thebikebeat:

@lancearmstrong: Good morning Dublin. Who wants to ride this afternoon? I do. 5:30pm at the roundabout of Fountain Road and Chesterfield Avenue. See you there.

What started out as a simple Tweet from his mobile phone just hours earlier turned into a Lance Armstrong frenzy when over 1,000 riders turned up at 5:30 in Dublin’s Phoenix Park Tuesday evening.

An army of Armstrong fans turned up from all over Ireland, and indeed from various other countries, in the hope of getting to ride with their idol, and they were not disappointed. (via Jenifer Fischer)

Lance is still a douchebag in my book, but this is pretty awesome. It’s kind of where I’d like to get The Bike Beat and its Twitter account someday for where I live. Although, likely nowhere near 1,000 riders. Ten would be impressive.