errrr...that was horrible but i found what i was looking for.
alex you're a cock.

oh dear. oh dearie me. that doesn't work at all well.

That's a genuinely interesting point - I may have read too much into that, but it seems to suggest that the whole point of doing it is some kind of appeasement, aimed at men who feel threatened. If I was in that position, I'd like to say 'bugger it - if you feel threatened, that's your problem not mine.' Do you see where I'm going here? It doesn't seem to be for the 'woman's' benefit - it seems to be to help men feel more comfortable with the fact they're talented and physically fit - like a 'I may be a world class athlete, but don't worry - I'm still a little woman underneath it all...'

That makes a lot of sense - seems to be a more 'personal' reason for doing it.

There's a story about that - she was only 17 when that shot was taken, and since then she's been leached over constantly. She never wanted the attention and is trying to avoid the media spotlight now - to the point her performance as an athlete is suffering. It's a shame it's come to that, but it's useful to have that human insight into what was, up until recently, a picture of an attractive pole vaulter.

that's very sad if it's true. The fact that her abhorrence of it makes her so much more attractive to me means she now has to contend with two contingents of pathetic loser.

i'm sorry that so many people find her un attractive but any woman who rides like that and gets away with looks like that is ok in my book. and the to the people who think she's degraded herself or that people are being sexist about it i say if it brings publicity to a sport that is under appreciated then all the better.

Beautiful,strong woman who is rightly proud of her body and skills....
.......Pas problem.......M

boobless wonder.

hahaha

She looks a bit more shapely in this pic:


Heres a bit of a bio/interview video thing:

http://oakley.com/women/uniquely/victoria

This thread gives me heart.

Victoria is fast, foremost... I probably would, if the opportunity arose (and I was on tour)... Kick some arse Vicki, I love your track skillz... Big thighs are yum BTW... Try it sometime, ladies...

She's pretty. Who cares if she has no boobs, she can ride a bike faster than you ever will.

Yes, it was.




I have to say this whole thing about criticising her looks seems more than a little off. She's an attractive woman and very successful in what she does, and she's damned sight more real than the airbrushed airheads who adorn the lads' mags.

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I think the use of a modern trek geared bike spoils any classic look of those pictures. Fair enough lance is a road rider, but Victoria should of been on her timeless black simple & mean track bike.

I also think that she is rather attractive, although Id be scared she would crush my nob in her muscly vagina.

Today's Google logo. It's even in the direction VP was shot in.




How freaky is that? Are we being watched so very closely...........?

and the sheep is nude...

anyone know what time pendleton cycles today? i'm not being lazy, just inept, cannot find a bloody listing for it anywhere...

Don't worry - she won't...

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Not that it's in any way interesting, but I think she's pretty. I also think I fancy her more because she's good at something. Talented girls make for attractive girls.

Also, if the female athletes concerned aren't worried about doing photoshoots and playing the media game then I don't think anyone else needs to be.

Pendleton, like many athletes, has the Graf effect. Looks better on the field than off.

Graf? That's an extreme example...

True but the leading example of hot on the field, less so off the field. Pendleton is lucky to not look like an excited horse in the interview room.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...l-cycling.html

It seems as if she is really into being a pin-up/tabloid celebrity from this article.

well, if it helps pay the bills

look at the images to the right of the article.
these are the false idols that are worshiped today, sadly not VP

i agree

Martine McCutcheon:



Victorian Pendleton:

That was put up, if i'm right, the day that Nicole Cook won the RR. I say it's a Welsh sheep

Has this been up here already? Rebecca Romero