New side to cycling

in message <[email hidden]>, Tony Raven

(') said:

Idly watching Transworld Sport this weekend showed me a side of cycling
I had never heard of before with a report on the UCI World Indoor
Cycling Championships. Sort of synchronised swimming on bikes.

http://www.uci.ch/modello2.asp?1stlevelid=C&level1=7&level2=1 gives you
the idea

Does anyone else find it bizarre that the UCI are backing this sort of
thing and not the Battle Mountain trials?

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In article <[email hidden]>, Simon

Brooke () said:

in message <[email hidden]>, Tony Raven

(') said:

Idly watching Transworld Sport this weekend showed me a side of cycling
I had never heard of before with a report on the UCI World Indoor
Cycling Championships. Sort of synchronised swimming on bikes.

http://www.uci.ch/modello2.asp?1stlevelid=C&level1=7&level2=1 gives you
the idea

Does anyone else find it bizarre that the UCI are backing this sort of
thing and not the Battle Mountain trials?

Hands off Battle Mountain! Te UCI would probably start testing everyone
involved for drugs[1] and then we'd all be *^%£$%&*(*()()NO CARRIER

1 - recreational, obv.

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Dave Larrington said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Simon

Brooke () said:

in message <[email hidden]>, Tony Raven

(') said:

Idly watching Transworld Sport this weekend showed me a side of cycling
I had never heard of before with a report on the UCI World Indoor
Cycling Championships. Sort of synchronised swimming on bikes.

http://www.uci.ch/modello2.asp?1stlevelid=C&level1=7&level2=1 gives you
the idea

Does anyone else find it bizarre that the UCI are backing this sort of
thing and not the Battle Mountain trials?

Well, perhaps it aint 'proper' cycling ;- ) but it looks kinda fun.
Anything that gets people involved in the sport either as spectators
(it looks quite entertaining) or as participants has got to be a good
thing. Plenty of road cyclists orignally came from other disciplines.
I'd quite like a go, cos despite my heading towards an 8,000 mile year,
my bike handling skills still need some improvement. Hmm, I think not
falling off would be a good start ;- )

In article <[email hidden]>,

Blonde () said:

Dave Larrington said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Simon

Brooke () said:

in message <[email hidden]>, Tony Raven
([email hidden]'😉 wrote:

> Idly watching Transworld Sport this weekend showed me a side of cycling
> I had never heard of before with a report on the UCI World Indoor
> Cycling Championships. Sort of synchronised swimming on bikes.
>
> http://www.uci.ch/modello2.asp?1stlevelid=C&level1=7&level2=1 gives you
> the idea

Does anyone else find it bizarre that the UCI are backing this sort of
thing and not the Battle Mountain trials?

Well, perhaps it aint 'proper' cycling ;- ) but it looks kinda fun.
Anything that gets people involved in the sport either as spectators
(it looks quite entertaining) or as participants has got to be a good
thing.

If it wasn't I wouldn't keep going back, at ruinous expense ;-)

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Dave Larrington - <http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/>
Stop press! Pope still dead...

Tony Raven said:

Idly watching Transworld Sport this weekend showed me a side of cycling
I had never heard of before with a report on the UCI World Indoor
Cycling Championships. Sort of synchronised swimming on bikes.

http://www.uci.ch/modello2.asp?1stlevelid=C&level1=7&level2=1 gives you
the idea

Cycle Ball, I started a thread on this a few months ago after seeing
some old footage on TV in the New World. Now that does look like fun.

MSeries said:

Tony Raven said:

Idly watching Transworld Sport this weekend showed me a side of
cycling I had never heard of before with a report on the UCI World
Indoor Cycling Championships. Sort of synchronised swimming on
bikes.

http://www.uci.ch/modello2.asp?1stlevelid=C&level1=7&level2=1 gives
you the idea

Cycle Ball, I started a thread on this a few months ago after seeing
some old footage on TV in the New World. Now that does look like fun.

But look where the saddles are.
Face down recumbents anyone?
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Martin Bulmer

Martin Bulmer said:

MSeries said:

Tony Raven said:

Idly watching Transworld Sport this weekend showed me a side of
cycling I had never heard of before with a report on the UCI World
Indoor Cycling Championships. Sort of synchronised swimming on
bikes.

http://www.uci.ch/modello2.asp?1stlevelid=C&level1=7&level2=1 gives
you the idea

Cycle Ball, I started a thread on this a few months ago after seeing
some old footage on TV in the New World. Now that does look like fun.

But look where the saddles are.
Face down recumbents anyone?

Sad I know but I just looked to see where the nearest Cycle Ball tourney
is, Germany.