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What the French make of Brad
Some interesting reading here
If you're new please join in and if you have questions pop them below and the forum regulars will answer as best we can.
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- wtjs 3 sec ago
You didn't mention The Scottish Dodge, whereby if, by witchcraft, you manage to force your HD video upon the reluctant Scottish Police and they...
- mdavidford 37 min 10 sec ago
Not particularly sure that follows.
- mdavidford 55 min 17 sec ago
There's one that's always lurking outside our house at night.
- mdavidford 1 hour 13 min ago
When these were designed in to the new development near us the excuse was 'well if we didn't it would be impossible to get a rubbish truck in to...
- Rendel Harris 2 hours 11 min ago
I should get onto the Guinness Book of Records people then, as they have the world record slowest heart rate for a healthy person down as 26bpm,...
- Hirsute 4 hours 35 min ago
I made a complaint within an hour of the story being published. I have zero faith that they will amend anything....
- chrisonabike 4 hours 57 min ago
TBF I think that's before she saw the light and got on her bike. Not so great if her views have been informed by Mr. Briggs though.
- Saracen888 5 hours 36 min ago
That's a great price. Just bear in mind Import duty and handling charges will be applied pre delivery.
- Griff500 6 hours 58 min ago
Yep, I appreciate your problem. I wouldn't buy a bike without at least sitting on the same frame configuration on a trainer in the shop, something...
- Secret_squirrel 8 hours 12 min ago
One less thing to clutter up your jersey pockets no? Though difficult to retrieve in a hurry...
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Nice to read that, cheers Brian.
When the guy says 'virile', I'm thinking he means the interwiew where he called the suspicious "f***ing w*nkers"!
He's definitely evolved over the race personality wise and I think the UCI know that Brad is THE superstar of the sport now......one that can cross over into mainstream markets.
As for the French,they love their cycling and despite the widely accepted view that the Brits/French hate each other we're actually a lot more similar than most of us think.I think only Brits,French and possibly Italians have a greater sense of history and national pride in that history so it makes sense that the French would go for Brad's unapologetic Britishness allied to his ability to soak up their culture.
His cycling knowledge also helps,regularly reeling off results of other riders in interviews and has the air of a cycling FAN which other fans(British and French)can relate to.