Man who cycled the world.

peter_andrew

On BBC 2 tomorrow at 7pm (i think) Tuesday and Monday Tuesday next week also
Peter

jibi

Which one??
I know several personally who have cycled the world.

thanks
george

pizzaduck

It's BBC Scotland only I'm afraid. And it's Mark Beaumont.

nwallace

Both BBC Scotland channels should be findable somewhere between the Porn and the SKY Info channels on the SES Satellight system.

Not sure what the number is, my box is set up with a Scottish postcode so gives me the channel i want. (ITV regions are also hidden away in there but not numbered, a few websites exist with the manual frequencies)

Crapaud

jibi wrote:

Which one??
I know several personally who have cycled the world.

thanks
george

Mark Beaumont, who now has the record for fastest cycle around the world - 180 days!

You can watch it on BBC iPlayer:

Part 1
Part 2 They're only up for a week, so only 5/6 days left to watch them. There'll be 2 more episodes next week.
I've just finished watching the first 2 episodes - it's given me itchy cleats.

KeithG

Excellent viewing, a great adventure and frankly cycling Asia does not seem like my cup of chai!

Cajun

The Hungry Cyclist (from London)....he's still traveling and his diary is a fantastic read..

http://www.thehungrycyclist.com/

Crapaud

KeithG wrote:

Excellent viewing, a great adventure and frankly cycling Asia does not seem like my cup of chai!

It's something that I'd really like to do, but I'd balk at doing it solo and without support. There were a few times on Marks trip where I think I'd have burst into tears and chucked it - I'm thinking mainly of the bouts of illness.

The mental fortitude needed for something like this must be immense, more so than the physical aspect.

I'm looking forward to the next 2 episodes.

Tourist Tony

Said it elsewhere, but he comes across as a nice, ordinary chap. And what an achievement.

pneumatic

I watched it last night on iplayer while the rest of the family was watching the Apprentice (uurrrgghhh!).

I thought it was really well made, considering he had to do a lot of filming himself. After all, the last thing I can imagine wanting to do after 100 miles is make a jolly little video diary. What a talented guy!

He lives somewhere around here, but I don't recall ever seeing him out on the bike; I'm sure I'd recognise that furious cadence anywhere!

nwallace

Somewhere near Newburgh I believe.
Never seen him but I rarely leave the dogs head. (Look at Fife on the map and you will get it)

One of the shots of him out training had him somewhere near Oban.

Niall

Anonymous

I am watching Episode 2 of this in a min on iPlayer, its really amazing what he's doing I think and I'd love to be able to do something like that one day, makes me want to go further and push harder on my bike though after watching this.

I notice he was keeping 26-27mph at one part, that must take some effort I wonder if this bike will be helping him go faster compared to a normal road bike.

stevercp

i take it this will be released on dvd after the series is over with
watched first 20 mins on i player
brilliant stuff

megilleland

You can watch it on BBC iPlayer:

Part 1
Part 2

They're only up for a week, so only 5/6 days left to watch them. There'll be 2 more episodes next week.
I've just finished watching the first 2 episodes - it's given me itchy cleats.

If you download the episodes on BBCiPlayer you can see them for up to a further 30 days.

kant314

they're all on You Tube if you're interested

Crapaud

kant314 wrote:

they're all on You Tube if you're interested

Links, please!

JHcp

Crapaud wrote:

kant314 wrote:

they're all on You Tube if you're interested

Links, please!

You will find them here:

Episode 1 -

Part 1


Edit - Looks like these have been removed as the link doesn't work anymore! JHcp

rwsbike971

Final part is on tonight (Tuesday) 7pm BBC2 in Scotland, then it should be on iPlayer after that.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/categories/?filter=category%3AletterM

noggincp

what a thoroughly nice bloke Mark is

Crapaud

Link to part 3 on BBC iPlayer.

Yeah, Mark does come across as a really nice guy. He's a natural at talking to the camera; it feels like he's talking directly to me. I'm getting so completely drawn in that I feel as if I'm taking part in his adventure.

I can relate to how psycologically and emotionally draining it is to cycle a perfectly straight road day after day - the vanishng point never gets any nearer and it feels like your not getting anywhere. He looked so forlorn and almost dispairing at some points that it must have been really difficult to get back on the bike and contniue, especially without anyone else to share the pain with.

