http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone/listings..._4223_20956_30

Thought this might be of interest to some of you :)

cool thanks.

I saw this. Its pretty good.. 100miles a day... not bad..

Is this a repeat?

I saw a 4 part documentary about Mark Beaumont a few months ago on BBC Scotland.

saw the little orange ad and bit of docu bout him and his trip. looks good.

Me too, that's how I found out about him. Did a bit of googling and came across this.

Dirkbang - don't think so, didn't mention repeats on his web site.

I think it is. I saw the same thing on iplayer but as you say it was only aired in Scotland.

If it is then it was a decent documentary... although with a rather over the top commentary.

Been watching this today, pretty interesting but I don't really like the whole world record side of it. Seems to be more about the record than the cycling. Not sure about his Rohloff, would have been easier to use normal gears and fix them with normal tools you carry. Rather than being stuck with a fucked Rohloff in some random desert somewhere.

I read a book by Alastair Humphreys, who also cycled round the world. Only he took 4 years to do it. Sounds like he had a much better time, Staying with strangers, spending time in each country etc...

He's a friend of 3 scottish mates of mine here in Bristol - he's always been quite physically fit, but this was at another level apparently.

Two of them went to France to cycle the last leg of his tour around the world with him... didn't get to see the second part of the program so I'm not sure if they're in it, but who

He is doing a two part podcast on thebikeshow, part one was last week part two next week.

Cool thanks, i'll look into that.

That show is on bbc iplayer - which, by the way, is fucking awesome

I saw it and tbh honest after about 10mins in I thought 'what a fanny!'

Spent £2,500k on his bike and got 3 punctures and a spoke snap in 24hrs! Not only did he not check his bike properly before he left but he failed to find a shard of metal in his tyre hence him getting 3 punctures!?
Plus he was constantly whining about shit foodstops. Mate, you're cycling through Eastern Europe, what did you expect lobster and caviar every stop - which ironically enough wouldn't have helped as he was veggie! Nearly in tears cos he had to eat fish! I'm no long distance cyclist but it's fairly obvious pasta and high carbs food is what's needed, or atleast stuff yourself with Mars bars! Got a cold after a few days too....fanny!

ho ho ho...Pist..ur harsh...right, but HARSH...

erm, I meant iplayer, not the show. Haven't watched it yet.

funny, my boss being scottish mentioned him the other day and when i told him that he quit being veg he lost all respect for him. Dude had a nutritionist with him, wtf can't get it sorted with your own personal nutitionist ...hmmm

yeah bloke did seem to be a bit of a drama queen the 6th day in when he got a puncture ..... the whole record attempt was over it was a disaster he was heading home..... 5 mins later he was back on the road .... dopey git
well i guess he's gotta make an eastenders type programme about the problems, rather than focusing on the good bits, otherwise nobody today would watch it we would all rather focus on the bad things than look at the good in life !

He was alone for the majorty of the trip. He met up with the film crew and other bods only a few times, throughout the months he was on the road.

I watched it first time around up here in Scotchland. I didnt take to the guy, but I respect his efforts.

Im have to laugh at some of the comments on here, he cycled round the fucking world! in record time, kudos.

He's a jock, whinging's in their blood more than the English. Still fair play to him. Only caught the last 10 mins last night wouldn't fancy that final run into calcutta massive potholes, mud, puddles and trucks.

He was a bit of a dopey cunt though, never heard of a buckshee and couldn't work it out after another poor injun makes a begging motion and sez it to him.

he took some damn fine photos.

I think you should be allowed to have little braeak downs when you're on your own in far away from home and physically tired. even if it was only day 6 I know I've had hissy fits over simples things when I'm tired and everything seems to go wrong and I just can't thread a nut and bolt together for example.

Jim Jones. What is buckshee? I've never heard of it, but I would not say I'm stupid. I bet there are plenty of things I know and take for granted that you don't. That is the way knowledge goes. In the heat of the moment it can be very difficult to work simple things out.

Admittedly if I were to ever grow the balls to cycle round the world on my own I would not do so at such a pace but I have enough respect for this guy. Mammoth task and one not without some serious challenges and dangers.


+ve rep for the guy.

big ups to him - agree that it would be more interesting/enjoyable to do the trip slower, but each to their own

anyone notice that the nose of his saddle was bent down pretty much vertically, Im seriously starting to worry about my guys after seeing that and the post on here about the american cops a week or so ago

Watched it last night, really enjoyed it.

I wonder how much riding he did on the bike fully loaded before his attempt, seems not very much.

I wondered why he didn't get that saddle replaced.

100miles a day is fucking hard core, thats all i will say!

It's a 4-part series isn't it?

I've not started watching it yet but sounds interesting.

+1 for Tommy's statement about hissy fitting over little shit when touring. I'd be yelling and screaming at shit and then fix it and after 30 seconds would be wondering what all the fuss was about.

I think he means baksheesh - spare change or a bribe.

Same diff innit?

My point was that even if he hadn't heard of it before, he certainly would have 5 minutes into landing on the subcontinent and should have worked it out pretty quicky, ignorant, or maybe a bit of artistic licence? I dunno.

maybe he just failed to read the lonely planet guide for planet earth. im sure learning little trivial things like that is low in his priorities. geez. but give him a chance. he might know the baksheesh equiv in thai or malaysian or native american

Having read an article about this and watched the first two episodes (http://entertainment.timesonline.co....cle4559764.ece) I'm inclined to agree with the article regarding the video diary. Where else was he going to have a moan. It's giving me ideas athough my girlfriend has banned 7 months away from home.

It's interesting.

hardcore task, 100 miles a day, 200 days in a row (sort of). but he didn't make it easy for himself. riding through near east during Ramadan and through india et al during monsoon season. could've planned it better.

blimey... some of you lot are being pretty harsh!

I've found it very interesting so far, enjoying it a lot.

[quote=Jacqui;267674]funny, my boss being scottish mentioned him the other day and when i told him that he quit being veg he lost all respect for him./QUOTE]

That's bollocks. He didn't quit being vegetarian. He had to eat some fish, because there was no other food to eat! He was burning over 6000 calories a day - if he didn't eat, his muscles would have wasted and he'd have ended up seriously ill.

I'm vegetarian and could see why he did it. I would have been seriously gutted if I was him, but what other choice did he have?

Did you think he was carrying 1,164,000 calories worth of organic-fair-trade-veg food with him? :P

Obviously not otherwise he would have been fine but he was obviously ill-prepared and not emotionally strong enough to even attempt a challenge like this. If it had been me everything would have been perfect and I'd have used the video diary to tell a few good jokes or maybe just share tips on healthy living, instead of the tirade of whinging that we did get.

We would have found something to flame you Vanuden. Trust us ;)