Epic Gadget Show fail!

[oldfatfool]

Talk about cobblers, I reckon I could have won that race on my steel tourer and fully loaded at that

 

[Boris Bajic]

Very strange piece of television. It's quite clear during the clip that the bike is being ridden with the disc on the wrong side.

This image sits uncomfortably with the presenter's words about the bike having Formula-1 braking ability.

Are we sure this isn't an April Fool gag?

I don't think a serious production team would put someone on the road without a front brake.

The rider on the disc-braked bike must have pulled the lever and noticed the absence of brakes.... they were on the public highway and all...

I have a feeling there's a deliberate gag in there that we're not seeing or aren't in on.

 

[Herzog]

And a good demonstration of how not to wear a helmet from the male presenter.

You mean riding a road bike with a peak on the helmet...tut tut...

 

[dellzeqq]

you may be right. I've asked North One what they think.........

http://www.northonetv.com/?p=entertainment&toppage=thegadgetshow&sect=1

 

[fossyant]

They both ride bikes like a chimp - bloody mess. I could win that race on my daughters 20" bike - at least I'd keep the bike straight.

So what's this new descending technique of sitting on the top tube eh - new to me, must be good.

 

[Matthew_T]

I just didnt understand why they didnt get some professional cyclist to review the bikes. At least then we would have a better view of how they actually perform.
I bet the 001 was actually quite good, but it just had a rubbish rider.

 

[musa]

I don't understand why they was testing bikes in the first place. A bike which is totally out of the budget certainly for the chancellor

Reading manual guide Don't help I'm sure they couldn't a thing about the front mech

 

[MrJamie]

Im never sure what audience theyre aiming at, since all their reviews seem uninformed and to just skim over the data. Their folding bicycles test a year or so ago was pretty poor too.

I just didnt understand why they didnt get some professional cyclist to review the bikes. At least then we would have a better view of how they actually perform.
I bet the 001 was actually quite good, but it just had a rubbish rider.

Definitely, after the topgear-esque fake challenge they should have handed it over to a cycling "stig" :P

Isnt it the same expensive bike that got given to Lewis Hamilton not long ago?

 

[growingvegetables]

They both ride bikes like a chimp - bloody mess.

That may be why the production team photographed and analysed the bikes at 0:36 and 1:02 in the "Passage des Singes" ....... ummm, "Passage of the Monkeys"?

 

[jugglingphil]

I don't understand why they was testing bikes in the first place. A bike which is totally out of the budget certainly for the chancellor

Reading manual guide Don't help I'm sure they couldn't a thing about the front mech

Because they wanted a free trip to Monaco?

 

[Paul J]

It's the tech show that has as much technical content as Top Gear

 

[IanT]

I think the comment, "I've driven this track thousands of times on my games console", tells you everything you need to know about the male presenter!!!

 

[mr Mag00]

to quote james may off of top gear 'cock'

 

[martint235]

hopeless. She's worried about the power of the brakes on the downhill..........

I noticed that too. I was expecting a film of her going over the bars or something.

And I wouldn't want to follow him into a corner, unstable best described it. At one point it looked like he was about to take her out then the film cut to a different bit.

And £22k of bike, £5 of flat trainers???

 

[the snail]

I noticed that too. I was expecting a film of her going over the bars or something.

And I wouldn't want to follow him into a corner, unstable best described it. At one point it looked like he was about to take her out then the film cut to a different bit.

And £22k of bike, £5 of flat trainers???

You'd be doing well to put yourself over the bars with no front brake. I was expecting a long rear wheel skid into the piscine, but they didn't show any downhill sections for some reason - I'm guessing they cut out the bits where they were wobbling all over the road. Anyway, 22k for a pushbike? It's a dentists bike.