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  • That portly chap in the Lampre kit might have kin in Fife.
  • mcmoonter
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    wwaswas
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    That’s an AeroBelly™ – it’s all about marginal gains, innit 🙂

    portlyone
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    That’s plump, not portly.

    I was out on my road bike at the weekend, nicely colour coded in black and red. I looked like a sun-burnt killer whale!

    ChunkyMTB
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    It’s like a scene from Richmond Park on a weekend.. But more Sky kit though.

    scud
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    If it was Richmond Park it would be a Pinarello and Sky kit and the sound of creaking carbon wheels.

    gwaelod
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    His lungs are so huge they displace his belly when he inhales…same with all top pro riders

    woody2000
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    Fuel tank for a big engine? 😉

    zippykona
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    Fair play to him though, he has actually ridden his bike today !

    monkeysfeet
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    Its aerodynamic, the belly pushes the air under his ballbag.

    stumpy_m4
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    I`d be over the moon if i looked that svelte and trim on my road bike ! .. ive alot more fuel tank than the chap above 😀

    nemesis
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    That is all.

    daveagiles
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    More frontage for advertising as well. You wait till the big companies catch on.

    nemesis
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    Mind you

    woody2000
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    Ah, Fat Jan – he loved his pies in the off season, then shifting it all with erm “diet coke” 😉

    paulosoxo
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    I somehow think Mr Kennoway Road Club up there will be quicker than most of us posting on this thread!

    cookeaa
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    Are we certain that’s a fella?

    bigjim
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    Its just aerodynamic fairing

    I wish I could unsee that

    jobro
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    Wish I looked that good on a bike!

    taffy
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    jobro – Member

    Wish I looked that good on a bike!

    I wish i looked good!

    I know i had a bit of a gut even when i was 18 and lived on my old zasker and was a 10 stone rake.

    midlifecrisis
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    He would have been better off spending the money he used for aero bars on some yoga sessions to allow him to get a lower position

    D0NK
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    I somehow think Mr Kennoway Road Club up there will be quicker than most of us posting on this thread!

    With all he’s spent on kit I should certainly hope so*.

    I’ve never TTed, you’re probably right.

    *I would say the same if it was skinny bloke aboard

    Speshpaul
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    he is out there riding. that’s all that matters.

    shedbrewed
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    Speshpaul – Member

    he is out there riding. that’s all that matters.

    This. Ah for all those jibers and diggers, I wish you could TT against my large friend who is so quick it’s unreal.
    Who really gives a shit?

    cynic-al
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    Some older fat TTers are fast, they don’t need to climb.

    Some are just fat though.

    cookeaa
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    Seriously, looking at the build of that person, just doesn’t look like an overweight bloke to me; relatively slender arms/shoulders , all the “Bulk” seemingly on the front in the Stomach area, some chest (Ahem) frontage (could be “bitch-tits”, may simply be err, tits?). You can’t really tell gender from facial features in a low res picture side on in that pointy hat…

    I actually reckon that could be a Pregnant Woman, in which case, she double owns all of you point and laugh at the fatty, interweb cycling experts…

    If its a tubby Fella, fair play to him for riding despite bitches like you lot, with your chiseled physiques, chucking about judgments…

    legspin
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    wow slimming world weigh in not go well last night cookeaa?

    cookeaa
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    wow slimming world weigh in not go well last night cookeaa?

    Why not, I’ll bite…

    Like I say I think its actually a Pregnant woman…

    But as a side note I generally dislike the tone of mockery and piss taking that it still seems acceptable to aim at overweight people. Especially given this forum is awash with pasty scoffing, desk-bound IT professionals with a passing interest in bicycles… I’d have though a bit more empathy towards those in a similar boat might be due but clearly not…

    My weights not ideal, but I’m in the right region on the BMI tables currently (thanks for the concern)…
    My issue is really due to seeing those close to me deal with their weight and my own realization that most of their battles are dealing with day to day casual abuse/criticism/assumptions and the impact other peoples attitudes have on them psychologically, that’s what triggers overeating and inactivity…
    Write me off as a lefty hand wringer if you like, but its some of the worst casual bigotry still going…

    Its no longer acceptable to take the piss out of peoples ethnicity or disabilities for the majority of us, but fatties? Oh yeah you can take the piss out of them because its all their own fault…

    I Just don’t like it, sorry if choosing not to be an Oafish Twunt about other peoples weight problems, and not wanting to join in on the piss taking of someone who actually chooses cycling as a means of getting some exercise makes me a bit of a killjoy…

    Carry on….

    cupra
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    Well at least they are out there giving it a go. Some of you should go and read Man in the Arena by Theodore Roosevelt.

    kcr
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    m1kea
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    Speaking as a roadie, TTer, photographist, it’s not difficult to make someone look like they have a massive paunch when they’re tucked in.

    The tester in the 1st pic will have a bit of a belly ‘in real life’ but I strongly suspect he’d look a lot better than many other folk (on here).

    I’ve taken photos of Hutch that make him look ‘overweight’ and he definitely isn’t!

    LS
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    Indurain above is the obvious winner in the ‘big lungs’ game, but any knockers of the guy in the photo should try TTing against Roger Iddles.
    Must be in his 60s now, less than svelte, 19 minutes for a 10m TT.

    scuttler
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    Good call Cupra – To the knockers, “Man in the Arena” is not a book but a speech made by Roosevelt in 1910 and it goes like this

    “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”

    Of course Mr Kennoway in the pic may have all the gear and not much else, or he may be regional champ; regardless he’s having a go – and riding a bike in that position makes sucking it in very difficult. He looks sturdy rather than lardy to me.

    bob_summers
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    ChunkyMTB
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    cookeaa – Member

    But as a side note I generally dislike the tone of mockery and piss taking that it still seems acceptable to aim at overweight people.

    Especially given this forum is awash with pasty scoffing, desk-bound IT professionals with a passing interest in bicycles… I’d have though a bit more empathy towards those in a similar boat might be due but clearly not…

    Write me off as a lefty hand wringer if you like, but its some of the worst casual bigotry still going…

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    Oh the irony……

    big_n_daft
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    “That portly chap in the Lampre kit might have kin in Fife.”

    and where I live, in fact in my house, because it’s me

    at least I’m now riding my bike properly again

    twicewithchips
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    Good on you mate. Don’t listen to this rabble – or if you do only after you’ve compared times for a 25.

    nealglover
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    Like I say I think its actually a Pregnant woman…

    I think I would be more offended by someone mistaking me for a pregnant woman rather than a few people saying I was a bit more than my ideal weight, based on a photo of me doubled over on a bike.

    Funny how sometimes when you try and do the right thing, you just make things much worse.

    TiRed
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    he is out there riding. that’s all that matters.

    This plus lots!

    Fastest guy in our club is short, a little round and just posted a 3:52:25 PB and vets club record for a 100 last weekend. All you naysayers are welcome to post your 100 times. Perhaps we can start with 25’s 😉

    m1kea
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    Here you go TiRed

    Personal Bests
    10 Thu 08/06/06 G10/98 0:21:29 M Anton 00:21:29
    25 Wed 16/08/06 P885/25 0:54:52 B Instone 00:49:33
    50 Sat 31/05/08 E2/50C 1:56:52 Nik Bowdler 01:39:02
    100 Sun 23/07/06 G100/59 4:09:35 S Jardine 03:58:58

    big_n_daft
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    Using E2 times is cheating, I live near Bury, haven’t TT’ed in years and even I know that 😉

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