BBC Sports Personality of the Year

[Samdy Gray]

Chris Hoy would have won the individual sprint at the Olympics on the bike I ride to work. .

I very much doubt that.

But I do get your point. I think all the bikes used in competition at the Olympics are very much similar - unlike F1 cars which have huge difference between the teams/manufacturers.

[thepeoplesgame]

I very much doubt that.

But I do get your point. I think all the bikes used in competition at the Olympics are very much similar - unlike F1 cars which have huge difference between the teams/manufacturers.

Yeah, I was exaggerating to make a point, but it's got 700 x 23c tires on it and a 53/12 biggest gear and I don't know how much more he'd need. Sure it weighs a lot more than an Olympic track bike, so he'd be much slower off the mark, but I honestly think Hoy's ability could still see him home. He is a beast.

[THE FLASH]

Interesting combination of onanism and motorsport there Flash.

mopped up!!!

[axs]

I don't know if you can class the merits of a game/sport on the amount of exercise it takes. I like to think of actually playing it. And whilst I could get a few mates together and kick a ball about, use an old dustbin and child size bat with tennis ball to play cricket, race our bikes up and down the alley (maybe more when I was , go to a snooker hall and play a few hour long frames, head down to the pitch and putt, get the chess board out or play mario kart. It's unlikely that we'll get our hands on a couple of F1 cars to drive round a track.

but you could pop down the go-kart track. Same as having a cheap tennis racquet or a crap pair of football boots, everyone starts out with the basics and moves up. There are very few sports that don't spend a fortune at the highest level.

[axs]

Yeah, I was exaggerating to make a point, but it's got 700 x 23c tires on it and a 53/12 biggest gear and I don't know how much more he'd need. Sure it weighs a lot more than an Olympic track bike, so he'd be much slower off the mark, but I honestly think Hoy's ability could still see him home. He is a beast.

He'd actually probably be much quicker off the line thanks to the possession of lower ratio gears.

[michael]

If it was on my bike then when he changed gears it would probably slip and he'd do himself a mischief

[thepeoplesgame]

He'd actually probably be much quicker off the line thanks to the possession of lower ratio gears.

I'm not sure even I'd claim that he'd have enough time to shift gears and still win. He'd have to go 53/12 all the way, although he's probably got something like 54/11 on his bike, so it'd still be easy for him :-)

[Bob's Orange]

Bet that bloke swimmer 'Becky' wins.

[THE FLASH]

Chris Hoy on my old raleigh Bomber...........shift up those Sturmy Archers!!