http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10778036

I suspect his legs didn't reach the pedals when in the saddle as he uses his instep on the pedal not his toe…

He is a natural, isn't he?

There not wrong when they talk about the "Austerity Olympics" 😆

I bet they could use that loop for the mtb events as well…

he seems to be, er, enjoying that saddle.

Good lord! Someone on a bicycle, on the TV, without a helmet?

The world might end!

Thought he was supposed to be a cyclist? Looked like his first time on a bike.

Something tells me he's borrowed that bike from someone taller 😉

Must be part of the plan for us to win more medals, all the british riders will know that a velodrome has "changed" into that, and can get really fast at it but no one else will know until they turn up 😛

It's clearly not his bike, the saddle's far too high.

Boris in 'Doesn't own a track bike and has to borrow one that doesn't quite fit right' shocker!

😉

Good on him.

It's obviously not set up for him. I can't lip read but I suspect he's saying as much, probably in his own inimitable style.

It's at the right height for him to scratch his back though. Or do something else.

good job it's not a fixed wheel…

surely the seat post has a quick release… five seconds to lower the saddle and get back on ?

Kev

it takes a fat, eccentric weirdo with dodgy hair to get cycling shoved under the noses of the masses ………………… waddas that say about our sport ???

It's not a track bike, it's a road bike. And road bike's don't usually have seat QRs.

surely the seat post has a quick release… five seconds to lower the saddle and get back on ?

Its probably one that you need to cut the seat tube.

Like..

Hoy was riding it first. got the news on awork.

That track isn't as banked as some of the others I've seen, but should make for an exciting madision.

His lap record wont last long.

Just seen it on BBC – He borrowed it from Cris Hoy who did the first ever lap on the new velo surface 🙂

I bet they could use that loop for the mtb events as well

Too hilly for the MTB venue

Its probably one that you need to cut the seat tube.

It's a Pinarello Prince with a 'normal' seatpost, but I'd imagine they wouldn't have wanted to adjust the saddle height. Either that or it was hurriedly pulled out the back of someone's car!