Bike building programme on BBC4

[zeitghost]

Gosh.

It cost £4k for the bits.

I wonder how much it cost to fly the crew around the world to get the bits?

Pushbike.

Very expensive pushbike using bits from the UK (frame & saddle), gearset and handlebars from Italy, wheels from California, bearing thingie for steering from Oregon, tyres from Germany.

Looked quite pretty when it was done.

The saddle alone was more or less handmade & cost a very reasonable £90.

Looked uncomfortable to me though.

[Scrag Meister]

Gosh.

It cost £4k for the bits.

I wonder how much it cost to fly the crew around the world to get the bits?

pushbike or motorbike?

[TimberWolf]

You'd need to be working for the BBC to be able to afford to build it.

[Troll]

Indeed.

It was vaguely interesting seeing the insides of most of the suppliers' factories.

Aside from the odd one or two who wouldn't let him film inside.

We still make stuff & have factories!!

[TimberWolf]

"Coast" is also a cracking series. I always end up glued to it when watching, even though initial expectations usually start off quite low.

[TimberWolf]

I thought Sunday's offering was more interesting than last night's.

Did Alice Roberts get her kit off?

[TimberWolf]

Didn't realise that Anglesey was quite so geologically curious.

Oh yes, I saw part of that one. Its own tectonic plate

[TimberWolf]

Small, but perfectly formed

Alice or Anglesey?