OLYMPICS ROAD-RACE CYCLING
Here's my report, based on several seconds of watching the racers pedal away from the starting line.
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July 28, 2012
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What time will 'Barry' toast the Queen tonight? I wouldn't miss it. Wild horses couldn't drag me away.
Posted by: manual tomato | July 28, 2012 at 12:01 PM
Dave the article is great but I would have understood it better if you had also posted several pictures of the male cyclists with the tight pants. For research purposes only. A picture is worth a thousand words after all.
Posted by: nursecindy | July 28, 2012 at 12:14 PM
Brilliant reporting, Dave. Please let the good people of Dorking know that we too, have a really really BIG CHICKEN. It was a "must see" when the blog gals got together in Hotlanta.
Posted by: Siouxie | July 28, 2012 at 12:28 PM
Ok, Dorking, Wawa, Ontario sees your chicken and raises you a goose.
Posted by: Omniskeptic | July 28, 2012 at 12:42 PM
Jack Bauer does Not wear spiderman pants - Nobody sees HIS cockeral
Posted by: ligirl | July 28, 2012 at 12:53 PM
WOW! Huge list of going to hell. Gonna need another pencil.
Posted by: MikeyVA | July 28, 2012 at 01:04 PM
OOPS! Wrong thread! All is fine - not going to hell, yet!!!!
Posted by: MikeyVA | July 28, 2012 at 01:05 PM
MikeyVA, if you knew what I was thinking when Dave mentioned the tight pants on the cyclists you might think differently.
Posted by: nursecindy | July 28, 2012 at 01:26 PM
Shaven guys in form-fitting suits going through Dorking - I'd pay big money not to see that.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | July 28, 2012 at 01:48 PM
Good to hear the " Six Hour Grandstand Wait " is still an Olympic event.
Posted by: Clankie | July 28, 2012 at 01:55 PM
Do they have female Olympic bike races? Many bloggers of the male (not mail) gender would support more coverage of that sport!
Posted by: PirateBoy | July 28, 2012 at 02:04 PM
Just for Pirateboy:
New olympic event NUDE female bike races.
Posted by: MikeyVA | July 28, 2012 at 04:55 PM
Recently, a huge gold medal was placed around its neck by a group of guerilla knitters. I swear I am not making this up. According to the local newspaper, which is named the Dorking and Leatherhead Advertiser, the medal was created and hung on the cockerel by "the Knit 'n' Knatter group, which meets regularly at the Fluff-a-Torium shop in West Street."
I believe Demon Knitter nursecindy is a member of this group. Or not. OK, I just made that up to see if she was paying attention or still looking for cyclists in tight shorts.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | July 28, 2012 at 05:06 PM
And for those who missed it: The Dorking Cock.
If you look on youtube under Dorking Cock Fights Back there is a different version.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | July 28, 2012 at 05:10 PM
Not only am I paying attention, Jeff, I'm knitting some shorts for needy cyclists.
Posted by: nursecindy | July 28, 2012 at 06:32 PM
I want to see a picture of the cockerel - both with and without the gold medal.
Posted by: Suzie Q. Wacvet (the TRUE original) | July 28, 2012 at 07:42 PM
Nevermind. Thanks, Jeff.
Posted by: Suzie Q. Wacvet (the TRUE original) | July 28, 2012 at 07:43 PM
That statue has shrinkage. It gets cold in Dorking, or during, or after, or WHAT DO I KNOW? It's 104 outside right now!
Posted by: PirateBoy@Hot | July 28, 2012 at 08:12 PM
NC--
Since the official photographer is a bit underage, imagination might be necessary.
Posted by: Not My Usual Alias | July 28, 2012 at 09:34 PM
NMUA, those pictures should probably be taken by Mrs. Blog.
Posted by: nursecindy | July 28, 2012 at 10:17 PM
. Especially their etc., if you know what I mean.
This is why I wear loose shorts over my etc. when I'm riding. I know what I look like in spandex. No one else needs to.
Posted by: Wiredog | July 29, 2012 at 08:05 AM
Pssst...Dave? They're STILL riding. I think it's the women this time. At least they look like women. With MASSIVE thighs. Let's just hope there isn't Jacqueline Bauer in the bunch. Oh yeah and it's raining. In England. Shocking.
Posted by: Siouxie | July 29, 2012 at 08:09 AM