Blood, sweat and gears

Colin Blackburn said:

To celebrate Bike Week the Observer asked 8 "famous" cyclist to
recommend their favourite route.

The celebrities are Jon Snow, Josie Dew, Adam Hart-Davis, Paul Smith
(not that one!) Rocco Forte, Nicola Cooke, Chris Boardman and Alexei
Sayle. The routes varies from 37 mile in Scotland to 1000 miles in the
Americas (guess who?)

Full article at:

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/travel/story/0,6903,1504513,00.html

All nice stuff apart from this line from Jon Snow, "Most of the route is
single-track - so you could get killed at any moment..."

He also thought it was seriously tough. I suppose it is if you are not
used to hills (and there aren't many long sustained hills of that kind
in London.)

Quoted message said:

One of the photographs in the paper version showed Snow with a jauntily
angled (ie badly worn) cycle helmet.

I've decided there are some cycling advocates I can do without.

At least he is out there doing it.. Seems to concentrate on the fear
and struggle though.. maybe he is needing to justify the 'challenge'
rather than just say 'because I can and I enjoy it'.

...d

Colin Blackburn said:

One of the photographs in the paper version showed Snow with a jauntily
angled (ie badly worn) cycle helmet.

I've decided there are some cycling advocates I can do without.

Now you mention it, the time I saw him cycling in London, he had his
helmet practically off the back of his head. Still, like David Martin
says, he is a good advert for the cause simply by the fact that he is a
high-profile figure who uses a bike as his preferred mode of transport.

There's also a nice snippet about him in the Guardian Media Monkey
Diary column today, turning up late to present some do and dashing
straight on to the platform still togged out in bright orange jacket
and helmet, launching into his speech with nary a pause for chinstrap
adjustment.

d.

Colin Blackburn said:

To celebrate Bike Week the Observer asked 8 "famous" cyclist to
recommend their favourite route.

The celebrities are Jon Snow, Josie Dew, Adam Hart-Davis, Paul Smith
(not that one!) Rocco Forte, Nicola Cooke, Chris Boardman and Alexei
Sayle. The routes varies from 37 mile in Scotland to 1000 miles in the
Americas (guess who?)

Full article at:

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/travel/story/0,6903,1504513,00.html

All nice stuff apart from this line from Jon Snow, "Most of the route is
single-track - so you could get killed at any moment..."

One of the photographs in the paper version showed Snow with a jauntily
angled (ie badly worn) cycle helmet.

I've decided there are some cycling advocates I can do without.

Chris Boardman recommmends the Wirral Way - ROFL!

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Colin Blackburn said:

To celebrate Bike Week the Observer asked 8 "famous" cyclist to
recommend their favourite route.

Quoted message said:

All nice stuff apart from this line from Jon Snow, "Most of the route is
single-track - so you could get killed at any moment..."

I wonder if he's actually cycled his route. The bit you might get
killed on is not the singeletrack roads but the A82 between Fort
William and Corran ferry which is nose to tail caravans in the summer.
Avoidable of course by taking the passenger ferry over from Fort
William rather than the Corran Ferry.
Iain