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Video: "Oh what fun it is to ride" — Team Sky's Christmas clip

Geraint Thomas delivers Sky's Christmas message by bike...

Team Sky's rising star Geraint Thomas takes centre stage in this short but fun little clip, delivering the team's Christmas message by bike.

No, he's not couriering around London dropping off Sky boxes, but if we say any more we'll give the game away.

You'll just have to watch it for yourself.

John has been writing about bikes and cycling for over 30 years since discovering that people were mug enough to pay him for it rather than expecting him to do an honest day's work.

He was heavily involved in the mountain bike boom of the late 1980s as a racer, team manager and race promoter, and that led to writing for Mountain Biking UK magazine shortly after its inception. He got the gig by phoning up the editor and telling him the magazine was rubbish and he could do better. Rather than telling him to get lost, MBUK editor Tym Manley called John’s bluff and the rest is history.

Since then he has worked on MTB Pro magazine and was editor of Maximum Mountain Bike and Australian Mountain Bike magazines, before switching to the web in 2000 to work for CyclingNews.com. Along with road.cc founder Tony Farrelly, John was on the launch team for BikeRadar.com and subsequently became editor in chief of Future Publishing’s group of cycling magazines and websites, including Cycling Plus, MBUK, What Mountain Bike and Procycling.

John has also written for Cyclist magazine, edited the BikeMagic website and was founding editor of TotalWomensCycling.com before handing over to someone far more representative of the site's main audience.

He joined road.cc in 2013. He lives in Cambridge where the lack of hills is more than made up for by the headwinds.

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stenmeister | 9 years ago
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I don't like Sky but Thomas is alright. I hope he wins something major this year.

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gazza_d | 9 years ago
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the various squeaks heard in the background are the tyres on the floor aren't they, and not due to Geraint overdoing the spouts..

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runskiprun | 9 years ago
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multitasking!
cheers Sky! and Merry Christmas to you all!

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bikecellar | 9 years ago
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ct | 9 years ago
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Made me smile, cheers G

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