The Man who cycled the Americas! BBC1 Now!

It's on now! Looks super cool.

Don't get me started on Mark Beaumont, check this guy out for a true trooper.

http://www.alastairhumphreys.com/This badass rode round the world zig zagging.

Don't get me started on Mark Beaumont, check this guy out for a true trooper.

http://www.alastairhumphreys.com/This badass rode round the world zig zagging.

+1

Read his books, quite inspiring

Bring on the Haters .... oh sorry, wrong thread.

read the first ... the second is on my shelf .. .waiting for me to pick it up.

Ian Hibell FTW

Only caught this half way through, has he said how much his bike weighs when it is fully loaded?

Cheers for the heads up. It was pretty interesting!

Waits for iPlayer to HTFU

He's not a bad lad eh.
Jealous = very

Considering watching this,

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00rl2j4/Million_Pound_Bike_Ride_A_Sport_Relief_Challenge/?from=r

1000 Miles in 4 days.

Pretty quick, i'm impressed. The link for anyone who missed it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00rqgh6/The_Man_Who_Cycled_the_Americas_North_America/

Only caught this half way through, has he said how much his bike weighs when it is fully loaded?

30 Kilos of kit.

Is that just his panniers and baggage or is that including the bike?

i think thats just baggage and panniers etc, they didn't say specifically.

I was glad he shaved his beard off. It probably added a hour to his ride everyday.