Heard an interview with Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie - yes The Goodies!
Apparently the first incarnation of the "trandem" bike was a fixie! With no brakes... Later on they got a freewheel and a front brake, but for the first couple of seasons they were using up a lot of bandaids...
Another project for hippie? A 3-person fixie to really sort out the men from the boys?
Zebee
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Another project for hippie? A 3-person fixie to really sort out the men from the boys?
count me in
My 4yo daughter has become a Goodies fan since they were released on DVD, and decided the other night we should get a family trandem. She also refers to the trailer cycle as just like the Goodies bike.
>Another project for hippie? A 3-person fixie to really sort out the >men from the boys?
count me in
My 4yo daughter has become a Goodies fan since they were released on DVD, and decided the other night we should get a family trandem. She also refers to the trailer cycle as just like the Goodies bike.
The first one was not only an unbraked fixie.... it was a tandem with a 3rd seat as luggage.
Apparently the handling with the weight of Bill Oddie on the back on a glorified luggage rack was interesting.
Hven't been able to find any pics of it, only of the later model, but there has to be one somewhere.
The first one was not only an unbraked fixie.... it was a tandem with a 3rd seat as luggage.
Apparently the handling with the weight of Bill Oddie on the back on a glorified luggage rack was interesting.
Hven't been able to find any pics of it, only of the later model, but there has to be one somewhere.
Zebee
Well it took a bit of work and the pictures are a bit rough, but here's what the trandem looked like. Not hard to see why the first one was a bit unstable when you see where Bill sat.
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The first one was not only an unbraked fixie.... it was a tandem with a 3rd seat as luggage.
Apparently the handling with the weight of Bill Oddie on the back on a glorified luggage rack was interesting.
Hven't been able to find any pics of it, only of the later model, but there has to be one somewhere.
Zebee
Well it took a bit of work and the pictures are a bit rough, but here's what the trandem looked like. Not hard to see why the first one was a bit unstable when you see where Bill sat.
Just looking at those pictures makes me giggle. Anyone know if The Goodies are on DVD?
Marty
Yep, that's where I got the pictures. It's a 2 DVD set with 8 episodes includign the ecky thump episode (my favourite). Should be able to get it at most DVD shops.
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Just looking at those pictures makes me giggle. Anyone know if The Goodies are on DVD?
Marty
Yep, that's where I got the pictures. It's a 2 DVD set with 8 episodes includign the ecky thump episode (my favourite). Should be able to get it at most DVD shops.
DaveB
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[BYep, that's where I got the pictures. It's a 2 DVD set with 8 episodes includign the ecky thump episode (my favourite). Should be able to get it at most DVD shops. DaveB
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Youre right! was originally Mr Palin in RP, but i think it may have been a bit of homage goin on either way between the two
Bill Oddie waves a Pudding about espousing how its the real thing then says the quote and then wallops Graham with it, from memory. I have heard this before referring to BP's so maybe its some kind of colloquial local reference to em?
If you look carefully at the (Goodies) DVD, IIRC during the opening credits, the tandem they're using is actually a double with an extra seat tacked onto the rear. Yet in the series, at least all the episodes on the DVD, they ride a true triple-tandem.
I'll try to find the book today, but I expect it's the triplet they ride no?
Heard an interview with Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie - yes The Goodies!
Apparently the first incarnation of the "trandem" bike was a fixie! With no brakes... Later on they got a freewheel and a front brake, but for the first couple of seasons they were using up a lot of bandaids...
Another project for hippie? A 3-person fixie to really sort out the men from the boys?
Apparently the first incarnation of the "trandem" bike was a fixie! With no brakes... Later on they got a freewheel and a front brake, but for the first couple of seasons they were using up a lot of bandaids...
Another project for hippie? A 3-person fixie to really sort out the men from the boys?
I'd need to find another two crazy ijits to test it..
Speaking of team idiocy.. myself and some mates are trying to enter the Red Bull Billycart GP...
Just looking at those pictures makes me giggle. Anyone know if The Goodies are on DVD?
Marty
Yep, that's where I got the pictures. It's a 2 DVD set with 8 episodes includign the ecky thump episode (my favourite). Should be able to get it at most DVD shops. DaveB
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Just looking at those pictures makes me giggle. Anyone know if The Goodies are on DVD?
Marty
Yep, that's where I got the pictures. It's a 2 DVD set with 8 episodes includign the ecky thump episode (my favourite). Should be able to get it at most DVD shops.
and the final episode on the second disk (saturday night grease) has the song "Grease Cyclin" in it.
