The Man Who Cycled the World, BBC1 22:35

I saw it and tbh honest after about 10mins in I thought 'what a fanny!'

Spent £2,500k on his bike and got 3 punctures and a spoke snap in 24hrs! Not only did he not check his bike properly before he left but he failed to find a shard of metal in his tyre hence him getting 3 punctures!?
Plus he was constantly whining about shit foodstops. Mate, you're cycling through Eastern Europe, what did you expect lobster and caviar every stop - which ironically enough wouldn't have helped as he was veggie! Nearly in tears cos he had to eat fish! I'm no long distance cyclist but it's fairly obvious pasta and high carbs food is what's needed, or atleast stuff yourself with Mars bars! Got a cold after a few days too....fanny!

I just watched the last two episodes, I dont know if he matured by then but he seemed to have his head screwed on.

Only 24 when started, turned 25 towards the end an age where many people are messing about having early mid-life crisis via a 'one gear' Moaning about riding their bike in the rain, and worrying about how to keep tyres white.

Wanting to do it as a world record with no stops, sounds a bizzarre choice. But he actually did it, with no support.

Thousands and thousands of miles all alone, I really dont feel the few minutes of footage per continent did justice to what he was doing. Look how much of a deal they made about "long way round" ewan mcgregor got a book release and perfume outta that. The distance was much much less, they had the companionship of each other, a third camera rider and support vehicles. Yet they return to a heroes welcome, with awe & respect and heaps of interviews.