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When Arnold Schwarzenegger intoned
I'll be back in the
Terminator series, he probably meant to say "I'll be bike." The former Governator spent Wednesday morning cycling around London on a 'Boris bike,' the public hire cycles championed by Mayor Boris Johnson.
Two wheels took Arnie around central London to Buckingham Palace, Piccadilly Circus and Regent Street:
Londoner after Londoner appeared to send the morning either almost knocking the 67-year-old actor-politician off his bike or getting out of his way.
On Twitter, commuters confessed to a degree of disbelief in the evidence of their own eyes and apologized for almost felling Arnie from his bike. Here are some of the comments with Arnie's responses:
One perplexed user asked:
While another pointed out that it would be the Terminator doing the knocking over, not the other way round:
"Exactly," Mr Schwarzenegger agreed, adding this request:
Here in India, Omar Abdullah sniggered:
Arnold Schwarzenegger appears as the Terminator once again in the fifth installment of the hit sci-fi franchise.
Terminator Genisys opens on July 1 and stars Jason Clarke as John Connor,
Game of Thrones' Emilia Clarke as Sarah Connor and Jai Courtney as Kyle Reese. The cast also includes former Dr Who Matt Smith and this year's winner of the Best Supporting Actor Oscar J K Simmons.