Another
Tory politician, this time the current leader of
the party, and another who might have been higher
but for his most recent indiscretions. Running red
lights and riding the wrong way up one-way streets
are usually seen as typical cyclist behaviour, so
when someone so high profile is 'stung' by a national
newspaper this all adds up to a general outcry about
cyclists.
There
is also the spectre hanging over his cycling credentials
of being follwed by a car with his briefcase and
papers and so on safely tucked away inside. Apparently
this only happened a couple of times when he had
a large amount of paperwork that he simply couldn't
carry on the bike, but these kind of things stick.
Oh,
he also only cycles once a week usually, making
us wonder if it really is just all for
show.
.three
- george w bush
Ladies
and gentlemen, the leader of the free world, and
the president of the United States of America!
Perhaps
someone so accident prone shouldn't actually get
one something that requires balance to keep going.
When he's not choking on pretzels, or having trouble
opening doors, Dubya can generally be found falling
off bicycles (three documented falls, including
one when he cycled into a policeman at the G8
summit at Gleneagles). Oh, and never let him near
a segway.
But
it does seem that wherever George goes he takes
his trusty mountain bike, and he's ridden with
all sorts of people from the Travis Air Force
Base Cycling Team to Lance Armstrong.
He
usually rides for about an hour at a time, and
took up riding for medical reasons. And despite
all the falls we reckon he's still probably more
of a cyclist than politician....
