UK Documentary looking for 'Extreme' Cycle Commuters

[Brains]

My 7 mile London commute is not extreme, but is does take in a very good selection of picture postcard sights.

Every day I pass the Queens House, Greenwich Observatory, The Old Royal Naval College, the Cutty Sark (All World Heritage sites), the Greenwich foot tunnel, Canary Wharf, the old docklands, and then the Tower of London and St Pauls (both World Heritage sites).
So add Big Ben and the London Eye and I've just about 'done' London from a tourist point of view

 

[Hacienda71]

Wasn't there a lady on here who used to commute 50 miles each way? Iirc Pathetic Shark?

 

[Auntie Helen]

@aran20 used to have a pretty long commute but I think he might have extended it to get the miles in - I seem to recall it was several hours each way.

 

[ianrauk]

Wasn't there a lady on here who used to commute 50 miles each way? Iirc Pathetic Shark?

She did, think it was 40 miles, London to Woking maybe.

 

[Nathan Lomax-Cooke]

Nathan, please give us absolute assurance that this wont turn into more cyclist-baiting on the telly? Some of us have become a little distrustful of the way the media portray cycling...

No hidden agendas here, just want to report on peeps who travel a long way to work / school by pedal power.

 

[Nathan Lomax-Cooke]

She did, think it was 40 miles, London to Woking maybe.

Any idea who this lady is, and if she's active on the site. ?

 

[ianrauk]

Any idea who this lady is, and if she's active on the site. ?

@patheticshark hasn't been on the forum since August last year.

 

[Hacienda71]

I think she had a blog but I can't think what it was. If you message her on here she should get an email saying she has a message.

 

[jonny jeez]

No hidden agendas here, just want to report on peeps who travel a long way to work / school by pedal power.

Good luck Nathan.

Unfortunately one or two of the members on here have already been very poorly represented in the national press and telly....in my opinion unfairly too.

The temptation to cave into negative stereotypes seems far too strong I'm afraid.

 

[jarlrmai]

My mate does a daily 60 mile round-trip, he is insane, can't see him being up for this though.

The media treats cyclists unfairly, see the BBC bullshit War on Britains roads, then a nice little segment on the news last night where they put the guy who got punched by a guy on a bike's mate and the M25 dude next to each other in the broadcast, like they had anything to do with each other.

 

[Nathan Lomax-Cooke]

Hi All,

All I can say is that we're not up to stitch anyone up, just interested in long journeys to work by bike. That's it.

Nathan

 

[jarlrmai]

Why not give it a go? Self filmed documentary building up to a 60 mile a day commute.

 

[400bhp]

What about the canadian person that commutes? Some crazy low temps reported.

 

[jarlrmai]

pah that's nothing compared to UK all day headwinds.

 

[Krellon]

To be honest, 5 minutes on any UK road is pretty extreme IMHO!