Film extra opportunities for Peloton lookalikes

[Kenneth Foreman]

A message from Gary McGowan about film extra opportunities (and a chance to show off the Paragon kit on the international stage):


Would you like to be an extra in a film shoot to promote the Grand Depart of the Tour de France in London?
 
TfL are filming for a new video to be shown at the world launch of the 2007 tour de France route, in Paris on 26 October 2006.

We need fit, slim (male) cyclists to be part of the peloton for the film shoot in central London (location to be confirmed) on Saturday 30 September from 7.00am to approximately 10.00am.
 
You need to be able to pass as a peloton rider (hence the slight emphasis on slim and male) and you will need to be aged between 18 and 45. You can wear your own (clean) club kit or any Proteam strip that you own and you will need to bring bikes with no mudguards or pannier racks (a chance to show-off your best bikes). All riders must wear helmets and no tights for the shoot itself and no yellow, green, white or polka dot jerseys please.

My apologies to those club riders that don't fit the profile that we need for the shoot, I am sure that you will understand our reasons.
 
Unfortunately, there only remuneration we can offer for your services for the film shoot, is the chance to be a part of a film to be shown to the world and we will of course provide you with your own DVD of the completed film.

It's a great opportunity to be an actual part of the London Tour de France Grand depart for 2007. Just email Natalie Bobb ([e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]> ) or call Natalie on 020 7126 3437.
 
Gary MacGowan
Technical Manager (Special Projects)
Transport for London
Windsor House
42-50 Victoria Street
London SW1H 0TL

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I signed up but then was talked out of it by my wife, who usually encourages me to ride my bike. She started make up with lamer excuses then some of you ( even that I over greased my seat pin).

I probed this a little bit and she finally came out and said it ... I don't really fit the profile of a tour rider....

I thought:
I ride my bike a lot
I am self medicating
I have tattoos
I have shiny new stuff.

She said, well you have hairy legs.

I thought so what?
I said they can clean that up a bit.

She than said, I'd be too tall

I said I am roughly the same height as Tom Boonen (give or take a few inches).

So finally she said I may have a few too many curves to fit the profile.

And I thought, my tall fins, they are brilliant for steering, but no she seems to think I may be too fat for something like this.

I thought she must not have seen Ronnie in Lycra. Because that is something else!