Who's your cycling hero?

[dan_bo]

Nicole Cooke!

 

[marinyork]

I started off a on my own and don't come from a cycling family like a lot of you apparently do and I don't really watch cycle racing or come into contact with any other cyclists so I don't really have any heroes. It's interesting reading your lists though.

 

[Niall Estick]

My Dad. When he was on National Service he used to spend 10 hours of his 48 hour leave to cycle 110 miles to see my Mum. 110 miles in 5 hours dead. Not bad.

Obree

 

[Vapin' Joe]

Tom Simpson

Alf Engers

 

[alecstilleyedye]

Nicole Cooke!

me too

 

[mondobongo]

Robert Millar

 

[HLaB]

I like the usual suspects: Hoy, Obrea and Robert Millar.

 

[Noodley]

bonj. He's a legend.

 

[Noodley]

But seriously:

Robert Millar.

Nobody will come near him ever IMO.

 

[Chuffy]

But seriously:

Robert Millar.

Nobody will come near him ever IMO.

That's only because no-one can find him.

No heroes here, I don't believe in them. But it always brings a smile to my face when I see some wizened octogenarian trundling along on an ancient shopper.

 

[Crackle]

But seriously:

Robert Millar.

Nobody will come near him ever IMO.

Any decent biographies on him. Wasn't there one came out recently?

 

[HLaB]

Any decent biographies on him. Wasn't there one came out recently?

In search of Robert Millar came out a few years back.

 

[Noodley]

That's only because no-one can find him.

Not at all. I usually don't "do" heroes but I can still remember watching him on the telly in the 80's. The determination, the style, the hair , the attitude, the vulnerability and the talent.

I quite often go onto YouTube and watch:


View: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wfvQoAZIlHk


He was not a happy person but he made me happy.

 

[Noodley]

I could post a photo of me with a Robert Millar hair-do....

 

[Crackle]

In search of Robert Millar came out a few years back.

Tah. I think I just found my Xmas present.

Is he the most succesful though. I thought it was Simpson.