Cycling on Television (TV)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00t4lqf/Britain_by_Bike_North_Devon/

it was this, i think.. some interesting wartime imagery

I liked it. Did you see the guys from Oz doing the Hannibal thing last night? They couldn't present for shit.

Was it any good? Was I in it?

Yes & No.

Pens letter to points of view.

Cycle camping on now, very good.

Britain Goes Camping.

This looks worth a look in- Tuesday 27th July- BBC4 @ 9pm:
Author Rob Penn travels around the world collecting handbuilt parts for his dream bicycle and charts the social history of one of mankind's greatest inventions.

Anyway to see live tdf TT now? Spartacus is off soon

Live Eurosport starts at 1:15
There's Live MTB WC on from 12:30

This looks worth a look in- Tuesday 27th July- BBC4 @ 9pm:
Author Rob Penn travels around the world collecting handbuilt parts for his dream bicycle and charts the social history of one of mankind's greatest inventions.

BUMP.

here's a spoiler trailer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URQ6y3U9v-4&feature=player_embedded

He also did an article in the times last week about the same thing.

Tomorrow night on BBC 4 is RAMMED with cycling telly shows! Crack out the beer and popcorn!
Also, there was a show on tonight about Hannibal - all the blokes were on touring bikes following his route.
Next week they do Ventoux!

"Death on the mountain", the story of Tom Simpson is on BBC4 at 10 tonight

It's cycling night on BBC4 tonight. Just started (8:30) with Clare Balding retracing Harold Briercliffe's 1940s tour of Britain...

I think that was shown three or four years back. Was good, so definitely worth a watch again.

Kilo to Go's Wild Edric Sportif will be in and around the Shropshire Marches where Claire is cycling.

Barry Hoban guesting now...

10am at C4? brilliant.

speaking of documentary, is there's any good cycling documentary that I can watch? (and those with subtitle!).

Barry Hoban guesting now...

Extolling the virtues of Reynolds 531, whilst sat atop his own bike (made of carbon).

He knows his onions from his shallots, that fellow.

this next prog looks good!!

He literally has a stable for his... stable

The guy's a dick, right?

The guy's a dick, right?

Clearly. He has a Mortirolo, yet wants a 531 Rourke with Continental tyres (good marketing there, hippy). Any bets on his groupset de choix?

maybe I'm wrong.

Great show.

Or maybe I'm right.

We'll see.

"British cows" so much more er, cow-like, than your foreign ones, eh? WAC.

Clearly. He has a Mortirolo, yet wants a 531 Rourke with Continental tyres (good marketing there, hippy). Any bets on his groupset de choix?

Well I don't reckon we'll be seeing him eating sushi any time soon...