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Boris Johnson finishes inaugural Prudential RideLondon 100Boris Trike: Mayor of London promises tricycle to Prince George
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has followed up 2011’s royal wedding gift of a ‘Boris Bike’ tandem to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge by promising to provide a trike for their first-born child, Prince George.
Mr Johnson, fresh from taking part in the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100 on Sunday, spoke of the gift on his monthly radio programme, reports The Mirror.
"We are sending Prince George a beautiful, bouncing blue tricycle to get him on a bike at the earliest possible opportunity and to acculturate him to the joy of cycling."
He is unsure at the moment, however, whether the trike will have the same navy blue livery as the tandem he presented to the parents of the child born on 22 July who is third in line to the throne.
He added, however: "It will be beautiful whatever it is."
Unlike many other London cyclists who benefit from access to bikes provided by the mayor, we’re guessing the royal nipper won’t be charged two quid a day to use it.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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Yes, I do have google...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-13236556
...and...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/10224994/Boris-Joh...
'acculturate'?
I'm grudgingly impressed that 'the comedian who plays the Mayor of London' ['Outnumbered'] managed to do this at all. Is there a picture of the tandem? If it (and the trike) are as pug-ugly and unmanoeuvrable as the public edition good luck to them. Prince George will be like the child in 'The Shining' rattling around his various homes and retreats.
He did the 100 miles, fair play to him. As for the Royal baby, that poor kid will probably never be allowed to ride a sportive, mind they have got a big garden!
You say that, but both Princes William and Harry are keen and apparently quite enthusiastic motorbike riders - William has an R1 I think. So the Royal family aren't quite as safety-first as you might think...
What are you thinking, pandering to an opportunist politician and the House of Windsor in what should be a bike website?