We recently noticed the Daily Mail’s enthusiastic penchant to report on Arnold Schwarzenegger’s cycling habits.
Since July 2010 there have been an impressive 22 stories detailing Arnie’s pedal-powered movements on their website.
We’ve put together an interactive map that lets you explore his rides – you can find it here. Or you can check out the screenshots below:
The cluster above is the famous Santa Monica district of Los Angeles, presumably where Schwarzenegger lives (or at least really enjoys spending time).
Some quick stats on the rides:
- Busiest month: November 2014 (3 rides)
- Longest gap between rides: 11 months (Feb 2013 – Jan 2014)
- Area with most consecutive rides: Santa Monica (5 rides)
- Most frequent companion: Heather
And in pursuit of due dilligence, we’ve summarised all 22 of “Shorts-Zenegger’s” cycling jollies:
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Santa Monica, 5/7/2010
Company: Maria (wife)* and Katherine (daughter)
Mood: keen
Headline focus: family > his Hummer
Highlight: “I’ll be back’? More like ‘Mind my back.'” -
Brentwood, 9/7/2010
Company: Maria
Mood: sweaty
Headline focus: it’s hot!
Highlight: this re-used pic of Arnie seemingly pulling his truck home -
Brentwood, 8/2/2011
Company: “a friend and his security team”
Mood: feeling the burn
Headline focus: poking fun for a seemingly heavy workout
Highlight: the reminder of the existence of Conan the Barbarian -
Santa Monica, 1/8/2011
Company: “a couple of friends”
Mood: “like he has been taking his stress and frustration out at the gym”
Headline focus: his 64th birthday
Highlight: discovery that there is an Arnold Schwarzenegger museum -
Venice CA, 15/8/2011
Company: two bodyguards
Mood: happy
Headline focus: his bodyguards are bigger than him
Highlight: the reminder of the existence of Twins -
Santa Monica, 9/1/2012
Company: friends
Mood: relaxed and chatty and “not at all self-conscious about his tight fitting shorts”
Headline focus: aforementioned shorts
Highlight: the pun “Arnold Shorts-Zenegger” -
Somewhere in Los Angeles, 29/7/2012
Company: two male companions
Mood: he’d thrown caution to the wind
Headline focus: he chose to ride a bicycle instead of a motorcycle
Highlight: another Terminator pun – “he’ll be back… in shape in no time!” -
Santa Monica, 24/9/2012
Company: Christina (daughter)
Mood: happy
Headline focus: family
Highlight: seeing father and daughter enjoying a day out -
Pacific Palisades, 8/10/2012
Company: a mystery blond
Mood: unconfirmed
Headline focus: the mystery blond
Highlight: discovery of his autobiography -
Santa Monica, 28/10/2012
Company: bodyguards
Mood: “more sad than bad”
Headline focus: his new temporary tattoos
Highlight: the keeno behind Arnie who looks shy to overtake -
Santa Monica, 23/2/2013
Company: “a pal”
Mood: casual
Headline focus: once again he chose bicycle over motorcycle
Highlight: the two paragraphs explaining in full detail Arnie’s stop to drink some water -
Westside, 5/1/2014
Company: some buddies
Mood: happy
Headline focus: he smoked a cigar after the ride
Highlight: use of the word ‘stogie’ for cigar -
Garden District, New Orleans, 1/7/2014
Company: Heather (girlfriend)
Mood: sweaty
Headline focus: Terminator 5 filming and new girlfriend
Highlight: this picture of his outrageous bike choice -
Santa Monica, 3/11/2014
Company: Heather and Ralf Moeller
Mood: happy
Headline focus: his outfit (t-shirt and sunglasses)
Highlight: the suggestion that this outfit is somehow headline-worthy -
Santa Monica, 10/11/2014
Company: Heather
Mood: motivated
Headline focus: frequency of his and Heather’s rides
Highlight: their matching fluorescent tops -
Santa Monica, 27/11/2014
Company: Christina and a “silver haired gentleman”
Mood: invigorated
Headline focus: the cost of the bike ($1475)
Highlight: Patrick’s pictures of his efforts to feed the homeless -
Santa Monica, 5/1/2015
Company: Heather
Mood: rested and relaxed
Headline focus: his return from a ski break
Highlight: “He’s back!” reference being wheeled out again -
Santa Monica, 9/1/2015
Company: solo!
Mood: unknown (hopefully not lonely!)
Headline focus: Total Recall pun
Highlight: a screencap of the upcoming Terminator 5 -
Venice, CA, 6/3/2015
Company: solo!
Mood: dignified
Headline focus: a cheap pun
Highlight: aforementioned pun, “Arnie gets his leg over!” (the frame) -
Melbourne, 17/3/2015
Company: solo!
Mood: rebellious
Headline focus: his lack of helmet
Highlight: the fact that he wasn’t wearing a helmet in the 19 previous stories either -
Santa Monica, 3/4/2015
Company: Christina
Mood: engrossed
Headline focus: dad and daughter time
Highlight: speculations on new Terminator film capped with ‘hasta la vista’ reference -
Santa Monica, 20/4/2015
Company: Patrick (son) and Heather
Mood: happy
Headline focus: family ride
Highlight: the pun “having a wheely fun time”, which we’re surprised they held off on for this long!
His son Patrick also enjoys the occassional ride, which the Daily Mail duly report. Perhaps we’ll do a follow-up – coverage of coverage – and see how deep the Schwarzenegger rabbit hole goes!