This Bloke Must Be Bonkers!!

[mikeitup]

much respect to this guy :

http://www.willthemadfoolmakeit.co.uk/


I have nightmares about doing it on a modern machine!!

 

[MessenJah]

I'd do it on a hobby horse, easy

 

[byegad]

The first LEJOG was probably done on an Ordinary, and the roads were far worse in those days, but with less traffic of course.

 

[Hilldodger]

No problem doing it on a Penny, it's been done many times before and I seem to remeber the record is under four days.

Messenjah, I have a Hobby you can use

 

[Rolling Thunder]

The only problem is, how do you put your foot down to stop at the lights?

 

[Hilldodger]

You pull up alongside a mini or other small car

I usually track stand or just slow to a very slow pace until they change.

 

[yenrod]

He's out of his mind.

 

[Notsoblue]

Thats pretty crazy.... I got back from my two week LEJOG last weekend and I don't see how he can do the whole thing on a Penny Farthing, theres just too many hills in South West England. He could avoid most of them by sticking to the big A-Roads but on a farthing I would have thought it would be pretty dangerous. I've read about the first bike LEJOG'ers using these machines, but according to them it was more walking than cycling.

 

[Hilldodger]

Going up hill on a penny isn't too bad as you can ride fairly steep ones.

Going down them isn't so good because the bike can run away from you and then begin to speed wobble......which does tend to grab your attention.

BTW, Joff has almost finished his Penny world tour - he's in Spain now - and will be back in Grennwich in Novemeber. I'll be doing some press stuff and helping to organise a welcome home for him.

 

[Trillian]

i actually saw the guy riding out of coventry one day earlier in the summer, can't remember exactly when tho. he was on one of the busier roads out of the city

 

[Kirstie]

Can almost picture it now him going down Berriedale Brae, I hit 51mph going down it when I E2E.

I wonder how he'd get around the hairpin on the north side of it, surrounded by cars who don't give you enough space...

 

[Kirstie]

That was easy for me I was walking

I wasn't! But I got a good lungful of petrol fumes and clutchsmoke on the way up...

 

[Notsoblue]

Can almost picture it now him going down Berriedale Brae, I hit 51mph going down it when I E2E.

I got to 46mph before my self preservation instinct made me start breaking

 

[stewie griffin]

You think that's crazy, nothing compared to this guy!

http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/joff1

 

[Muddyfox]

I saw the Penny Farthing guy riding out of Exeter ... i gave him a toot and got a cheery wave back in return

Simon