Famous Cyclist's

[Wilkinson4]

Ok, we all know Eric Clapton and Robin Williams love bikes. But, what other famous people can we add to the list *and* has anyone ever bought or sold bikes to a celebrity?

I'll go first... I have had two Gannsari's in my hands, a Scorcher and a Van Cleeve. I wish I would have kept them but the first helped me land a Toei, the other got me on a sweet Bilenky Porteur bike.

I sold the Scorcher to Brian Ritchie, founder and drummer for the Violent Femmes. The second went to Jeff Campitelli, drummer for Joe Santriani!!!

Both loved the Gannsari's!

Oh, and I bought a Landshark from another drummer but not a famous band.

They were a club band in Jersey and I can't remember the band name:(

mIKE

[gemship]

David Byrne as mentioned in another thread with the artsy bike racks in NYC :hello:

[BumbleBeeDave]

. . . member davidlee is a rock musician of some note, though it's my understanding that our davidlee is not David Lee Roth.

Dave

[MattTuck]

mcdreamy

[soupless]

Sold a bike to Brent Seabrook of the Chicago Blackhawks.

Drummer from The Wallflowers (Jakob Dylan's old band)

Conan.

Mark Paul Gosselar (Zach Morris from Saved By The Bell)

McEnroe?

[learlove]

zack from "saved by the bell" races cat3 or 4 in CAL and the track also. I think I saw an article where the main character from the 90's movie "can't buy me love" is an avid cyclist.

[joelh]

Nascar Driver, Bobby Labonte is an avid cyclist ( he is a big Serotta fan). You can see him riding out and about in the Thomasville NC area.

[William]

Nascar Driver, Bobby Labonte is an avid cyclist ( he is a big Serotta fan). You can see him riding out and about in the Thomasville NC area.

http://www.bicycling.com/article/0,6610,s1-3-12-20322-1,00.html




William

[rwsaunders]

All seen riding with William last year....

[William]

All seen riding with William last year....

Hey, we all became good buds at the 05 Serotta Open House! When pete opens the Red, funny things can happen......again, Ben, sorry about the Hamsters in the CNC machine. :o Hugo.... :rolleyes:




William

[mosca]

Neal Peart from Rush.

Michael Ward, former guitarist from the Wallflowers.

Whit Bazemore, drag racer.

Bill Walton, of course.

[KJMUNC]

Paul Tracy - of Indy Car fame

Drummer for the Cult - can't remember his name....trained with him in Malibu a few times

Our own forumite MusoMan is a rather acclaimed musician in his own right....and he sold me a sweet MX Leader a few years back!

[TMB]

There are a number of current and past NHL'rs that live in this town.

An astounding number of them ride during the summer.

Weekend rides are getting bigger as the playoffs winnow the teams down.

Some of those guys can really motor. Not great climbers, but big diesels.

[BryanE]

Chris Chelios
Sammy Haggar

[rwsaunders]

More friends from Willie's Rhode Island Ramble....

[Elefantino]

I sold a frame to Dave Thompson. Does that count?

[paulh]

What kind of helmet is Reverend Al wearing?

[jemoryl]

From hockey: Zdeno Chara is has ridden some TdF stages, including the Alpe d'Huez. He may have time to do this again now that the Bruins are out of the playoffs. Also, former Rangers goalie Mike Richter is supposed to be quite a cyclist.

[rugbysecondrow]

What kind of helmet is Reverend Al wearing?

hair helmet

[54ny77]

serotta forum brand-appropriate!

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2004/08/01/weekinreview/McGrath2300.jpg

[William]

What pro is that weaving through the carnage on a stealthy Serotta???

;)




William

[Dave B]

Cheryl Crow

The Dave Matthews band has some deal with Specialized

Madonna is big into it so was her ex Guy Ritchie

Loads of IRl drivers around here in Indy ride when the Indy 500 is in town.

Lebron bought bunch of cannondale stock a while back.

They also did stuff for Shaq

[TMB]

From hockey: Zdeno Chara is has ridden some TdF stages, including the Alpe d'Huez. He may have time to do this again now that the Bruins are out of the playoffs. Also, former Rangers goalie Mike Richter is supposed to be quite a cyclist.


Yes.

Trevor Linden and Jarome Iginla both live here and ride a LOT.

Linden is serious about it, rides a Look CF with BIG deep dish wheels and is strong as an ox. He also rides the Trans-alps MTB race , and I believe ahs done the Trans-Rockies as well.

I've seen Richter riding with him, and that takes effort.

[paulh]

I sold a frame to Dave Thompson. Does that count?

In my best Sly Stallone voice..... Absolutely!!!

[gone]

Camillo Vijegas of the PGA is an avid cyclist as are many World Superbike, Supersport and MotoGP racers.

[johnnymossville]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2006/2086353437_c3203a5231.jpg
while riding his bike. Einstein on the Theory of Relativity.

I on the other hand mostly think of food and beer.

[johnnymossville]

serotta forum brand-appropriate!

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2004/08/01/weekinreview/McGrath2300.jpg


We can't have Sen. Kerry without the guy that sent him packing now can we?

http://www.treehugger.com/bush-on-bike.jpg

[avalonracing]

He was never too busy to fit a ride in. :rolleyes:

[fourflys]

Golf commentator David Feherty (who has been hit two or three times...)

Matt Lauer from the Today show

Feherty is a VERY interesting guy... recovering alcoholic and likes to ride at night or very early in the morning...

