BBC4 - 8pm tonight... Ride of My Life : The Story of the Bike

[bottombracket]

BBC4 - 8pm tonight... Ride of My Life : The Story of the Bike

Sunday 30/1/11

A repeat of last year's programme...

Author Rob Penn travels around the world gathering parts for his dream bike.

Apparently the section about the wheelbuilder is very interesting...

 

[Basil.B]

Watched it last year, inspired me to get back into cycling!
Reading the book at the moment.

 

[summerdays]

I've met him since then ... but he wasn't riding "The Bike".

 

[Garz]

Was a great program (have looked at the book in shops but after seeing the program you sort of know what going to happen so not bothering) and also inspired me to think about getting 'a bike for life'. Now a proud owner of an expensive Ti build so he definitely had some influence.

 

[bottombracket]

Ironically, I'll be out so I'm gonna miss it again!

 

[dodgy]

Ironically, I'll be out so I'm gonna miss it again!

How quaint, obviously still people who watch live TV then

 

[numbnuts]

if it's on the BBC it's a repeat it will be on again next year

 

[bottombracket]

How quaint, obviously still people who watch live TV then

Yep, I still don't know how to do that 'Watch Again' stuff


Anyway, technically, if I haven't watched it before, can I watch again?

 

[addictfreak]

It is followed at 9pm by 'Death on the Mountain' about Tom Simpson.

 

[amnesia]

Thanks for the heads-up. Just SKY+'d it as I will be watching Top Gear at 8.

 

[HLaB]

Ironically, I'll be out so I'm gonna miss it again!

i player ;-)

 

[peelywally]

great programme great bike terrible colour scheme .

 

[just jim]

great programme great bike terrible colour scheme .

Blue and orange? Sure I've seen that scheme somewhere before...

 

[just jim]

Oh aye, Irn Bru!!!

 

[Skyfoil]

great programme great bike terrible colour scheme .

I didn't mind the orange. He should have paired it with the 'graphite grey' though. That would have been my choice.

What was the name of the frame builders? I've already forgotten. I might check them out.

Thoroughly enjoyed that programme. Shame Brum couldn't spend $100,000,000 over ten years on the cycling infrastructure!