Enjoyed reading your website feature about Duffers.

The best "Duffieldism" I have ever heard was in the finale of this year's Giro in Milan.

A viewer (indentity unknown) sent an e-mail to David describing his occasional over-excited commentary when the hammer goes down in a race.

He said that David sounds like "he's had four pints of lager and pee'd in a lamp socket !". David read this out live on air and apologised to viewers for occasionally getting carried away with his commentary!

All of this was happening in the final couple of KM's in the final stage of the Giro as Cippolini was winding up for a big sprint, but David had the whole situation under control and didn't panic - pure class! You can't help but love the man.

Nathan
Hull Thursday Road Club

Thats right. A lot of folk aren't too keen on DD. I think they have been bought up on the 15 minutes a day that Paul Sherwen and Phil Ligget used to dish out, which by the way I wondered if they did *after* they knew the result.

From: Robert
Subject: Duffieldisms

Hello to all at Addiscombe Cycling Club,

I was delighted to read in Cycling Weekly that you had dedicated a bit of your web site to my cycling commentator hero, the mighty David Duffield.

Forget about all the others, you may as well turn the sound off when David and Sean are not on. Cycling looks really really boring (Boardman and studio stuff). Old Chris should have stuck to the odd bit of woodwork, like when he was supposed to be leading Credit Agricole and it was really Stuart O'Grady.

Any way, enough of my pet hates.

One of my favourite Duffieldisms was during this years Paris-Nice when he was describing the new team strips and he arrived at Team Coast. He said that they were the team with the gold body and BLACK ARM PITS. Did they do a shift down the coal mines before the start.

Another great laugh we had was during last years Tour de France. The field were meanering through field after field of lavender crops and David started to talk about the meal he had the night before, saying the sauce was made up of garlic and lavender. Can you imagine anything more horrible.

How about the fact that his mother always made him give up his seat to elderly people coming on the bus.

One of the best was surely the time the imposters dived into the field during the Tour mountain-top finish and David jumped out of his seat and yelled ''For Christ sake, will someone get that idiot off the road.'' Brilliant. Can you hear Chris or anyone else giving us that outspoken commentary. No way.

Again, during Paris-Roubaix, going through one of the World War 1 battlefields, David gave us a rendition of a Browning poem about the sad events that took place during the Great War, saying we were going through very sacred territory. Yes there is only one cycling commentator for me, David Duffield

Thanks for the opportunity to have a look at your site.

Keep up the great work.

Robert

P.S. I've just had a frame made by Roberts Cycles, of Croydon, and it's absolutely brilliant. The mechanics and sales staff at Dales in Glasgow, who used to make the famous Flying Scot bikes, were raving about the quality of it.

When those imposters sprung up I thought he was going to jump out of his commentary box and "give em a thump". The poem was good and I seem to recall he read a story from a rider who rode Paris-Roubaix years ago and he kept mentioning all the "piss and shit" of the road. Most unlike DD but apt considering the conditions of the race at the time. Oh yes - Roberts are the best you can buy if you can afford it. Not the typical sort of thing you would expect to find in Croydon. I think a relative of his (maybe his Dad) used to be in Addiscombe when it first started. We have a story about him here from the early days.

From: Karen
Subject: Duffield Speak

Duff speak
"They'll be celebrating in the old town tonight".

Indeed they will. Drinking some of "the fizzy brown stuff" as well no doubt! How did our intrepid spotters miss this when they were compiling this page? Thanks for pointing it out Karen.

From: Robert
Subject: Duffieldisms

''He's got a dose of the old Spanish two-step.''
Trouble in the toilet department.

''He's built like the proverbial .......''
Has a build like an old outside shithouse.

''Like the proverbial ....... off a shovel.''
Going up the road or off the back at quite a rate of knots.

"The little diddy men"
Small riders built like Betini

How about the Quealey, Hoy and McLean's track events at the Olympics, when David started to reach for his books to get some facts and the race finished before he had time to see the result or find them out.

So the little diddy men are probably the same as the cheeky chappies. I forgot David was at the velodrome in the Olympic. I watched most of it on BBC and Hugh Porter wasn't in the same league as DD. For one he didn't make any cock ups so it wasn't as much fun watching. Also remember how DD wouldn't commentate on Boardman's Athlete Record at Manchester. Instead he went and stood outside in the rain because he disagreed with the UCI so vehemently that he wanted nothing to do with it.

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In the bumper TdF 2001 preview issue of Cycling Weekly there was an article in the News Section that profiled this web page dedicated to the Great Man Duffield. The response over the next week was huge as Cycling Weekly readers flocked to find out more about their hero. Many people sent in emails which we have reproduced in their full glory below.

From: Vernon
Subject: duffer

Your Duffield speak is bad G.

Here are a couple you may have missed/left out for a reason (?)

Penny numbers: ?

Blast on the old banjo: ?

I can not give you a translation for any of the above, as like most viewers I don't know what he is talking about!

Thanks Vernon. I suspect "Penny numbers" refers to the riders coming across the line in ones and twos. As for "Blast on the old banjo" that could mean absolutely anything where DD is concerned!

From: Eddy
Subject: Duffieldisms

I found your David info website very enjoyable - suggest that you might wish to add the following:

"we are getting towards the back end" we are near to the finish

"near the back end he will sprint" near the end he will sprint

"a bit conky up the road" the next 10 kms will be rather hilly

"pants, trousers" - anything you like except shorts

Outstanding commentating this year:

We joined the Tour of Catalonia to see a single rider obviously on a very good break. Our good friend David proceeded to tell us about "everything" which had happened that day (about 8 minutes). Within 5 secs of him first mentioning the break the camera returned to the second group. Needless to say whilst the camera was on this group David told us all about the solo break.

Overall I do appreciate David's efforts and mostly enjoy his food and tourist diversion but the single thing which never ceases to infuriate is:

We get to 3k and think its coming, we get to 2k and we think it must be none and then David starts it - in the last couple of Ks he proceeds to give us a full description of the whole race for the whole day and to make sure that we are not short of information a description of any other race which anyone remotely described as a British pro has been involved in. My feelings when I only wish for info about the last k and finishing straight cannot be put in print.

Best Wishes
Keep up the good work
Eddy

Thanks Eddy. I know what you mean. Hang in there - you'll get used to it!

From: Peter
Subject: Duffers

A classic from the recent Giro d'Italia - after Buenahora's crash when his fork broke, a few minute's later ther was a shot of Buenahora giving chase and Duffer's remarked "it looks like Buenahora's had a change of bike".

I remember this one as well. All I can say in defence is that DD has to make do with a small monitor that he can barely see, the quality of which is reminiscent of early John Logie Baird models. This fact alone actually accounts for quite a lot of the content of this page.

From: Phil
Subject: Duffield

Hi guys

Loved the article on David Duffield. I've only just realised how Duffieldisms have crept in to my own conversation. Only the other day I was telling a friend how i came *a box of tricks* on my mountain bike.....and he looked at me with a blank stare!

I'll have to listen out over the next few weeks, but i reckon the saying is:....it's looking a bit *black* over Bills mothers....

Cycling on the box is not the same with out Mr Duffield........

Regards Phil

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