I’ll be sincere, after I took a job at Biking Weekly, I didn’t anticipate to be writing articles about Timothée Chalamet. And but, such is the common enchantment of the bicycle, that right here we’re.
This week, the actor made headlines when he turned as much as the premiere of his new movie, Bob Dylan biopic A Full Unknown, on a Lime bike. He pedalled it by safety, onto the crimson carpet, and hoofed out the kickstand in entrance of the photographers, parking up and carrying on along with his night.
The scene was stunning to many. However maybe it shouldn’t have been.
Dockless e-bike schemes have boomed in recognition over the previous couple of years. Lime bikes are accountable for thousands and thousands of rides every year, with a fleet of over 30,000 within the English capital right this moment – considered one of which has been graced by Chalamet’s derrière.
Any Londoner will inform you that biking is the quickest method to get across the metropolis, significantly throughout peak site visitors instances on the South Financial institution. Chalamet’s alternative was the logical one, even when it did land him in sizzling water.
“There was a site visitors jam, and I truly wasn’t allowed to park there, and I bought a £65 high-quality,” he informed French TV present Quotidien. “And really it’s horrible as a result of it was an advert for them.”
The plot thickened when journalists identified that Lime’s high-quality construction goes from £2 to £20, with mishaps usually forgiven for first-time offenders.
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I’m wondering what Dylan fabricated from the entire debacle. The musician, performed by Chalamet in his new movie, was famously freewheelin’, so I think about he was outraged at any worth the actor needed to pay.
The precise quantity, in fact, continues to be unsure. “The reply, my good friend, is blowin’ within the wind,” Dylan may say. In actuality, it’s in all probability someplace between £2 and £65.
Elsewhere on social media this week, Peter Sagan will get kitted up for Strictly Come Dancing, Alison Jackson impersonates Noel Gallagher, and Wout van Aert cycles on water.
1. Girls and gents, the not-so-freewheelin’ Timothée Chalamet
timothèe chalamet simply arrived on a lime bike 😭 pic.twitter.com/oJJZ5ktFFAJanuary 14, 2025
2. The instances they’re a-changin’ for Peter Sagan, who has swapped the WorldTour for the dance ground
3. Do not suppose twice it is alright, Jay Vine, the fielder’s bought this one
🤯 While you’re mid-interview on the @BBL however @ARoss49 has different concepts! #BBL14 We’re completely happy to report that @JayVine3 is secure and properly for the @tourdownunder, due to the fielding of Lachlan Shaw! 🤩Nice recreation guys! @StrikersBBL @SixersBBL #WeAreUAE pic.twitter.com/LddiMSOSqOJanuary 15, 2025
4. Okay, Dylan puns over now. This is Wout van Aert performing the biblical miracle of biking on water
5. Lachlan Morton dirty himself thrice on his 30-day experience round Australia, simply in case you had been questioning
6. Since retiring from racing, Christine Majerus has bought new targets of Titanic proportions
7. Typically you might want to have just a little sit down earlier than an enormous flight of stairs
8. It seems the Tour Down Underneath is only one massive koala-spotting journey
9. Which one are you?
10. James Shaw is method too smiley to be Liam Gallagher
11. Baywatch? Extra like Borawatch, am I proper?
12. And eventually, it is at all times good to see riders having fun with print journalism. Matteo Jorgenson and Jonas Vingegaard should have already flicked by their copy of Biking Weekly, although