http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Bike night on TV en Sun, 17 May 2026 22:35:51 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1141#post-11268 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:37:27 +0000 DaveC 11268@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I watched the Clare ballding program. She said she was cycling on the authors bike but I was a little dismayed when she then clattered and bashed the bike at every opportunity. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1141#post-11243 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:33:10 +0000 kaputnik 11243@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Also a couple of pages in this month's Cycling Plus. Anyone would think he had a book out... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1141#post-11241 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:16:02 +0000 kaputnik 11241@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>not an unfashionable hybrid / mountain bike in sight for the Particular Books team! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1141#post-11240 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:10:48 +0000 gembo 11240@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was given the book, he writes quite well. If I had a bike like that I wouldn't go out on it unless nice and dry and clean on the roads. No mudguards either. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1141#post-11238 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:09:19 +0000 chdot 11238@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The book of the TV programme</p> <p><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kSNVKrktKUQ/TGJaiweHHqI/AAAAAAAAE7E/91diZpVa2-E/s1600/penguin+book.jpg"></p> <p><a href="http://www.copenhagenize.com/2010/08/its-all-about-bike-robert-penn.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.copenhagenize.com/2010/08/its-all-about-bike-robert-penn.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1141#post-10701 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:48:05 +0000 gembo 10701@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Took a long time to draw it - 5 years?? That might be exaggeration. All frames by hand. I think the producers were Scottish but presumably there is not a lot of money in the hand drawn taking 5 years to complete the movie animation game these days so time to move on. I thought his view of Oban was romantic and inaccurate but on a recent trip where I met a guy from sweden who had flown over that day with his bike, the train station ended up exactly where he put it.</p> <p>This Swedish guy left Sweden in the morning and was in Oban for bedtime, actually he got off at Taynuilt and put a balaclava on as he got on the bike and set off to wild camp. Then it was ferry to Barra (still bad as they are using the wee Millport Ferry so takes 7 hours and if any waves everybody is sick). From Barra he was cycling to Callanish. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1141#post-10650 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:33:42 +0000 Stepdoh 10650@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ahh, so was he just taking in the ambience while making the movie (by the sounds of it he was unimpressed with the animation talent up here too. :S ) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1141#post-10627 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:17:23 +0000 gembo 10627@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@stepdoh - Chomet finished THe Illusionist in Scotland and has now moved to SOuth of France where he thinks the weather is better than North BErwick for picnics </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1141#post-10626 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:04:17 +0000 wee folding bike 10626@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well I would quibble with some of it.</p> <p>If you're going to put a Brooks on a racing bike at that price why didn't he get a lighter one for another £70?</p> <p>I hope the wheel builder was badly edited.</p> <p>He skipped past MacMillan's bike and onto the French.</p> <p>No matter what he says he isn't going to ride that bike every day. When I used one like that I put it away from the end of September to late April. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1141#post-10625 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:38:45 +0000 chdot 10625@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"before I started following this forum, I would have thought this was a ludicrous amount to spend on a bicycle"</p> <p>Well as long as you are happy with that change of view. </p> <p>I'm surprised no-one has started a thread to debate his choice of style/frame/components. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1141#post-10624 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:56:24 +0000 Stepdoh 10624@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I only recently found out that Monsieur Chomet of Bellville Rendez-Vous fame is an Edinburgher at the moment... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1141#post-10622 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:14:13 +0000 Greenroofer 10622@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I enjoyed the Rob Penn programme as he travelled the world looking for the bits for his £4,500 bike.</p> <p>The odd thing is that before I started following this forum, I would have thought this was a ludicrous amount to spend on a bicycle, but now it seems a bit steep, but not actually totally unreasonable... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1141#post-10609 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:31:31 +0000 cb 10609@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074pxj">Belleville Rendez-Vous</a> tonight, BBC4 @ 22:30.</p> <p>Also some <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/programmes/schedules">late night repeats</a> of some of Tuesday's programmes. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1141#post-10578 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:09:10 +0000 chdot 10578@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> Today, 20:30 on BBC Four</p> <p>Clare Balding sets out on a two-wheel odyssey to re-discover Britain from the saddle of a touring cycle.<br /> "</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00t6yhb" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00t6yhb</a></p> <p>"<br /> Today, 21:00 on BBC Four</p> <p>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.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00t6ylx" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00t6ylx</a></p> <p>"</p> <p>Today, 22:00 on BBC Four<br /> S<br /> Death on the Mountain is the story of Britain's greatest cyclist, Tom Simpson</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074rgb" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074rgb</a></p> <p>"<br /> Today, 23:00 on BBC Four</p> <p>One of the most important inventions of all time, the improvements made by the Edwardians meant the bicycle</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007gmbt" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007gmbt</a></p> <p>" </p>