guy martin on ch4 tv

ShakenNstirred · 29 Dec 2013 at 21:02

speed with guy martin was on ch4 at 8pm
and dam I forgot lol
but watching it now on +1

edd1e · 29 Dec 2013 at 21:07

I thought it was great. Love Guy Martin.

andy_mk3 · 29 Dec 2013 at 21:12

Just watched that, was good

leigh_boy · 29 Dec 2013 at 21:12

edd1e said:
I thought it was great. Love Guy Martin.

series linked was good

ShakenNstirred · 29 Dec 2013 at 21:13

yes he is a great Character
he makes me laugh so much.

Laura Trott is lovely in that episode, she seems a nice girl

Glaucus · 29 Dec 2013 at 21:27

E's a legend an i enjoyed it, light hearted and fun. Looking forward to the others.

How effect is the 20second on off training 6 times. How many times do you need to do it a week. Like once a day, several times a day or what. Have loads of slow twitch, but i recon zero fast twitch muscle.

SexyGreyFox · 29 Dec 2013 at 23:08

Weird how he used Rourkes in Burslem and I wouldn't buy a brake pad off them.
Anybody know why he chose them?

Glaucus · 29 Dec 2013 at 23:11

They've seem to have made a large number of race winning bikes, or at least bikes for race winners.

Why woudlnt you buy a brake pad off them.

SexyGreyFox · 30 Dec 2013 at 07:30

Glaucus said:
They've seem to have made a large number of race winning bikes, or at least bikes for race winners.

Why woudlnt you buy a brake pad off them.

They are ********, zero customer service.

Shimmy · 30 Dec 2013 at 10:01

Just watched it on 4od, that was proper!

wazza300 · 30 Dec 2013 at 12:53

fancy picking a sandy beach instead of an airfield?? :confused:

edd1e · 30 Dec 2013 at 13:04

I guess it was budget related? but yeah.. I thought the same thing. He did 2 practice runs on airfields and then did the real thing on sand?!

Fireskull · 30 Dec 2013 at 13:36

Im sure they said it in the programme that they needed 3+ miles to get up to that speed, and runways simply are not that long.

Great programme though, he is brilliant, looking forward to the rest.

Dougsnake · 30 Dec 2013 at 13:41

Have to agree superb bit of telly , Guy really is a proper geezer looking forward to rest of series

Glaucus · 30 Dec 2013 at 13:46

Yep, runways weren't long enough.

Sagalout · 30 Dec 2013 at 15:07

Dimple said:
They are ********, zero customer service.

One of the best bike builders in the country

SexyGreyFox · 30 Dec 2013 at 18:34

Sagalout said:
One of the best bike builders in the country

Maybe but still run by staff who couldn't care less.
I ended up going to a cycle shop run by one of their ex workers and most of the local team cyclists also go there now.

And back to the main post:
I think he could have gone way faster if they could have got on a motorway like the original world record holder did.

Glaucus · 30 Dec 2013 at 18:43

Yep, and that was the downside to this show. Seem to be massively budget and time restricted. Rather than do it properly.

Shimmy · 30 Dec 2013 at 20:30

Glaucus said:
Yep, and that was the downside to this show. Seem to be massively budget and time restricted. Rather than do it properly.

Bar the location they had a pretty good stab at it.
World renowned frame builder, Olympic gold athlete, monster power lorry with CFD aero and 4+ months training. Even hired a helicopter for ultra low camera work.
No doubt Guy would have been faster on tarmac though.

Also this is part of a mini 4 part series, so I guess some compromise was inevitable.

Sin_Chase · 30 Dec 2013 at 20:54

Watched on 4od, loved it