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Margaret is Terrified of Cyclists

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  • Started 13 years ago by Wilmington's Cow
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  1. Wilmington's Cow
    Member

    Completely forgot about this on Sunday. Was listening to the News Review on R4 and they had Margaret what used to be on the Apprentice (as well as Esther Rantzen and the (former?) editor of Vogue who is now a novelist) talking about the papers.

    Margaret declared that she'd found a story about a 'new' threat on the roads, and this threat was called the MAMIL. Odd, I thought, that's not new... Anyway, she proceeded to say, "I'm terrified of cyclists when I'm in my car, and even more terrified of them when I'm a pedestrian." I've heard this before, people in cars being terrified of cyclists. I presume they actually mean 'terrified of hitting cyclists' - in which case just give us a bit more room non?

    The Vogue-editor commented that she actually quite liked driving behind a fit cyclist in lycra.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  2. kaputnik
    Moderator

    If she is terrified of a cyclist when she's in her 2 tonne steel and safety glass cage with crumple zones, airbags and side-impact systems then perhaps she is of an overly sensitive nature to be allowed in charge of such a dangerous vehicle

    Posted 13 years ago #

  3. amir
    Member

    Is this a reaction to her (ex?) boss?

    Posted 13 years ago #

  4. Wilmington's Cow
    Member

    Possibly - he does apparently have a fine bicycle collection...

    Posted 13 years ago #

  5. chdot
    Admin

    "he does apparently have a fine bicycle collection"

    Lifelong rider or a recent collector?

    Posted 13 years ago #

  6. alibali
    Member

    Was very dissapointed to hear those guests in particular resort to sexist drivel and axe grinding.

    Had three blokes had sat round discussinig MAWIL in that way there would (rightly) have been a stooshie,

    Posted 13 years ago #

  7. crowriver
    Member

    Lord Sugar: The Big Interview

    http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/507255/lord-sugar-the-big-interview.html

    So, Sir Alan, do you shave your legs? The Apprentice star gets on his bike to reveal his fitness secrets

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1165492/Sir-Alan-Sugar-reveals-fitness-secrets-helped-lose-stone-.html

    Posted 13 years ago #

  8. chdot
    Admin

    Three bikes isn't a collection...

    Posted 13 years ago #

  9. mgj
    Member

    Its a start

    Posted 13 years ago #

  10. gembo
    Member

    Alan as we like to call him is a late convert to cycling, I think he has house in Majorca?

    On the r4 magazine all quite lame but I think objection was to the aggressive approach adopted by some cyclists in London? Could be wrong as it was all a long time ago, about last Sunday.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  11. crowriver
    Member

    More like reliving his youth.

    From the Daily Wail on Sunday article above:

    "As we draw side by side, we chat about how, when he was growing up in Hackney, East London, in the early Sixties, he used to get bits of old bikes from Pat Hanlon, a legendary woman bikeframe maker on Tottenham High Road, and from Condor, still going, but then on the Balls Pond Road.

    While posher kids were making do with three-speed Sturmey-Archer gears on heavyweight frames, Sir Alan was using lightweight steel tubing and five-speed racing gears.

    'I used to do up bikes and we would sell a few, too,' he says. 'It was just a kids' thing really, but I got pretty handy with fixing bikes. I remember I had to have one with chrome forks, which was the thing back then.'

    Even now, Sir Alan is happy mending his own punctures, replacing cables and having a tinker, 'although this high-tech kit needs its own specialised tools'. There is no mechanic following in the Rolls when Sir Alan goes on his rides."

    Posted 13 years ago #

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