http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Celebrity endorsement en Sun, 31 May 2026 15:33:22 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3455#post-36522 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:42:15 +0000 DaveC 36522@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote>He looks terrified. And out of breath</blockquote></p> <p>Yes but to be fair he's probably driven everywhere and doesn't get time to ride a bike, choosing horses as the royals seem to do. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3455#post-36516 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:19:18 +0000 kaputnik 36516@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>"confound this electric horse</em>"</p> <p>He looks terrified. And out of breath. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3455#post-36511 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:00:23 +0000 amir 36511@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is this a sign for Ant .. Charles - Diana - hill - electric bike? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3455#post-36507 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:54:44 +0000 chdot 36507@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Perhaps not the right one (?) -</p> <p><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6025/5984262240_49fb4d5863.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3455#post-36011 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:06:22 +0000 Dave 36011@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The difference is between an activity/skill which everyone agrees is a good thing and one which is widely (although not universally) scorned. Dolly Parton wouldn't be able to get people riding, I wager. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3455#post-36010 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:03:22 +0000 Min 36010@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes, Dolly is worth squillions while Chris Hoy and Greame Obree are not footballers...</p> <p>"Yeah, SHE was being towed!"</p> <p>Really? Meheheh! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3455#post-36006 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:58:19 +0000 chdot 36006@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Potential problem - do you know of such a celebrity?"</p> <p>Think the key is NOT<em> finding</em> one.</p> <p>Thing about the Dolly Parton thing - reading - is that <em>she</em> is genuinely passionate about kids and books due to her own childhood.</p> <p>It would need someone like Chris Hoy to decide that he really wanted to work on a 'get kids cycling' project (not just for "sport") - he <em>has</em> been the figurehead for various cycling things and he does genuinely want more young people to cycle.</p> <p>It will be interesting to see where he goes after (probably) 2014. Maybe stay within sport, or something completely different.</p> <p>Graeme Obree is also an inspiring person. But neither has the personal financial resources to 'just make it happen'. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3455#post-36004 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:48:44 +0000 chdot 36004@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"You mean in a non-Duffy-riding-a-bike-through-a-supermarket type way?"</p> <p>Yeah, SHE was being <em>towed!</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFiQF1QxHm8&#038;amp" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFiQF1QxHm8&#038;amp</a>; </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3455#post-36001 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:45:00 +0000 LaidBack 36001@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There was a programme about a woman who tried to get everyone to leave their cars at home for one day in a congested market town in Yorkshire. (maybe same person?)</p> <p>It worked when the cameras were on....</p> <p>Afterwards everyone had to drive with a vengeance to make up! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3455#post-35995 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:48:05 +0000 Min 35995@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You mean in a non-Duffy-riding-a-bike-through-a-supermarket type way? I don't see why not.</p> <p>Potential problem - do you know of such a celebrity? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3455#post-35993 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:10:53 +0000 chdot 35993@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This usually means 'you say you like this product and we'll give you money'.</p> <p>Just heard a trailer for "How Dolly Got Rotherham Reading". The on-line blurb includes "In 2007 she took South Yorkshire by surprise when she turned up in Rotherham - not a city used to celebrity visits. But what happened next? Did her library capture the imagination of Rotherham's children? We follow up to ask whether it was just a flash in the pan or a serious project."</p> <p>I suspect that the answer is that it kickstarted something - rather than a programme that kicks a failure. </p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b012ql5c" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b012ql5c</a></p> <p>Either way is it possible to imagine a town/city-wide cycling initiative highlighted/promoted/enabled by someone with real celebrity/fame? </p>