Paddy McGuiness charity ride

[teeonethousand]

Watched his ride for charity last night BBC1.. respect to the guy....300 miles in 5 days on a Raleigh Chopper!
Raised over 9.5m too.

 

[neilrichardson55]

a 3 speed hub on a chopper OMG that must have hurt. although could have been fun apart from the hills. good on him and to raise that wow

 

[Drago]

I almost broke the sound barrier on a Raleigh Chopper in 1975 and never made the papers.

 

[Brandane]

a 3 speed hub on a chopper OMG that must have hurt. although could have been fun apart from the hills. good on him and to raise that wow

He cheated; it wasn't the standard saddle. It had been modified to something a bit less tortuous!
Still wouldn't have liked to cover those rides on it though.

 

[Time Waster]

My partner took our son to a sports class and they all went out to watch him go past. My partner had no idea what it was about. Still he rode straight past a bunch of kids in sportss kit and barely acknowledged. I guess he was tired and hanging on.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Not a fan of him at all, but 'hats off to him'
They're horrible things to ride

 

[Paulus]

My mate got a MK1 in 1970, i tried it out and decided I'd stick with a normal shaped bike.
Respect to McGuinness for doing 300 miles on that thing though.

 

[AlanW]

Not a fan of him at all, but 'hats off to him'
They're horrible things to ride

I would tend to agree with you on both accounts. But the utmost of respect to him for doing it, very impressive to say the least

 

[biggs682]

The boy did well

 

[johnnyb47]

A big respect to him from me
Those bikes truly horrible things to ride from what I can remember

 

[Gillstay]

I was surprised they did not modify it a bit more to help him out but I guess then people would think he was cheating.

 

[Drago]

Rumours are he hitched a lift on a helicopter for some of it, and McGuinness is threatening to sue a website that reported this "news".

 

[teeonethousand]

I was surprised they did not modify it a bit more to help him out but I guess then people would think he was cheating.

I heard that Chris Rea, who is a master cycle mechanic , did do a few things.😂

 

[mikeIow]

Hats off, that was some feat 😎👍

Thoroughly enjoyed his Road Tripping with Chris Harris: a short series of three episodes around Europe: less of a car journey, more a story about men’s health, tbh - very well put together, worth looking up 💪

 

[Paulus]

I was surprised they did not modify it a bit more to help him out but I guess then people would think he was cheating.

It was modified a bit. The saddle was a lot higher than a standard one. No adult could ride that far on a standard saddle.