Following Peter Kennaugh winning Olympic gold in London, the Isle of Man Post Office arranged for the main post box in Onchan to be painted gold.
Since then a phone box and a bus shelter in the village have also had a golden facelift.
So what are the chances of celebrating Mark Cavendish being a World Champion cyclist on the road by having a rainbow painted post box in Laxey?
A question Sports Editor Tim Glover posed to Dot Tilbury of the Isle of Man Post Office:-
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