Ray_Hankin's_shorts
[quote=danpiesley][quote=danpiesley]I'm going to buy a Mike Buff 29" big ripper. No, you fuck off.[/quote]I've changed my mind - I am having a GT Pro Performer 26".[img]http://www.alansbmx.com/images/3g17_g43107m_performer-86_blu.jpg?maxheight=1200[/img]I've not had a bike for a few years after I got rid of the road bike as my knees had sorted themselves out and I was back running but they are buggered again. I fancy something cool and straightforward to ride on Canals. I am rather excited. Plus I alos found an old BMX track near my house I might have a spin on.I did the Halfordscycle2work scheme jobbie - £34 a month for a year.[/quote]No idea what it'll ride like but it looks cool :8
Travis_Bickle
Your knees won't want you to ride it up hill....Does look good though
Travis_Bickle
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king_of_the_slums
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Bielsa’s_Bucket
[quote=king of the slums]Canyon x Kraftwerk Ultimate Bike Kind of want one, but a 8.5K quid I kind of don't.. [url]https://www.canyon.com/en-gb/road/ultimate/ultimate-cf-slx-kraftwerk.html[/url][img]https://static.canyon.com/img/cache/c6/d/828594dfbb31d0a9b8cb679087025.jpg[/img][/quote]Save yourself £6k. This looks a real bargain[url]https://www.canyon.com/en-gb/road/ultimate/2016/ultimate-cf-sl-9-0-di2.html[/url]
Ray_Hankin's_shorts
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Cuts
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Reggie_Perrin
Robert Millar, King of the Mountains, strewth. [url]Philippa York: ‘I’ve known I was different since I was a five-year-old’https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jul/06/philippa-york-gender-transition-cyclist-robert-millar?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard[/url]
Travis_Bickle
Been rumours for years. A photo did the rounds of him that suggested he was on hormones. Not hurting anyone, if it makes him happy, crack on. Amazing cyclist. In Search Of Robert Millar is well worth a read.
Ray_Hankin's_shorts
Christ-on-a-bikeImagine the torment you must go through before you ultimately make a decision like thatI hope she is in a happier place and that people accept her for what she is - luckily most of society is much more tolerant these daysTakes guts that I would never have
CBIT
Are they the one doing the summerising on ITV4 ? Certainly knows their onions when it comes to cycling and the tactics.
Reggie_Perrin
Fuck yeah, huge bravery. Nowhere to hide is there?
Smutty_Lips
How pleasing that she is working for ITV, presumably judged for her knowledge and nothing else.
Anchor
[quote=Reggie Perrin]Robert Millar, King of the Mountains, strewth. [url]Philippa York: ‘I’ve known I was different since I was a five-year-old’https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jul/06/philippa-york-gender-transition-cyclist-robert-millar?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard[/url][/quote]Link not working for me.Can I ascertain that Millar is trans gender or what not?The ITV chap is David Millar.
Reggie_Perrin
[quote=danpiesley][quote=Reggie Perrin]Robert Millar, King of the Mountains, strewth. [url]Philippa York: ‘I’ve known I was different since I was a five-year-old’https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jul/06/philippa-york-gender-transition-cyclist-robert-millar?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard[/url][/quote]Link not working for me.Can I ascertain that Millar is trans gender or what not?The ITV chap is David Millar.[/quote]Yeah, got a look of an older Phyllis Loan.
Anchor
Just googled. I'll pass, but fair fucks Phillipa.
Ray_Hankin's_shorts
[quote=Smutty Lips]How pleasing that she is working for ITV, presumably judged for her knowledge and nothing else.[/quote]I don't think you'll find anyone else more capable of providing expert insight - that aren't currently riding [i]Philippa York (previously known as Robert Millar; born 13 September 1958) is a Scottish former professional road racing cyclist.[/i][i]York won the "King of the Mountains" competition in the 1984 Tour de France and finished fourth overall. York was the first rider from an English speaking country to have won the Mountains classification in the Tour de France. This success was the first time a British rider won a major Tour classification, and was unsurpassed as the highest Tour finish for a Briton until Bradley Wiggins was retrospectively placed third in the 2009 Tour de France. He is one of only five Britons to have won a Tour de France jersey competition along with Wiggins, Chris Froome, Mark Cavendish and Adam Yates. He rode the Tour de France eleven times completing the race eight times.[/i][i]Millar also achieved the highest finish by a Briton in the Giro d'Italia, finishing second in 1987 and also winning the King of the Mountains classification. As well as the Giro second-place finish, he finished second in two other Grand Tours: the 1985 and 1986 Vuelta a España. Millar was the first British rider to achieve three top three finishes in grand tours (an achievement only equalled when Wiggins was promoted to third in the 2009 Tour de France in 2012[1]). He was set to win the 1985 Vuelta before losing the leader's jersey on the penultimate stage due to collusion by the Spanish-speaking teams.[/i][i]Millar won the 1985 Volta a Catalunya, the 1989 Tour of Britain and the 1990 Dauphiné Libéré.[/i][i]Millar is known today as Philippa York.[2]She had transitioned sex while writing for cycling news and on July 6, 2017 revealed this and that she was taking a job in television.[/i]
Smutty_Lips
I realised that RH, my answer didn't come across right.
Cuts
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CBIT
[quote=Ray Hankin's shorts][quote=Smutty Lips]How pleasing that she is working for ITV, presumably judged for her knowledge and nothing else.[/quote]I don't think you'll find anyone else more capable of providing expert insight - that aren't currently riding [i]Philippa York (previously known as Robert Millar; born 13 September 1958) is a Scottish former professional road racing cyclist.[/i][i]York won the "King of the Mountains" competition in the 1984 Tour de France and finished fourth overall. York was the first rider from an English speaking country to have won the Mountains classification in the Tour de France. This success was the first time a British rider won a major Tour classification, and was unsurpassed as the highest Tour finish for a Briton until Bradley Wiggins was retrospectively placed third in the 2009 Tour de France. He is one of only five Britons to have won a Tour de France jersey competition along with Wiggins, Chris Froome, Mark Cavendish and Adam Yates. He rode the Tour de France eleven times completing the race eight times.[/i][i]Millar also achieved the highest finish by a Briton in the Giro d'Italia, finishing second in 1987 and also winning the King of the Mountains classification. As well as the Giro second-place finish, he finished second in two other Grand Tours: the 1985 and 1986 Vuelta a España. Millar was the first British rider to achieve three top three finishes in grand tours (an achievement only equalled when Wiggins was promoted to third in the 2009 Tour de France in 2012[1]). He was set to win the 1985 Vuelta before losing the leader's jersey on the penultimate stage due to collusion by the Spanish-speaking teams.[/i][i]Millar won the 1985 Volta a Catalunya, the 1989 Tour of Britain and the 1990 Dauphiné Libéré.[/i][i]Millar is known today as Philippa York.[2]She had transitioned sex while writing for cycling news and on July 6, 2017 revealed this and that she was taking a job in television.[/i][/quote]Why is the co commentator on ITV4 referring to her as David rather than Phillipa??