Incredibly ingenious cycling joke in the Guardian

Published by Halverde on 5/14/2006 at 10:47.

Harry Pearson has written what is possibly the most witty and topical cycling joke for years to come.


Professional cycling getting extensive, serious coverage in a mainstream newspaper!


We find it impossible to enjoy any joke that is essentially "This is the tour of ITALY and a tiny part of it is taking place in BELGIUM! HAHAHAHA!" And it's probably not going to be the freshest joke in the world if it has to refer to a race that hasn't taken place for thirteen years and a cyclist who hasn't touched a bicycle since the year 2000. The mass media isn't even interested in our sport enough to find time to mock it properly :(

But we're going to have to let Harry Pearson live, since he's a cycling fan and wrote that book about Belgium.

Recent vitriol


Which cyclists have we libelled this month?

These ones haven't aged well


Much like Laurent Brochard

Some old updates that aren't entirely awful


And there'll be even more coming to this spot just as soon as we can be bothered trawling through our somewhat embarrassing archives.

Script extracts, because these seem to be popular for some reason

Simon and Anthony


Nigel and company


Johnathan & friends, even though they're always last with the news and the website is horrible


Dutch cyclists we like because they're better/more attractive than British riders

Bobke Strut is so good that it deserves a category of its own

Arrr, bike pirates

George!

Things we hate so much we're not even going to link to them

  • Trust But Verify
  • Trek
  • Assos

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What's the word "derailed" got to do with bikes anyway?

  • Err... bikes have things called derailleurs? Apart from track bikes, which don't.

If derailleurs evolved from fixies, how come there are still fixies?

  • Survival of the fixest.


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