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The fastest fast food? Deliveroo rider in full Team Sky kit on a Pinarello

We’re wondering if it’s one of the Team Sky boys who didn’t get the Tour de France gig

Deliveroo delivery riders are now a common sight in Britain’s cities, zooming around with those big boxes on their back to get that meal from A (the restaurant) to B (your sofa).

And if those corporate black and sky blue corporate colours seem a bit familiar, it could be because they are shared with a certain UCI WorldTour team.

Props, then, to the Deliveroo rider snapped in Reading by road.cc reader Gila Joffe Overton who is not just dressed in full Team Sky kit, but is also riding a Pinarello Dogma, from the Italian firm that just renewed their deal as bike sponsor to the British outfit.

Talk about putting the ‘fast’ into fast food.

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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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tommy2p | 7 years ago
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I wonder if (like me) he also works in a bike shop part - time, in order to be able to buy the nice bike and kit at trade prices, as a perk? I have do the same thing

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Broady. | 7 years ago
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Going by the bike and kit I'm guessing he's delivering Chinese food.

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andrewkilbey | 7 years ago
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Jonathan Tiernan-Locke

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barbarus | 7 years ago
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My youngest son is a deliveroo-er. He loves it; pretty good money for a 17 year old and he gets to ride his bike to earn it. I don't know if he will be so keen in winter though...

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LastBoyScout | 7 years ago
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There's always several Deliveroo riders hanging around in the Oracle.

Funniest one is the chap on the neon pink Planet X bike with carbon mag wheels.

Given Deliveroo's corporate colours, they should all be riding Bianchi  1

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tritecommentbot | 7 years ago
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Have to admit, if I was able to retire young somehow, maybe win the lottery -  I'd get a 'job' as a bike courier in some big city, New York or somewhere. Always dreamed of that. Such a buzz.

 

 

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Veloism | 7 years ago
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If you're an aspiring pro, it's not actually a bad gig - at least someone is paying you to train! They're all self employed, so the more they deliver, the more they earn...

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Simon E | 7 years ago
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If he's happy then who cares?

No-one would say anything if he was wearing a Man Utd shirt with 'Rooney' or whatever on the back.

Is that a company vehicle? Perhaps these delivery jobs are better paid than I thought...

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pruaga | 7 years ago
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The things that domestiques have to do nowadays...

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Jimthebikeguy.com | 7 years ago
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I saw this bloke the other day whilst we were going through reading. It confused the hell out of me. He really looked the part.

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Windydog | 7 years ago
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Now Froomey's top tube position makes sense or where else would he rest the box?

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kitkat | 7 years ago
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... And Sky ride Shimano wheels. Maybe he's just on a training ride

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Ciarán Carroll | 7 years ago
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Fred

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themuffle | 7 years ago
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Chinarello?

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muppetteer | 7 years ago
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But why is he wearing trainers? And what's with that lever position? 

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