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[Frood42]

He is actually sitting in primary at a junction, I may well faint...
Duct tape over the mouth, I could get used to that.

Not sure about the jacket or gloves though
The lycra shorts over the jeans, "very cool" in fact so cool he should be riding a fixie


Note: no offence to fixie riders meant!
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[Fab Foodie]

View attachment 37162

The brand I buy.

I know ..... Cashing in on mispronunciation .....

 

[glenn forger]

Duct Tape is like The Force-there's a light side and a dark side and it holds the universe together.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Once again he succeeds in the self-serving promotion of the brand JC.
He doesn't have a publicist because everyone else does it for him - free.

GC

 

[totallyfixed]

Oh come on! This is Clarkson and for sure it is a p1ss take. The lycra shorts over jeans is being done to extract the michael out of lycra clad cyclists, and the tape is to show we should keep quiet if anyone in a vehicle tries to squish us.
I have never before so fervently hoped that someone on a bike does get squished but it won't happen because he will be surrounded by cameras and sycophantic boy racers et al.

 

[green1]

The lycra shorts over jeans is being done to extract the michael out of lycra clad cyclists

Nothing wrong with that IMO. We'll find out soon enough, the new series starts this week.

 

[simon the viking]

IT'S DUCT, DUCT, DUCT.
DUCT TAPE FOR TAPING OVER JOINTS IN VENTILATION DUCTS ......

Thank you.

Yes and err No......

You are quite right of course with your description of but there is a brand of duct tape called Duck tape

 

[ManiaMuse]

I like Top Gear.

Shame I didn't get to race them though, would have delighted in destroying them at the lights.

 

[jarlrmai]

I'm imagining the setup on the show.

Lyrca over jeans will be a sort of semi self deprecating "cyclists wesr lycra lol" reference
Duck/Duct (gotta keep everyone happy) tape will be to stop him either shouting at other cyclists or drivers, or a not so subtle reference that cyclists whoulf stop complaining.

 

[ScotiaLass]

He is! That's hilarious. Let's hope there are more and clearer shots of that.

I think the tape might be securing a microphone, sadly.

I bet they only show the top of the shorts...bloody amateur!

 

[Recycle]

Or it could (he says optimistically) be a serious attempt by a petrolhead to see London through a cyclists eyes, the duct tape is there to stop him ranting at motorists.

My guess is that this is evidence gathering to make a case for keeping cyclists off the road and confined to cycle infrastructure. Both Clarkson and May have published articles extolling the virtues of Dutch style cycle infrastructure. May because he thought it was a good idea, Clarkson because he thought it would keep cyclists off the road.

 

[ScotiaLass]

Unfortunately I think the others might be right - it's probably just a ****take.

Yeah.
Shame he couldn't undertake some serious journalism...oh wait, It's Clarkson!

 

[totallyfixed]

I nearly gave you a "like" for the "optimistically" bit.
I don't intend to find out if it was a p1ss take or not, he ranks a whole factor of 10 below Jeremy Kyle in the obnoxious stakes. I'm sure someone will report back.

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

IT'S DUCT, DUCT, DUCT.
DUCT TAPE FOR TAPING OVER JOINTS IN VENTILATION DUCTS ......

Thank you.

It's Duck Tape if you do the hoovering with a Vax though....

..I know because I Googled it on Bing

 

[winjim]

IT'S DUCT, DUCT, DUCT.
DUCT TAPE FOR TAPING OVER JOINTS IN VENTILATION DUCTS ......

Thank you.

IT'S DUCK, DUCK, DUCK.
TAPE WHICH IS MADE FROM THE MATERIAL COTTON DUCK...

You're welcome.