Top Gear Crashes

labarum
labarum Posts: 110
edited November 2007 in The bottom bracket
Top Gear test to cross London by bike, boat, tube and car.

The journey was completed in that order.

The bike won!

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  • johndf
    johndf Posts: 250
    Jeremy was gutted!! maybe he'll get himself a bike - how about bike reviews on Top Gear?
  • jpembroke
    jpembroke Posts: 2,569
    Hammond is a bit fit (as in healthy), isn't he? Is he a secret cyclist by any chance? He was doing 24mph on the flat at one point. Very entertaining.
    I'm only concerned with looking concerned
  • jpembroke
    jpembroke Posts: 2,569
    Nice bike, too.

    (I have to confess I wouldn't have minded being on that boat, even if it was with JC)
    I'm only concerned with looking concerned
  • labarum
    labarum Posts: 110
    Didn't see what the bike was. I hate straight bars.
  • Rykard
    Rykard Posts: 582
    bike was a spesh sirrus ltd £1700 of carbon fibre :P
    Cheers
    Rich

    A Vision of a Champion is someone who is bent over, drenched with sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when no one else is watching.
  • johndf
    johndf Posts: 250
    yeah, why no drop bars?
  • bryanm
    bryanm Posts: 218
    Top spec Specialized Sirrus. They've now done two races across London. First was a slightly revised London Marathon route, second was on bike.

    Runner won the first, bike won the second!

    See other thread started!
  • BoatyDave
    BoatyDave Posts: 1
    Hi all , just dropped in from another forum where we're running a vote on which way we would prefer to cross London and wondered if there would be any difference in the way bikers would vote :P
    Which way would you prefer to cross London
    Bike
    Boat
    Public Transport
    Car
    ????????
    Anyone care to set up a poll ??
  • ivancarlos
    ivancarlos Posts: 1,034
    I would've thought the answer to that one is obvious this being a cycling forum, although the boat does look fun :wink:
    I have pain!
  • jpembroke
    jpembroke Posts: 2,569
    Boat please! I'm always riding bikes so it'd make a nice change.
    I'm only concerned with looking concerned
  • Mark Alexander
    Mark Alexander Posts: 2,277
    Hammond's just even more of a hero. C'mon Hammond!!
    Cyclists rule ok
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  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    I'm sure I've seen a quote (probably on here) from Hammond saying if he needs to travel in central London he generally cycles.

    I'm guessing he had flat bars as he's not used to drops :?:

    Great feature. I got a bit carried away towards the end and was shouting at the TV to cheer on Hammond on his bike :lol:
  • Rykard
    Rykard Posts: 582
    and he 'stopped' at the lights....
    Cheers
    Rich

    A Vision of a Champion is someone who is bent over, drenched with sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when no one else is watching.
  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,719
    I was well chuffed with that result.

    Although I think Clarkson hams it up and bit and is probably not as anti everything environmental as he makes out.

    Simon Cowell is a numpty though isn't he?
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  • McBain_v1
    McBain_v1 Posts: 5,237
    Cowell is about as pleasant as something that drops out of a dog's arse after it's eaten some bad curry left overs.

    As for Hammon - credit to him, although it would have been more entertaining to see him giving the odd single digit salute to the motorists that cut him up.
    What do I ride? Now that's an Enigma!
  • Robspedding
    Robspedding Posts: 146
    As you'd imagine we've got our top investigative team here at CPlus checking into Hammond's cycloing credentials. Noticed that he was using toeclips and not clipless - a clue perhaps! I also have it on good authority that James May uses a Brompton in London.
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  • labarum
    labarum Posts: 110
    Graeme_S wrote:
    I'm sure I've seen a quote (probably on here) from Hammond saying if he needs to travel in central London he generally cycles.
    quote]

    Yes, he seemed to know where he was going and how to survive in traffic.
  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    Telegraph blog wrote:
    Now I learn that Richard Hammond of Top Gear is extolling the virtues of cycling in the next issue of GQ magazine, out on Thursday.

    "Driving a Range Rover in London is pretty unnecessary. When I am in town I get around either on a scooter, a motorbike or on a bicycle" says Hammond.

    "The truth is I've always loved cycling, ever since I was a kid. I do think that if you have a meeting in London and it's 45 minutes away, you can get in an hour and a half's decent aerobic exercise."

    But it's not easy being green when you have Jeremy Clarkson as a colleague. "Clarkson takes the piss remorselessly, of course."

    Then there are the fans: "I've lost count of the times I've pulled up to the lights on my shiny Specialized bicycle and heard someone yell, "Hey mate! Where's your Ferrari?" (Of course you can't have old banger of a bike if you are a Top Gear presenter).
    http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/ukcorrespo ... onbike.htm

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