Gear
watchers?

About what I've deduced so far is that 'Hammond' rode a bike in some
competitive (or semi-competitive) event that included riding with other
traffic. He wore a helmet. The outcome was positive (those the details
of what constitutes positive are not clear).

Commuter race from somewhere near Kew Bridge to City Airport. Hammond on
bike, May in large SUV, The Stig (or an actor playing him) on public
transport, Clarkson speed boat along Thames. Finishing order: bike, boat,
public transport and, finally, car.

Colin

I am surprised the speedboat didn't win. What is the speed limit along the
Thames?