Britain by Bike.... really?

[Salar]

And his saddle is way too low, when he's riding it reminds me of toddlers on little three wheelers.

 

[simonali]

Maybe Larry suffers with chronic helmet hair?

 

[galaxy]

Still think it’s better than some of the other manure on tv

 

[Elswick Cotterpin]

Not long now - I discussed my 16 hour Hebridean Way ride, cycling in the Outer Hebrides and why (20 years ago) I chose to move from the Midlands to live on a remote island - a lot to edit into a possible appearance of 60 seconds. Not sure how much (if any) of the filming is going to be used. Due to air on Friday 21/09/18

Really a lot of editing, I think. I would like to have heard more about your Hebridean Way cycle ride, but they gave more time to singing to tweed! But at least they didn't edit you out entirely.

 

[Houthakker]

Got me thinking about the Hebredian way though, like the lok of those roads.
Now how do I convince SWMBO its a good idea to disapear for week with the bike?

 

[mjr]

Got me thinking about the Hebredian way though, like the lok of those roads.

Yes, it was very flattering. I still don't like midges, though.

 

[iandg]

Yes, it was very flattering. I still don't like midges, though.

The Hebridean wind is your friend.

Early season no midges. None in May. In fact they weren't really noticeable until August this year

 

[DaveReading]

I seem to remember that when the previous series of Britain by Bike with Clare Balding was shown, there were reports that she didn't do much riding off-camera.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Does it really matter, it's just light entertainment

 

[Globalti]

I'm sure these stars don't actually do much walking or cycling or climbing. Remember Bear Grylls climbing the Commando Ridge at Bosigran with Anthony Joshua? Anybody who had a minute of climbing experience and knew the climb could see that the show was just sequences of the pair messing around on some easy ground off to the side of the ridge, stitched together with loads of long shots to give scale. They didn't get on the ridge and certainly not the knife-edge crux of the climb, which would have been too risky and too difficult to film. Walkers and cyclists are the same, the crew will film a few minutes of the spectacular bits then stitch them together later, often woefully mixing up the weather and the route.

 

[Salar]

And we never saw the old man charging his battery.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

And we never saw the old man charging his battery.

I beg to differ, we saw him several times in the pub

 

[Salar]

I was waiting for varied responses.

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

It's just father and son travelling around on bikes going to some lovely places around the british isles.
They are not trying to prove they are chris froome.
This post shows how some people are so snobbish about cycling.

 

[Globalti]

I have no objection to what they're supposed to be doing, i think it's a smashing idea. What I object to is being taken for a mug and I have a strong suspicion that's what's happening here.