Guy goes to factories around the world for parts...

Hierotochan
Hierotochan Posts: 108
edited May 2011 in Road beginners
Did anyone see this program the other day?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00t6ylx

The guy went to a bunch of factories all around the world building his perfect bike (Campagnolo, Brooks, Continental, Chris King Etc.)

Was interesting to a beginner like me.
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  • dreamlx10
    dreamlx10 Posts: 235
    The bike turned out to be a dog's dinner though, it looked like it was designed by a comittee ! Why did he have to go to the USA to get wheels built ? There are plenty of great wheelbuilders in this country.
  • t4rmac
    t4rmac Posts: 23
    It did start me thinking about my next project ....

    Could get expensive :lol:
  • Hierotochan
    Hierotochan Posts: 108
    Yeah, especially if you want to save on the postage by going & collecting it yourself :wink:

    Personally I would have gone to Shimano in Japan (for the views, food & whacking great carbon footprint I'd have to make up for!)
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  • father_jack
    father_jack Posts: 3,509
    Wrong choice of saddle for the road bike...should have chosen swallow or swift. B17? the one he chose is too wide, more suitable for a hybrid or classic danish upright city bike.
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  • Benjamin Hall
    Benjamin Hall Posts: 608
    I thought it was a Brooks Team Professional?
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  • nickwill
    nickwill Posts: 2,735
    Stands back and lights the blue touch paper
    Brooks saddles are perhaps ok for touring bikes but have no place on a road bike! :wink:
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  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    Well to be fair - it was HIS dream bike - not ours.

    (I do wonder if some of the choices may have been with tv in mind ?)
  • Rich Hcp
    Rich Hcp Posts: 1,355
    Benjamin Hall wrote:
    I thought it was a Brooks Team Professional?

    It was, I have one on my roadie
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  • edhornby
    edhornby Posts: 1,780
    probably went for american wheels so that he could sell the programme to americans....
    "I get paid to make other people suffer on my wheel, how good is that"
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  • Lillywhite
    Lillywhite Posts: 742
    I saw it when it was first broadcast a few months back.

    Did anyone notice that at the end of the programme when he rode the bike he had the front wheel in the wrong way around. How long has he supposed to have been a cyclist?
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  • speshsteve
    speshsteve Posts: 352
    Lillywhite wrote:
    I saw it when it was first broadcast a few months back.

    Did anyone notice that at the end of the programme when he rode the bike he had the front wheel in the wrong way around. How long has he supposed to have been a cyclist?
    Rodney, you are a plonker :D .

    Rob Penn has been a cyclist pretty much all his life, hes been around the world and written a book too....its all about the bike.

    A good read
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  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    I've read his book and it's quite good from a social history perspective, but I'm sure we could all list the people we would rather he visited. No disrespect to Brian Rourke, but a visit to Dario Pegoretti, Ernesto Colnago or Ugo Derosa would have been more interesting. The visit to the US also gave him a chance to ride the Repack in Marin County - some fantastic cycling.
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  • TomParker1
    TomParker1 Posts: 35
    I think its fair to say a couple of you have 'lost sight' of his purpose. He stated he wasn't going to make the fastest or the lightest bike, but instead select parts which he loved and represented the history of the bicycle.

    I really loved the program - sent my lust for brooks into overload. So much so, the next day i went to my LBS and got one :D 8)
  • redjeepǃ
    redjeepǃ Posts: 531
    There was a feature on him in a recent bike mag (can't remember which one). In fairness I quite liked the bike, but wouldn't go overboard about it. As other people have pointed out it was his dream and not mine, so it doesn't really matter whether I liked it or not.

    It was still a cool thing to do.
  • antlaff
    antlaff Posts: 583
    TomParker1 wrote:
    I think its fair to say a couple of you have 'lost sight' of his purpose. He stated he wasn't going to make the fastest or the lightest bike, but instead select parts which he loved and represented the history of the bicycle.

    I really loved the program - sent my lust for brooks into overload. So much so, the next day i went to my LBS and got one :D 8)

    Got to agree with the desire for a Brooks Saddle since watching it last time around. Been oohing and ahhing about one for my new enigma!
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  • sparkins1972
    sparkins1972 Posts: 252
    I guess he got his wheels made in the US to justify the cost to licence fee payers of a jaunt to the US - I mean to the average non cycling viewer if you say 'headset' it doesn't mean a great deal but they would probably get the importance of wheels on a bike.

    And another thing; what a pert set of hooters that art student had :shock:
  • lostboysaint
    lostboysaint Posts: 4,250
    sparkins1972 wrote:

    And another thing; what a pert set of hooters that art student had :shock:

    Time? Just to save me having to watch through the whole thing :wink:
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  • TomParker1
    TomParker1 Posts: 35
    antlaff wrote:
    TomParker1 wrote:
    I think its fair to say a couple of you have 'lost sight' of his purpose. He stated he wasn't going to make the fastest or the lightest bike, but instead select parts which he loved and represented the history of the bicycle.

    I really loved the program - sent my lust for brooks into overload. So much so, the next day i went to my LBS and got one :D 8)

    Got to agree with the desire for a Brooks Saddle since watching it last time around. Been oohing and ahhing about one for my new enigma!

    Go for it! I love mine!
  • thegreatdivide
    thegreatdivide Posts: 5,807
    I've watched it several times since it was first broadcast. Great program.

    Agreed re Brooks. Planning on building up a steel later in the year and I deffo want to stick one on.

    Rob got stung for that Record though! He'd have got a better deal at Shiny Bikes :lol:
  • sparkins1972
    sparkins1972 Posts: 252
    lostboysaint wrote:
    sparkins1972 wrote:

    And another thing; what a pert set of hooters that art student had :shock:

    Time? Just to save me having to watch through the whole thing :wink:


    Ooh I reckon about 15 / 20 mins from the end, when he was in Portland (at least I think it was Portland)
  • MountainMonster
    MountainMonster Posts: 7,423
    Just been watching this online, quite an interesting program. Thanks for posting it up!
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  • carl_p
    carl_p Posts: 989
    This program has been broadcast a few times now. I very much enjoyed it, as I did Rob's book. He also came to Norwich to do a talk on the subject, which was very entertaining. I'm sure everyone who has contributed to this thread will have their own idea of the perfect bike.
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  • bakerstreet
    bakerstreet Posts: 108
    I watched this. I have recently got back into cycling and I found it very enjoyable viewing. I'd rather have more programes like that than Come Dancing :cry:

    I was shocked at how much the Campag stuff was. €1800 for a group set!! I don't want to spend £250 on a set of 105 levers :lol:
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  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Can't be that good a bike, he appears to be riding a Spesh in his article in Cycling Plus!

    :D
  • tim_wand
    tim_wand Posts: 2,552
    Great program. Enjoyed immensely without necessarily agreeing with the guy choices.

    Gotta admit he can ride a bit. Impressive how he dropped some of the Cinelli guys riding around the outside on some of the climbs on the Fondo route upto Ghisallo.


    My personal choices

    Stainless Steel (Columbus XCR or 953) Tomassini or Pegoretti ( or Enigma if Reynolds)

    Chris King Headset

    Campag Bora Ultras (Dugast tubs)

    Campag super record ti groupset and seat pin

    3ttt rotunda bars

    3ttt stem


    and my 15 year old Brooks B17 narrow Saddle (looks like a spatchcock chicken but comfy as hell and I aint putting the miles into a new one)

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