Can't wait for tonights episode.

graeme_s-2

Crapaud wrote:

I can relate to how psycologically and emotionally draining it is to cycle a perfectly straight road day after day - the vanishng point never gets any nearer and it feels like your not getting anywhere. He looked so forlorn and almost dispairing at some points that it must have been really difficult to get back on the bike and contniue, especially without anyone else to share the pain with.

It's the mental toughness that he displays that impresses me the most. I've ridden a hundred miles in a day once, and I felt pretty tired afterward. The idea of getting back on a bike the following day to do it all again, and then to repeat that day after day for months is absolutely punishing. As you say, doing this alone is even more impressive. How he kept getting up in the morning and getting back on his bike, I'll never know. He must be incredibly motivated.

I've found it very inspirational, and it's made me get a bit tougher with myself about working towards my goals (both cycling related and unrelated).

Crapaud

Graeme_S wrote:

It's the mental toughness that he displays that impresses me the most. I've ridden a hundred miles in a day once, and I felt pretty tired afterward. The idea of getting back on a bike the following day to do it all again, and then to repeat that day after day for months is absolutely punishing. As you say, doing this alone is even more impressive. How he kept getting up in the morning and getting back on his bike, I'll never know. He must be incredibly motivated.

I've found it very inspirational, and it's made me get a bit tougher with myself about working towards my goals (both cycling related and unrelated).

The closest that I've come to anything like this was the Tour du Canada, but it was a supported tour. Officially it was 85 miles a day, but some really short days brought the average down, most days were around the 100 mile mark. It's not as difficult as you'd think - if you've put the effort in to get up to that distance. The physical side was easy compared to the emotional / psycological. FWIW and IME in training for, and doing the TdC it was both character building and educational in a coping-in-the-face-of-adversity kind of way. The good days more than made up for the bad ones though and it seemed to go in cycles from exhilarating to an almost self-pitying, hopeless dispair at times. Thankfully, the bad days were far fewer than the good.

One unexpected thing though, was how much smaller Canada became in my mind. I wonder how Mark's view of the world's changed after completing such an epic cycle.

I agree, it's very motivating and inspiring - it shows that you don't have to be a super-athlete to achieve very challenging goals.

pneumatic

An outstanding achievement by an unusually sympathetic explorer and a really well-made 4-part documentary to go with it. Strongly recommended viewing.

My cleats are now well and truly itchy, my panniers are howling at me from their shelf in the garage and I've started contemplating the purchase of a new tent. The most I'll get away with this year will be 9 days on the Western Isles in June, but I'm looking forward to it already!

Gotte

Looks like they've been removed from youtube. I was watching episode 1 part 1, then went to part 2, and it was gone, same with the rest, and the one I'd just watched.

Typical.

pneumatic

Inspired, I got up this morning and set out to do 100 miles (while my car was being serviced).

I managed it, but now I feel as though I have been run over by a train.

The thought of spending the night in a tent and getting up tomorrow to do it again is, frankly, laughable in my case.

Even more respect to the man!

keith57

I really enjoyed the programme. I was interested that he travellled for so far through lots of poorer countries without any problems until he got to the USA.

Crapaud

Part 4on iPlayer.

Think I'll watch it in the morning.

Ted Edwards

I found this programme by just browsing through BBC i player and it was so inspiring I just had to get out on the bike and cycle to the local shops ,well you have got to start somewhere.
Why the BBC could not broadcast these programmes Nationally amazes me given that we have proven how popular cycling is to the masses ie T de F, World Championships etc etc.

To congratulate mark you can go onto the following link:


http://www.pedallingaround.com/start/?p=5

Peasoup

i managed to get to episodes 3 and 4 on iplayer.

missed 1 and 2

is there any easy way of getting 'em?

I agree with post above, why these documentaries aren't shown nationally is a mystery. would make a nice change from the fifteenth repeat of "me and my supersize teenage ginger pregnancy" or similar.

was same thing last year with chris hoys record attempt.

moan over

Gotte

I just wish they'd release it on DVD. I'd buy it. But I saw an interview where there didn;t seem any indication it was planned.

Yet again, typical. The BBC, with licence payers money, no doubt, can bankroll Clearksod with his godknowshowmany DVD releases, but if there's a bike involved. I mean, it's not like we're any good at cycling is it. I mean we do so poorly in the track cycling you can understand it...

attica

Just watched episodes 3 and 4,.
Knowing how it feels to complete one days worth of riding (longest I've done is 120 miles - that's 200 Imperial Kilometres nothing really but means a lot to me) I was absolutely made up for the guy when he finished - darned near shed a tear!

Brilliant programme, what an acheivment.