The man who cycled the world

kcphoto

BBC1 11:25pm tonight , tue ,weds and thurs about Mark Beaumonts world record ride.
Might be interesting.

I laughed and shook his hand and made my way back home...

kcphoto

That took me a while!

DirkVoodoo

thanks for that dude, I have seen the orange ad a few times and it looks like an interesting tale.

blorg

Did anyone happen to tape the first episode?

Zorba

blorg wrote: »

Did anyone happen to tape the first episode?

Have it on series link on sky +

blorg

Is that something that you could ahem supply me with a copy of?

Chris Peak

Yeah, I taped it.

I'll put all the episodes on the one tape.

Give me a pm at the end of the week if you want a copy.

Zorba

blorg wrote: »

Is that something that you could ahem supply me with a copy of?

Ahem....i'd have to do a bit of figuring out but i'm sure it's possible, never tried it before let me know if u want a copy......ahem !

unionman

I watched it last night and thought it was excellent. Looking forward to tonight's episode (11.05pm)

Here's a documentary on YT, I think it's an Orange edited summary.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzhPZjWgLt4&feature=user

lukester

Saw it too, quite enjoyable, and an impressive feat. Have the DVR set to tape the next few episodes. Found the narration a tad odd at times, they called 100 miles in a day the 'marathon of cycling'.

Bicyclegadabout

Got it off mininova in a couple of hours.

I'll watch the other episodes on TV though.

ChipPanBuddha

There is also a 2 part radio interview with Alistair Humphreys, a Scotsman who spent 4 years cycling round the world. Part one is archived here:
http://thebikeshow.net/
Part Two should be up soon as the programme was broadcast last night.
Some really interesting cycling themed programmes in the archive.

blorg

lukester wrote: »

Saw it too, quite enjoyable, and an impressive feat. Have the DVR set to tape the next few episodes. Found the narration a tad odd at times, they called 100 miles in a day the 'marathon of cycling'.

100 miles= a cycling "century" in the English-speaking world (outside metrificated Ireland ) which is often considered the "marathon" of cycling. Opinion is divided as to whether it is more or less difficult (obviously being a cyclist I would think the marathon is more difficult, it depends what pace you are trying to do it in too though as on the bike you can coast.)

lukester

blorg wrote: »

100 miles= a cycling "century" in the English-speaking world (outside metrificated Ireland ) which is often considered the "marathon" of cycling. Opinion is divided as to whether it is more or less difficult (obviously being a cyclist I would think the marathon is more difficult, it depends what pace you are trying to do it in too though as on the bike you can coast.)

Interesting, I guess pace is a big factor. I could manage 100 miles on the bike, couldn't even imagine running 26 miles though.

blorg

lukester wrote: »

I could manage 100 miles on the bike, couldn't even imagine running 26 miles though.

Hence you are posting on the cycling forum Seriously though, I agree, I have done only a small bit of running (no more than 10 km), I can certainly imagine running 42km but hurts more than the bike that is for sure. All that impact.

lukester

blorg wrote: »

Hence you are posting on the cycling forum

Hehe- took up running again recently, but the longest I ever ran was about 8k, I think I'm built for cycling, at least that's my excuse