Speed.guy martin

[Norniron]

Did anyone catch Speed with guy martin on channel 4.the second part was on last nite.i think he is fantastic,eccentric and mad as a bag of cats.and he lived in my home town for a spell when he raced for wilson craig honda racing.

[bomber]

I hope he is getting something out of it a part or adrenaline rush.
Going over 100mph behind lorry was pretty hairy...
And I bet that water in the lake wasn't very hot.
Top bloke!

[Bryanj]

Yeh but that 112 behind the truck was a damn PUSHBIKE!! as to the Bala lake cold don't come near it

[ka-ja]

Hi,
    A total speed freak who lives close to my area, the film "Closer to the Edge" sums him up, laid in hospital with numerous broken and cracked bones with internal injuries, worried about getting better to race the next year's TT, what a character!

[LesterPiglet]

I was towed by a Z750 turbo on a pushbike, I bottled out at 45mph. He's mental.

[UK Pete]

I got 42mph down a very steep hill on my mountain bike, i though i was going to die, probably one of the scariest moments of my life
Guy Martin is insane
pete

[Green1]

     What a fruit loop   
Am I the only one that struggles to understand him
I need subtitles when ever he's on the telly

[Lobo]

Watched that telly... as Green1 says, what a fruit loop.

Interesting bit I picked up on was "the British Record".... so I Googled world speed record.

......167mph. Jesus H ....Guy wasn't even close. From the search on pace vehicle speed records...

Motor pacing is a type of human-powered record where a pace vehicle is modified by adding a tail fairing to keep the wind off the cyclist who is riding behind it. This type of record was invented by Charles "Mile-a-Minute Murphy" who drafted a train to set a 96 km/h (60 mph) record at end of the 19th century. A mile of plywood sheets was attached to the railroad ties, so Charles would have a smooth surface riding behind the train.[9][10]
In 1928, Leon Vanderstuyft from Belgium reached 122 km/h riding behind a motorbike at a velodrome.[10] Alexis Blanc-Garin from France set the record to 128.20 km/h in October 1933 riding behind a motorbike.[11] Albert Marquet, from France, reached 139.90 km/h riding behind a car in 1937.[12] On 22 October 1938, Alfred Letourneur reached 147 km/h at a velodrome in Montlhéry, France, riding behind a motorbike.[13] On 17 May 1941 Letourneur broke the record again, reaching 175 km/h (108.92 mph) on a Schwinn bicycle riding behind a specially equipped midget racer, on a Los Angeles freeway near Bakersfield, California.[14]
The first to surpass 200 km/h was the Frenchman Jose Meiffret in 1962, when he reached 204 km/h (127 mph) behind a Mercedes-Benz 300SL car on a German motorway.[15]
Allan Abbott, a cycling enthusiast and motorcycle racer, elevated the motor paced bicycle speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats, reaching 223 km/h (139 mph) in 1973. John Howard, Olympic cyclist and Ironman triathlon winner, reset the record to 244 km/h (152 mph), also at the Bonneville Salt Flats, on July 20, 1985.
Fred Rompelberg from Maastricht, Netherlands is the current[when?] holder of the motor paced speed world record cycling with 268.831 km/h (166.9 mph).[citation needed] He used a special bicycle behind a dragster of the Strasburg Drag Racing Team at the Bonneville Salt Flats.

[Norniron]

Its on now!

[Green1]

Still a    fruit loop 

[59viperman]

  wish he was still with Wilson craig, top private team and they really believed in him.

[taysidedragon]

    What a fruit loop   
Am I the only one that struggles to understand him
I need subtitles when ever he's on the telly

Why? He says every twice to give you a chance.