i used to like that motorbike show with peter purves

they should do that sort of thing, bunny hops over oil drums and railway sleepers. mix it up a bit, appeal to a wider audience. get the tv ratings up. once a sport starts resting on it's laurels it's doomed. look at jousting for example.

Posted By: Tombs on July 14th 2015 at 13:53:41

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that bike race in france (Other Sports) - Tombs, Jul 14, 13:27:08
- Boo, I was going to make the Arette joke. (n/m) (Other Sports) - Garry Brooke, Jul 14, 14:58:09
- I'm not tuning in until the ladies race... (Other Sports) - Pixelman, Jul 14, 14:50:32
- Not as long as the feckin adverts. (Other Sports) - Jim Nasium, Jul 14, 14:38:15
- The Pyrenees look lovely. (n/m) (Other Sports) - Garry Brooke, Jul 14, 14:30:55
  - And the perineums. (n/m) (Other Sports) - bird table, Jul 14, 14:32:28
    - I do love a sweaty perineum. (n/m) (Other Sports) - Garry Brooke, Jul 14, 14:35:00
      - Talking of which. Has Pendletons become a jockey yet? (n/m) (Other Sports) - Huge Small, Jul 14, 15:17:58
        
        Yes, she was on the breakfast news the other day. (Other Sports) - Arizona Bay, Jul 14, 15:26:44
        
        she may have paid them to lose like the violinist skier Vanessa May (n/m) (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Jul 14, 15:28:02
- It's quite good when you're suffering from sport withdrawals (n/m) (Other Sports) - Huge Small, Jul 14, 14:23:42
  - The ITV 4 adverts are rather depressing (Other Sports) - Huge Small, Jul 14, 14:35:39
    - Do Eurosports then, they have great adverts (n/m) (Other Sports) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 14, 15:05:57
    - You get a free pen though to counteract any negative feeling. (n/m) (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Jul 14, 14:36:22
- NINE (n/m) (Other Sports) - col canary, Jul 14, 14:06:05
- ^^^Two-wheeled trolling nonpareil (Other Sports) - yarmyyarmy, Jul 14, 13:44:27
  - just need the bluffers guide to it (Other Sports) - Tombs, Jul 14, 13:48:09
    - Time trials, cobbles, mountains, flat bits (Other Sports) - yarmyyarmy, Jul 14, 13:50:32
      - i used to like that motorbike show with peter purves (Other Sports) - Tombs, Jul 14, 13:53:41
        
        Responsible for this classic... (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Jul 14, 14:30:49
        
        jousting, very good (Other Sports) - Basil Wrathbone, Jul 14, 14:08:38
        
        Jousting's back baby (Other Sports) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jul 14, 14:38:55
    - 21 stages - a few little hills (n/m) (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Jul 14, 13:49:08
      - bloke up the road has got a little electric motor on the back wheel of his bike (Other Sports) - Tombs, Jul 14, 13:54:54
- 3 weeks of epicness (n/m) (Other Sports) - loz, Jul 14, 13:32:18
- too long (n/m) (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Jul 14, 13:28:24
  - finishes 26th July (n/m) (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Jul 14, 13:30:06
    - didnt realise they'd already started (Other Sports) - Tombs, Jul 14, 13:34:46
      - Buncha farkin muppets, innit Jon (n/m) (Other Sports) - CB41, Jul 14, 13:36:29
      - 4th July (n/m) (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Jul 14, 13:35:24
  - Not long enough. (n/m) (Other Sports) - APB, Jul 14, 13:29:06
    - good lord, a month of it (Other Sports) - Tombs, Jul 14, 13:30:52
      - 2087 miles (n/m) (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Jul 14, 13:32:09
        
        198 riders (n/m) (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Jul 14, 13:32:59
        
        22 teams (n/m) (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Jul 14, 13:34:20
        
        any unicycles? (n/m) (Other Sports) - Tombs, Jul 14, 13:35:25
        
        yes but not intentionally only after some epic crashes (n/m) (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Jul 14, 13:36:03
        
        crashes you say? (Other Sports) - Tombs, Jul 14, 13:39:55
        
        normal but not usually as serious - lots of riders already out (n/m) (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Jul 14, 13:41:56
        
        My lad fell off his bike on Saturday night (Other Sports) - Huge Small, Jul 14, 14:19:14
        
        ouch - get well soon huge small small (n/m) (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Jul 14, 14:27:26
        
        thanx Jumbox (Other Sports) - Huge Small, Jul 14, 14:42:57
        
        bit like the grand national but on bikes then (Other Sports) - Tombs, Jul 14, 13:43:24
        
        exactly (n/m) (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Jul 14, 13:43:48
        
        any brits in with a chance of winning it? (Other Sports) - Tombs, Jul 14, 13:38:19
        
        Andy Murray (n/m) (Other Sports) - Old Git, Jul 14, 14:28:05
        
        IDEOT - he's Scottish until next year (n/m) (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Jul 14, 14:42:01
        
        US Open next month (n/m) (Other Sports) - Huge Small, Jul 14, 15:01:40
        
        Go Andy - true Brit (n/m) (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Jul 14, 15:13:37
        
        Yes, Froome the Broooom to win (n/m) (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Jul 14, 13:39:35
        
        googled, apparently he's kenyan (Other Sports) - Tombs, Jul 14, 13:41:13
        
        only if he loses (n/m) (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Jul 14, 13:42:26
        
        nice. it's good to have a pre-paid escape goat up front (n/m) (Other Sports) - Tombs, Jul 14, 13:44:20
    - Actual Proper Bicyclist^^ (n/m) (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Jul 14, 13:30:37
      - Not me - just a fair weather hobbyist. (Other Sports) - APB, Jul 14, 13:37:02
        
        you should cycle to work (n/m) (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Jul 14, 13:37:42
        
        i did today (Other Sports) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 14, 13:38:53
        
        no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing - man up! (n/m) (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Jul 14, 13:40:26
        
        no. too lazy for that. (n/m) (Other Sports) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 14, 13:49:25

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