Hammond on Top Gear on an F8!

Mechanic365

Haha so apparently a pinarello F8 weighs under a kilo and is made from "special carbon" :-)) the Chinese must of asked him to say that

At least he's using some decent shoes this time, that frame is too big for him dou!

victor201

Great skill on the tram lines :eek:

Mechanic365

He hasn't much experience anyway, more damage to it than himself!

What wheels are they? Look like campy

Beasty

Ecxept he's wrecked the RD (Di2!) by falling on tramlines ....

victor201

Fulcrum racing zero

ThisRegard

As soon as he went near the tram lines it was inevitable.

godtabh

will have to check out topgear later

Raam

Mechanic365 wrote: »

Haha so apparently a pinarello F8 weighs under a kilo and is made from "special carbon" :-)) the Chinese must of asked him to say that

At least he's using some decent shoes this time, that frame is too big for him dou!

Frame weight claimed is 940g on a size 54.

Mechanic365

Raam wrote: »

Frame weight claimed is 940g on a size 54.

By the way he was talking the whole bike was under the kilo!

triggermortis

Haven't seen it yet, but can't stand the bloke since reading his book. I wouldn't mind his job though...

godtabh

triggermortis wrote: »

Haven't seen it yet, but can't stand the bloke since reading his book. I wouldn't mind his job though...

what was in the book that put you off him?

triggermortis

godtabh wrote: »

what was in the book that put you off him?

He and his wife both came across as very self-centred, in fact her more than him. Was never really a big fan of his as he tries too hard to copy Clarkson. Now, I just find him annoying

Buchaill_Mor

triggermortis wrote: »

He and his wife both came across as very self-centred, in fact her more than him. Was never really a big fan of his as he tries too hard to copy Clarkson. Now, I just find him annoying

NSFW

Stewart Lee on Richard Hammond

neris

wonder what the chances of are of just happening to find a guy with what looks like a decent merida mountian bike on the outskirts of st petersberg never mind just happening to find one when youve come off your bike and have a camera crew with you

magicbastarder

it's not like top gear not to script some of their japes, but if you wait on a street in any large city for a few minutes you'll see some decent bikes.
st petersburg has a population roughly the same as ireland.

dastardly00

I'm presuming that Hammond falling on the tram rails and making bits of the rear derailleur wasn't scripted.

omerin

dastardly00 wrote: »

I'm presuming that Hammond falling on the tram rails and making bits of the rear derailleur wasn't scripted.

If it wasn't, it will be the only thing that's not scripted on that show

ThisRegard

neris wrote: »

wonder what the chances of are of just happening to find a guy with what looks like a decent merida mountian bike on the outskirts of st petersberg never mind just happening to find one when youve come off your bike and have a camera crew with you

We don't know how long the crew were standing around for, how many passing cyclists ignored them or wouldn't help, etc.

I think it's a stretch to say it was a set up, otherwise Hammond should be working on Hollywood action blockbusters, not a show based around cars with a bit of dj'ing during the day.

magicbastarder

ThisRegard wrote: »

We don't know how long the crew were standing around for, how many passing cyclists ignored them or wouldn't help, etc.

he mentioned the crash caused him 20 minutes at the end; whether he was including the the slowness of the replacement bike in that wasn't explicit, but the implication was he was stationary for 20 minutes.

Jawgap

the fall was probably scripted - I'm not sure trashing the derailleur was!

I think he came off a lot heavier than intended to.

Beasty

He did actually look hurt to start off with. The way they film those "races" though, it could well have been the following day before they sorted out an alternative for him (I was at one stage thinking they may have had a backup as they do with the cars - maybe a tandem with a top cyclist as pilot!!)

Mechanic365

Beasty wrote: »

He did actually look hurt to start off with. The way they film those "races" though, it could well have been the following day before they sorted out an alternative for him (I was at one stage thinking they may have had a backup as they do with the cars - maybe a tandem with a top cyclist as pilot!!)

A tandem with Hammond on it!
No script needed :-D just let the fun begin!

Lumen

Jawgap wrote: »

the fall was probably scripted - I'm not sure trashing the derailleur was!

There's no way the BBC is going to script Hammond falling off a bike in city traffic after brain injuries sustained in the same programme nearly killed him a few years ago.

Buchaill_Mor

Lumen wrote: »

There's no way the BBC is going to script Hammond falling off a bike in city traffic after brain injuries sustained in the same programme nearly killed him a few years ago.

He might want to write another book about it, and the powers that be won't let him do that again. TG and books have a torrid history.

Jawgap

Lumen wrote: »

There's no way the BBC is going to script Hammond falling off a bike in city traffic after brain injuries sustained in the same programme nearly killed him a few years ago.

It was ok, he had a helmet on

Plus since the dragster crash I think he's flipped a couple of cars or been in them when they've been flipped.

Mechanic365

Jawgap wrote: »

It was ok, he had a helmet on

Plus since the dragster crash I think he's flipped a couple of cars or been in them when they've been flipped.

Thats the other thing, he was on one of the best road bikes you can get today and I think that was a fairly standard giro helmet! Was expecting a kask infinity tbh

drogdub

I was shocked at how slow he was to check if his bike was ok. Too busy worrying about himself, bloody primadonna

EB_2013

I'm surprised he was able to cycle the mtb bike after the fall, it did look nasty. The problem is that Top Gear is so heavily staged its hard to know what's real or not.

Pinch Flat

After he hit on the mtb, I noticed one shot close up on the pedals with boot runners, then he had the white cycling shoes on. I'd say it was set up / scripted.

Juan More Time

In fairness to Richard Hammond I think he did pretty good job to even take on the infamously psychotic and careless Russian motorists of St Petersberg.

Thought his riding position looked pretty good on that uber cool Pinarello F8, his saddle height may have been about 2cm too low and the Dura ace Di2 may have initially confused him a little at the start. Once he got into his stride he was really moving considering his usual mode of transport is a high powered motorcycle or Porsche 911.

I guess it was inevitable a motorcyclist more used to riding fat tyres, suspension, and steering damper of say a Honda fireblade would come a cropper on the tram lines riding a twitchy Sky team bike shod with skinny tyres..

Lastly when poor old Richard did hit the ground with resounding bang, the Pinarello escaped relatively unscathed except for a broken rear derailleur hanger. The rear derailleur hanger on nearly all modern bicycles is a sacrificial component, and is designed to break off in the event of an accident..thus saving your expensive frame set from irreparable damage..

Incidentally, the rear derailleur hanger on all pro tour bikes is replaced by team mechanics with a stainless steel version that gives crisper more accurate shifting...

Mechanic365

Juan More Time wrote: »

I guess it was inevitable a motorcyclist more used to riding fat tyres, suspension, and steering damper of say a Honda fireblade would come a cropper on the tram lines riding a twitchy Sky team bike shod with skinny tyres..

Didn't he used to ride to work? He said it like 2 year ago on one of the episodes