BvG back on a GSA

[Warlord]

The guy has a MASSIVE ego and his name is Andy Randle and he wrote a book

https://www.amazon.com/Learning-Fly-Andy-Randle-ebook/dp/B0047T7I0A

But he's effectively an amateur broadcaster not an experienced live entertainer.

YouTube has a lot to answer for, especially during this period of home made POV filming and ANYBODY can have a TV Channel to broadcast their shite.

I've tried it and failed. I'm not entertaining enough and just way to nerdy with a brummy accent for people to get any enjoyment out of it.

... and it's extremely time consuming.

So give him a bit of credit as at least he's giving it a go.

 

[fredaroony]

But he's effectively an amateur broadcaster not an experienced live entertainer.

YouTube has a lot to answer for, especially during this period of home made POV filming and ANYBODY can have a TV Channel to broadcast their shite.

I've tried it and failed. I'm not entertaining enough and just way to nerdy with a brummy accent for people to get any enjoyment out of it.

... and it's extremely time consuming.

So give him a bit of credit as at least he's giving it a go.

Yes me too, even though I think he is a complete personally he is much better than I am at presenting.

 

[Nutty]

I'm not entertaining

Finally!

 

[Warlord]

Finally!

Hey...

 

[Tricky]

I like the Baron and TMF and enjoy watching their uploads on youtube.

I am however very easily pleased.

 

[fred_jb]

I like the Baron and TMF and enjoy watching their uploads on youtube.

I am however very easily pleased.

Same here, and we shouldn't be too hard on TMF for his hairpin bend anxiety. it seemed like it was his first time on that sort of road, and his honesty about it is to be admired. At least he is not full of macho bullshit like some!

If you've not done these on a bike before they can be scary, and even now after doing thousands I don't mind admitting I still don't enjoy those sort of roads, especially fully loaded with pillion and luggage. That sort of corner, while maybe satisfying to negotiate well, is just not ideal territory for biking enjoyment IMO, and especially right hand uphills (when in Europe) where you have to get on the throttle at just the right moment, too soon or too much and you run wide, to little or too late and you will fall down the camber on the inside where putting a foot down is not going to help. Give me fast sweepers any day - they may not require so much skill, but they are so much more fun!

 

[Mr Bean]

Yes, I like MF's videos, but he isn't the fastest rider out there....he needs to ride up Stelvio!

The wife and I were part of a group of around 20 bikes (split in to two) on one of Muppets tours in 2012. One on the passes we rode was the Stelvio. My view is that it isn't that great - squirt, brake, squirt isn't that challenging or fun after a while.

The A-397 from Ronda to Marbella is so much better - as are many of the other fast sweepers in that part of Spain.

 

[yofi]

Same here, and we shouldn't be too hard on TMF for his hairpin bend anxiety. it seemed like it was his first time on that sort of road, and his honesty about it is to be admired. At least he is not full of macho bullshit like some!

If you've not done these on a bike before they can be scary, and even now after doing thousands I don't mind admitting I still don't enjoy those sort of roads, especially fully loaded with pillion and luggage. That sort of corner, while maybe satisfying to negotiate well, is just not ideal territory for biking enjoyment IMO, and especially right hand uphills (when in Europe) where you have to get on the throttle at just the right moment, too soon or too much and you run wide, to little or too late and you will fall down the camber on the inside where putting a foot down is not going to help. Give me fast sweepers any day - they may not require so much skill, but they are so much more fun!

Something which guys don't seem to be taking into account but mentioned by TMF in that clip is how go-pros and other types of action cams almost totally wash out depth. Those tight bends on a steep gradient on a less than great road wouldn't be exactly like riding in the outback ('spose not, the outback's flat? dunno) - but I fancy they were more technically challenging than it appears.

Never met TMF, and quite possibly he's not all sweetness and light (just as a number of apparently convivial people on our screens are not) but he's a very good presenter. I would agree that the content isn't that amazing - the bike reviews are very samey, and not a lot of interesting information is imparted. Still find him watchable, though increasingly less so.