Man who cycled the world.

paul27

Just watched episode 4 on iPlayer :shock:

Mark Beaumont I salute you, what an achievement.
Respect, he is a credit to cycling.

amt27

BBC 1 tonight

nasz

My wife and I did it too, on recumbents though.

If I recall, Beaumonts route was significantly shorter than the previous record holder due to border controls relaxing in Asia and the Far East.

toshmund

He does seem to moan more than Ewen McGregor! Amazing to think he was doing it voluntarily. Harsh but fair...

graeme_s-2

Toshmund wrote:

He does seem to moan more than Ewen McGregor! Amazing to think he was doing it voluntarily. Harsh but fair...

When you watch the whole thing he really doesn't moan all that much. Certainly a lot less than McGregor did on his Long Way Down trip.

toshmund

When you watch the whole thing he really doesn't moan all that much. Certainly a lot less than McGregor did on his Long Way Down trip.[/quote]


Cheers mate, I thought a bit of it might be the way they edited it, to make it more of an "emotional journey" or whatever they call it nowadays. Does seem a decent bloke - so will watch it. Ewen - stopped watching him after his 1000th moan about the schedule being too tight - after going to the Moto Guzzi factory.

Got to respect him for the physical feat, compared to riding a motorbike with a support team, but no Libyan visa...wipe your eyes young man!

cycladelic

People outside the UK can't watch the BBC's iplayer stuff, but here's an interview that is available...


http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/outdoors/ ... ndex.shtml

peter_andrew

Good to see him making a little name for himself and possibly some money as he is in an advert for mobile phone company, Orange?
Peter

anagallis_arvensis

whoever built his back wheel wants shooting, presumably they used butted spokes and then cut then down to fit a rohloff and he's now suprised the spokes snap.... should use straight gauge if your going to cut them down. And why have a custom bike that needs a chain tensioner, just odd damn odd. He seemed a bit harsh on the Pakistani police who escorted him accross the country, they might not have been nice but then they could have left him on his own, apart from that he comes across well.

zenzinnia

I'm presuming there will be a book at some stage and I guess that that will be far more informative about the highs and lows, problems of police, whether food really was a problem and so on. I hope it's full of photos too as I think some of the best bits of the programme have been the stills - particulaly the bit with the audio diary over a sequence of stills.

crafty

I thought he was a little short with the Pakistani Police too. They were profiding some protection for him and he seemed not to show any appreciation. As one of the policemen, I'd have driven off and left him to it. There may have been much more to this situation but that is how it came over in the programme.

Anybody know the spec of the bike?

Ed

heavymental

Given that it was a 7 month trip condensed into 4 half hour programmes...I think there was plenty of diplomacy and discussion that got left on the cutting room floor. But his comments were probably a decent summary of what he felt about the whole thing.

swagman

A great achievement though i'd rather take it at a slower pace,
the slower you go the more you see..

iain_j

swagman wrote:

A great achievement though i'd rather take it at a slower pace,
the slower you go the more you see..

Have you (or anyone else for that matter) read Tim Mulliner's "Long Ride For a Pie"? Halfway round the world, London to New Zealand, in 14 months... a really enjoyable read, fantastic insights into the countries, cultures, people... really inspirational.

Tourist Tony

crafty wrote:

I thought he was a little short with the Pakistani Police too. They were profiding some protection for him and he seemed not to show any appreciation. As one of the policemen, I'd have driven off and left him to it. There may have been much more to this situation but that is how it came over in the programme.

Anybody know the spec of the bike?

Ed

As said, I met him in Oz, and I believe the bike was a Koga-Miyate Signature, with a Rohloff speedhub. Don't quote me, though. Apparently, the book is due out in the New Year.

turbodog

crafty wrote:

I thought he was a little short with the Pakistani Police too. They were profiding some protection for him and he seemed not to show any appreciation. As one of the policemen, I'd have driven off and left him to it. There may have been much more to this situation but that is how it came over in the programme.
Ed

I agree with you. I got bored already as he kept moaning about everything.. He should really appreciate things.

cycologist

For Chrissakes, stop moaning about him moaning !

ForumNewbie

turbodog wrote:

I agree with you. I got bored already as he kept moaning about everything.. He should really appreciate things.

I didn't think he moaned much at all. He just said it as it was, even when his bike broke down, when he found rat droppings in his motel bed, and after crashing and then getting mugged in America. Some of the time when he was filming he was naturally feeling low through dehydration, lack of food, sickness, tiredness etc. Considering all that he came across really well.

He was a very positive guy and had to be to accomplish what he did. I really enjoyed the 4 programmes - very inspirational.

daviddd

amazing - must get to have a look asap

galaxyboy

I really enjoyed the programme and look forward to the book (I take it there will be one). I am now thinking of doing a similar programme myself - 'The man who cycled to work' to record my epic 11 mile journey each way, the people I encounter at 5.30 in the mornings, the drivers that think I should not be in the way and my saddle sores from breaking in my new B17. Busy writting the book now so got to log off .

geoffnelder

I'm a wusser compared to Mark B, what an achievement. I liked the way he coped with open sores, cramp, locked up calf muscles, back ache etc. He said after a while the nuerons give up telling his brain about the pain. I'll have to try that! As soon as I'm in pain I'm reaching for lotiion or a pilll.

A truly inspiring young feller.

Geoff

nasz

My wife and I cycled across Pakistan and had police escort the whole time for over 1000miles (4 weeks cycling). We found them courteous, friendly and very helpful!

We were looked after very well, even provided with accommodation, staying at the Police Inspectors house, government guest houses (for VIPS really) and good hotels, where the police negotiated prices for us!

What a whining ungrateful git this guy is! Perhaps he would prefer it if he was gangbanged by some local herdsmen.