General Cycling Discussion - Celebrity cyclists

Who rides?

umm robin williams and mat meconegay..but i think they are the well know ones

Richard Dean Anderson, of McGyver and Stargate fame, rode from Minnesota to Alaska when he was 17. Not sure if he still rides today.

Ricky Schroeder, and apparently he's a Cat 3 racer...

Mark Paul Gosselaar (http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/?pg=fullstory&id=3769) (aka Zack Morris from Saved by the Bell) races on the track.

porcupine tree fans in the house above me. neil peart drummer from Rush used to be an avid rider, he wrote a book on his travels through Africa call "the masked rider". hes now a touring motorcycle guy.

Mark Paul Gosselaar (http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/?pg=fullstory&id=3769) (aka Zack Morris from Saved by the Bell) races on the track.

Hmmm, now that you mention it, I might have confused the two child stars...

Mark Paul Gosselaar (http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/?pg=fullstory&id=3769) (aka Zack Morris from Saved by the Bell) races on the track.

He won the Cat 3 race in Long Beach circuit (just before the last stage of Tour of Cali).

When he did it, my friend looked over to me and said "Did Zach just won the ****ing race?":D

I've seen pics of Madonna and Liv Tyler riding hybrids and cruisers. Steve Colbert most likely rides, as many of his shows have cycling metaphors that make many non-cyclists scratch their heads. If you consider politicians a celebrity, then President Bush and John Kerry both ride, as does Governor Mark Sanford of South Carolina (he joins club ride when home from Columbia).

Then you have the cyclists that have become celebrities, but only one is prominent.

I love the new spell check on Firefox.

porcupine tree fans in the house above me. neil peart drummer from Rush used to be an avid rider, he wrote a book on his travels through Africa call "the masked rider". hes now a touring motorcycle guy.

hey Dwork, i keep meaning to buy that book, but never get around to it. i believe he's written a couple of books while riding on tours. i think there's one called ghostrider coincidentally.

David Lee Roth. What's that? Oh yeah, you're right, he's not a celeb any more. :p

I think Clapton used to ride. Don't know if he's still into it though.

Steve Colbert most likely rides, as many of his shows have cycling metaphors that make many non-cyclists scratch their heads.

+1

He mentioned Indurain when talking to Armstrong. Most people I ride with never heard of Indurain:(

Jake Gyllenhaal

and Owen Wilson who happens to be an unappreciative wheelsucker from my experience.

I don't know, but I *DO* know it's very important to keep up with celebrities. They are our gods. The TV said so.

I think Clapton used to ride. Don't know if he's still into it though.

I've heard that, too. And Ginger Baker (drummer for Cream) was a serious road racer as a teenager-

hey Dwork, i keep meaning to buy that book, but never get around to it. i believe he's written a couple of books while riding on tours. i think there's one called ghostrider coincidentally.

yeah i actually have and read "ghost rider", which is about after his wife and daughter died within 10 months of eachother, he went on a monster motorcycle tour from quebec up to alaska and down to belieze. that book is good. but i prefer his other one called "landscape, a concert tour by motorcycle" when Rush is on their tour him and a buddy ride their motorcycles from venue to venue. hes a great author, very descriptive. and he goes through a hell of alot of places. funny enough, i dont have masked rider cause barnes and noble doesnt carry it, so i have to order it. when im done with "landscape" im going to get it. he also has another book called "traveling music" which is about the music that he has been into throughout his life.

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patrick dempsey (from gray's anatomy)... i saw a photo of him with his specialized.

Goldie Hawn, Miguel Duhamel (motorcycle racer)

I've heard that, too. And Ginger Baker (drummer for Cream) was a serious road racer as a teenager-
It's said that the Cream album title Disraeli Gears was a bad pun on deraileur gears.

It's said that the Cream album title Disraeli Gears was a bad pun on deraileur gears.

Yep, I believe it was-

Rick James (deceased), Roger Morris (Psychedelic Furs, wrote Pretty In Pink)

Well, now I need to become a celebrity so that I can be listed on this thread!:D

(I wonder if there are any celebs lurking on this forum....other than the famous Sheldon Brown, that is!;) )

patrick dempsey (from gray's anatomy)... i saw a photo of him with his specialized.

Dempsey was interviewed on Versus during the Tour of California. They said that he has a $3,000 bike. I'm sure that he can afford it.

Jason Lee of "Earl" rides a fixie. Great skateboarder as well...

treehugger.com has a celebrity bike watch.

