Mark Hickey wrote:

"Boris Foelsch" wrote:


http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/01/we...cgr.html?8hpib

I'm not so sure about some of the commentary - I find road riding to be at
least as dangerous as off-road, but it's amusing anyway.

In their subtle way, I think they're trying to say GWB's not real smart
about staying safe on a bike.


Well it IS the New York Times. ;-)

I think it's great that both candidates are riding bikes, and that
both are doing it with enough abandon to crash once in a while (you
don't want a commander in chief who is scared by a little road rash).

True, but there are some elements of this bicycle ****ing contest that
are somewhat worrying. For instance, the reference in a previous article
in the Denver Post (see earlier thread "where did all these SEROTTAS
come from???", link from "meb" on 29 July) to GWB's riding with such
fury that his Secret Service agents are getting broken collarbones and
ribs trying to keep up with him.

A bit of a shame that GWB feels the need to assert whatever virility he
may have by trying to humiliate his bodyguards who are doing their best
(poor sods) to protect him. Why does he have to try to burn his riding
mates off his peloton all the time? Gives a truer insight into his
leadership style than most would want to see.

Sounds like the kind of thing that Idi Amin used to do with *his*
security detail.

Be sure that GWB doesn't shave his legs. Hrr, hrr, . . .


I just wish Kerry would buy a real jersey and Bush would lose the toe
clips. Fabrizio must be horrified.

(pls - for us on the wrong side of the pond - who's Fabrizio?)

/Robert