[fiamme red]

ConanConan O'Brien rides a Serotta. What would Conan the Barbarian ride? :)

Conan's father: "Fire and wind come from the sky, from the gods of the sky. But Crom is your god, Crom and he lives in the earth. Once, giants lived in the Earth, Conan. And in the darkness of chaos, they fooled Crom, and they took from him the enigma of steel. Crom was angered. And the Earth shook. Fire and wind struck down these giants, and they threw their bodies into the waters, but in their rage, the gods forgot the secret of steel and left it on the battlefield. We who found it are just men. Not gods. Not giants. Just men. The secret of steel has always carried with it a mystery. You must learn its riddle, Conan. You must learn its discipline. For no one - no one in this world can you trust. Not men, not women, not beasts." [Points to steel bicycle frame.] "This you can trust."

http://velochimp.com/2009/05/04/conan-obrien-out-for-a-ride/

http://velochimp.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/conan-obrien-bike-01-683x1024.jpg

[petitelilpettit]

Almost sold a fixed gear to Jered Weaver, the pitcher from the Anaheim, er, I mean "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"...

[dvs cycles]

Velochimp is not very observant "Conan O’Brien is enjoying the LA lifestyle and is taking to the roads on his Seven cycles bike"

[Tom]

Oh, you meant 'Famous Cyclists'.

Sorry. Misunderstood. Never mind.

[gemship]

Brigitte Bardot

[Ray]

Bobby Weir, owns a Spectrum or two. Tom claims he's a real rider, good climber, etc. I remember he was pretty well known for mountain biking back when I was first in to that too. I guess we're both a good deal older now.

-Ray

[Ray]

Brigitte Bardot
On a similar note, Michelle Pfeiffer was one of the people quoted in "The Quotable Cyclist" with something about how she really liked to work on her bicycle - it was a stress reliever for her. I have to figure she rode it sometimes also. I knew there was something I liked about her.

-Ray

[fourflys]

Bobby Weir, owns a Spectrum or two. Tom claims he's a real rider, good climber, etc. I remember he was pretty well known for mountain biking back when I was first in to that too. I guess we're both a good deal older now.

-Ray

Good interview here... This makes sense why Fisher had a Grateful Dead Hoo Koo E Koo....

http://www.sonic.net/~ckelly/Seekay/weir_page_1.htm

[choke]

many World Superbike, Supersport and MotoGP racers.Off the top of my head I know:

Ben Bostrom (AMA SBK & Supersport Champion) placed second in the solo class at last year's 24 Hours of Moab.

Ben Spies (WSBK Champ and current MotoGP rider) raced at Moab and does a lot of training on the road. He's good friends with Lampre's DS Brent Copeland.

Troy Bayliss (3 time WSBK Champ)

[Ray]

Good interview here... This makes sense why Fisher had a Grateful Dead Hoo Koo E Koo....

http://www.sonic.net/~ckelly/Seekay/weir_page_1.htm
Thanks for that. I think I've seen it before, but it'd been a while. Bobby looked YOUNG in that, which he still pretty much was in 1992.

In an odd way, I'm a cyclist because of the Dead. Or maybe more because of the lack of the Dead. They were kind of a big time-sink of mine until Jerry died in 1995. I'd go to a few shows every summer and I was pretty into trading tapes and staying up on their goings on. My kids were little and being into the Dead was pretty compatible with spending a lot of time around the house, so it worked out well. When Jerry died I pretty quickly realized I needed another outlet, the kids were at an age where I could get out of the house more, and a friend of mine convinced me to check out mountain biking. Got my first decent bike (a steel hardtail) in spring of 1996, lusted after that Grateful Dead Fisher model, and rode mtb a LOT that first summer. By September, I'd bought a Specialized road bike and it was all over. After a year on that, I bought an early Rivendell and started riding 5,000 miles per year for the next ten years or so. I've eased up a bit over the last few years, but the end of the Dead was a big part of getting me started in this.

-Ray

[fourflys]

very cool Ray!

[Ti_on_Steel]

Ralph Lauren used to come into a shop I worked at.

[azrider]

The OXY Clean 'guy'................

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CwWAiiNWgAAgDWJ.jpg:large




and David Feherty

https://www.golfchannel.com/sites/default/files/styles/full/public/B/E/B/%7BBEB8AD11-5D52-4592-B39D-ED835F82FFC9%7DFeherty_PaulAzinger_184.jpg?itok=4e w75Gpc

[colker]

I know a famous guitar player who is an avid rider but in this forum he would be called obscure. ;)

[buddybikes]

Zdeno Chara - Bruins. He was known to bike back and forth to the Garden. Wonder who made that bike, 6'9" There was also a Red Sox guy from back in their championship days who did.

[azrider]

New Orleans quarterback Teddy Bridgewater

https://dailysnark.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/A6F64642-30AA-4211-8E1E-9C0CA8337E38-768x1151.jpeg

[Toeclips]

Kraftwerk comes to mind

[SoCalSteve]

Wow, old thread!

Not sure if this counts, but I bought a Seven once that was given to Bobke for some promotional thing. I even had the build sheet with his name on it. Don’t remember what happened to that bike, was many years back.

[jtbadge]

Reggie Miller

https://www.velonews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Castelli-Say-Their-Names-Collection-800.jpg

[Gsinill]

Walter "Humble" Röhrl - better than Eddy ;)

"But best of all were the bicycling holidays I took with Eddy Merckx in Italy and France.
Every year we’d drum up a handful or two of fellow bicycle nuts, all of them former Tour de France contestants with one exception: me.
We’d ride about sixty-five miles a day, at a leisurely pace in a group in the valleys.
But whenever we came to a pass, it was all about attacking. I won the mountain sections three years in a row, with no one even close."