Anyway We do have a world Gold medal Black cyclist!!

[DJ]

Keep meaning to regurgitate this topic from a few weeks back, she is British she is black and she is a Gold medalist, so yes we do have black people in cycling who are succesfull!

She should be more famous than she is!




http://www.shanazereade.com/career.php

 

[TVC]

She should be but unfortunatly didn't win in Beijing, so got completely ignored by the press. If she'd won she would be hailed as the kid from the back streets/broken home/underdog who made it to the top, with the tabloids making her a national heroine.

Hopefully her time will come.

 

[mr Mag00]

she did bin it , in rather um, ******* circumstances in beijing. ther were high hopes for her, i think it all got to her to be honest.

 

[rich p]

Well maybe but it's a mickey mouse sport isn't it which doesn't help?

It's not much of a spectator sport either.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Apart from that though rich you're a fan?!!!

 

[Will1985]

She should stick to the velodrome.

I don't think the French care what colour Gregory Bauge's skin is....he wins lots of track sprint events.

 

[DJ]

Well maybe but it's a mickey mouse sport isn't it which doesn't help?

It's not much of a spectator sport either.

I would love to see your beer belly attempting what she does on a BMX!!!!

I think she would show most people on here up with her athletiscism!!!

Oh and I met her at the London skyride last year and Son No 1 got her autograpgh, she is a lovely looking girl.

 

[rich p]

I'm not saying that you don't have to be fit and talented but it ranks alongside 5 a side footie, softball, rugby 7's and synchronised diving as unnecessary sporting offshoots.


Oh, IMHO


I'll ignore the accuracy of the beer belly jibe

 

[Aperitif]

Don't forget World Championship Beach Soccer, rich! Or that beach volleyball game where finely tuned pairs of ladies make V signs to each other whilst caressing their bottoms - in full view of the TV spectator I understand / so I have been told...

 

[Piemaster]

She should be but unfortunatly didn't win in Beijing, so got completely ignored by the press. If she'd won she would be hailed as the kid from the back streets/broken home/underdog who made it to the top, with the tabloids making her a national heroine.

Hopefully her time will come.

Just seems that way with sports doesn't it. BMX = council estates. 3 day eventing = public schools. Very much a generalisation but I think it comes down to what facilities are available to the potential participant. Hence the popularity of football, you need a football (or tin can/rock as my parents can testify from state of my childhood shoes) and a mate. Or several mates, numbers never seemed to matter too much.
Shame she didn't do better in Beijing though.

 

[DJ]

Don't forget World Championship Beach Soccer, rich! Or that beach volleyball game where finely tuned pairs of ladies make V signs to each other whilst caressing their bottoms - in full view of the TV spectator I understand / so I have been told...

hehehe, I think I saw that on the telly once!! Yes thats it I am sure I saw something like that once!!!

 

[very-near]

Just seems that way with sports doesn't it. BMX = council estates. 3 day eventing = public schools. Very much a generalisation but I think it comes down to what facilities are available to the potential participant. Hence the popularity of football, you need a football (or tin can/rock as my parents can testify from state of my childhood shoes) and a mate. Or several mates, numbers never seemed to matter too much.
Shame she didn't do better in Beijing though.

3 day eventing isn't what you have come from, it is what you have got on the day which counts (deep pockets)

Shame about her crashing out at Beijing though

 

[DJ]

she has won the world Track championship twice (with Victoria Pendleton) !
Surely that qualifies her as worthy of note.

 

[Globalti]

Here she is. Not a very flattering picture though.

 

[Rassendyll]

Shanaze Reade got a huge amount of coverage after winning the world championships and in the leadup to Beijing.

She was IIRC one of the featured athletes on the BBC's Road to Beijing specials along with Tom Daley and a couple of others. She hasn't had as much publicity since but she hasn't done as well since.

I reckon she would be up there, if not ahead of Cooke and Pendleton, in a poll of female cyclists that a non-cyclist could name or recognise.