"We asked and you delivered. Observant readers have inundated us with celebrity pedal pushers. This week: Daryl Hannah, Naomi Watts, Hilary Duff, Elle Macpherson, Chloe Sevigny, Lindsay Lohan, George Clooney, Keifer Sutherland, Estella Warren, Scout Niblett, The Governator.

It just so happens that Daryl Hannah featured urban biking on her video log this week!

Today the Gliving blog gave us select, smokin' archival shots of Hilary Duff, Naomi Watts, Elle Macpherson, Chloe Sevigny, Lindsay Lohan, and George Clooney.

Keifer Sutherland, perhaps on location at a 24 kidnapper's lair? From tipster Summer Bowen.

Bad-ass bike blogger Anna Cummings alerted us to Sunday's coverage of Estella Warren's Triathlete cover.

Jason Goodman sent in this beautiful shot of singer/songwriter Scout Niblett from a series he did of women on bikes. "

How about Jennifer Garner...

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e346/DannoXYZ/Cycling/BikerChics/JenniferGarnerS.jpg

Of course we know Britney rides bikes...

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e346/DannoXYZ/Cycling/BikerChics/BritneySpearsBabyS.jpg

Jessica simpson's not a rider but she plays one on tee-vee:

Jake Gyllenhaal

and Owen Wilson who happens to be an unappreciative wheelsucker from my experience.

My buddy pushed Jake up Alpe d'Huez last year.

and aren't wheelsuckers by definition unappreciative?

Paul Newman and Katherine Ross

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=howEAqstkzQ

George Bush

How about Jennifer Garner...

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e346/DannoXYZ/Cycling/BikerChics/JenniferGarnerS.jpg

makin' my heart go pitter pat........:)

George Bush


He's not a celebrity, he's just an idiot. He gives anyone riding a bike a bad name.

He's not a celebrity, he's just an idiot. He gives anyone riding a bike a bad name.
:beer:

I think Clapton used to ride. Don't know if he's still into it though.

...found a picture of Slowhand & his Cinelli in 1988...

He's not a celebrity, he's just an idiot. He gives anyone riding a bike a bad name.

:rolleyes:

Clapton does till ride.

McCartney travels with a bike and rides as often as possible.

Neil Sedaka ( who?) has a HUGE collection of Colnagos.

How about Jennifer Garner...

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e346/DannoXYZ/Cycling/BikerChics/JenniferGarnerS.jpg


My favorite too Danno. As I posted on the last two celebrity bike threads, Jennifer keeps a bike to ride on the set of ALIAS. Now where is that picture?

Here is the link to one of the pictures:

http://www.cbsnews.com/elements/2005/04/22/in_depth_showbiz/photoessay690193_0_13_photo.shtml

I'll see if I can find the other picture.

The fact that President Bush is into mountainbiking is a good thing and he can be a powerful friend to the sport. Hopefully that can foster more pressure to have additional trails opened to riders. In my experience, I've noticed mountainbikers are good conservationists and "pack-out" lots of garbage and debris found on the trails left by dayhikers.

A riding buddy of mine took a job in the White House just as George W. took office. He is a leftward leaning liberal and was roasted by his colleagues for taking a job with the enemy. He was prepared not to like George Bush. It turns out that he likes him very much. On the other hand, the White House staff despised the Clintons who had just vacated. You had to avert your eyes in the presence of Hillary or you were in trouble. I asked him if he called the President, George, and he said, "Oh no, you call him Mr. President."

Rachel Nichols

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e346/DannoXYZ/Cycling/BikerChics/RachelNicholsS.jpg

Scarlett Keegan

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e346/DannoXYZ/Cycling/BikerChics/ScarlettKeegan.jpg

Rachel Nichols. Her fa fa fa feet are ba ba ba bare.

:rolleyes: You men are such bike hoes!

But seriously, have any of you seen that bike ed video (http://www.bikeleague.org/store/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=33) that the LAB produced? It's not bad (but I guess only a true bike lover would find it entertaining). But anyway, can you imagine the response if say Leonardo Di Caprio and Madonna (or any other popular celebrities) produced such a program and aired it on prime time TV?! IMHO, such a show would send bike commuting over the moon in this country - especially if the show aired more than once with different celebrities each time. Ha! (now that I'm on a roll) Imagine an adult version with Robin Williams and George Carlin adding their snide senses of humor to bike commuting...

Albert Einstein and the Doublemint twins.

Russell Crowe is a roadie. He rode around Pittsburgh alot last year while making a movie.

I read somewhere that Lance Armstrong has been known to ride a bike.

Let's not forget Talking Heads lead singer, David Byrne...

He's got a new book about bicycling out.

http://www.inhabitat.com/wp-content/uploads/bicycle-diaries01.jpg