I asked Dave to give Si our best wishes and thanked him for talking to The Rider’s Digest. With their cheeky humour and irresistible enthusiasm for food, Si King and Dave Myers, aka The Hairy Bikers, have become national treasures, entertaining Britain with their TV shows and books for over a decade. We were on these Honda Transalps, and they were gorgeous little bikes. Since we've been filming The Hairy Bikers' Cookbook and writing our book, Si has been crashing here and chipping in for the rent. You turn it on and because the place is so well-insulated, it's warm in a quarter of an hour. language is not acceptable, Do not impersonate other users or reveal private information about third parties, We reserve the right to delete inappropriate posts and ban offending users without notification, -1) ?
Trinity Buoy Wharf was a bomb site during the Second World War. 'active' : ''"> It's the furniture you'd expect inside a tin box - clean and functional. But really, for the trips as you see them in the programmes we’d be riding the bikes. 'active' : ''"> I learned my lesson really, it was an accident, but actually, had I been more aware it was avoidable. It sounds a bit ‘old gitty’ but as time goes on the first priority is for a good set of panniers and heated grips, and then beyond that we’re not too fussed really! The containers look like big Lego blocks and are really quite attractive. The walls are all white and there are halogen ceiling spots. “The funny thing is, I’ve had some epic trips with Si, around Europe, and then last year in Japan and all over, and I’ve toured with my wife in a car. “It’s important I do, as I miss her,” says the chef, who first found nationwide fame with fellow Northerner Dave Myers 12 years ago with their show, The Hairy Bikers’ Cookbook. My bedroom is in the same room as the sitting room, so we've put up a blue Perspex screen - a reject from Spooks. There’s no communication between myself and Si [King – the other Hairy Biker]. I sing to myself though!”. Mine is an L-shaped studio with sliding patio doors at one end which open on to the balcony. “The exception was Argentina, that was a really difficult place, what with import tax, and we ended up on two ten year old Honda Transalps, which were incredible fun, both off road and on the highway. try again, the name must be unique, You may not agree with our views, or other users’, but please respond to them respectfully, Swearing, personal abuse, racism, sexism, homophobia and other discriminatory or inciteful Start your Independent Premium subscription today. “Well, there’s one that we managed to keep out of the papers really, it was the 2006 TT, on ‘Mad Sunday’. The sides of the balcony are formed by the open doors of the container. Inside the container walls are plastered, so it looks just like a regular flat. “It’s quite nice, we get more repeats than a bad pork pie!”, I asked Dave if he and Si King actually ride the bikes between locations, being a bit of an anorak I noticed that on the Bakeation series they would set off from one country wearing open face lids and arrive in the next one wearing different gear and full face helmets…. Please So loosely using the ten questions from TRD’s ‘Rider’s Lives’ as a basis I set about finding out what makes Dave tick. It’s like, you know, you set off from England, with gentle riding you’d be in the Sahara in three days.”. The official Hairy Bikers website. 7. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Previously published in Issue 187 of The Rider’s Digest, which is available to download right here absolutely free.

That’s why it chops and changes really.”, So you don’t ride out of shot, put the bikes in a van and jump in a limo then? Obviously they are more for people working in studios that are just workspaces. No matter how fabulous it feels you’ve still got to be aware, you’ve still got to give that extra 20% caution. Please Oldest first, -1) ? I got a five-year lease and the rent's £100 a week plus the community charge and service charge. He said that he never thought that he’d ever afford a car; a lot of working men were the same. The balcony overlooks the Millennium Dome and at night you can see Canary Wharf all lit up like Manhattan. What was your hairiest moment on a bike? It's the furniture you'd expect inside a tin box - clean and functional. The existing Open Comments threads will continue to exist for those who do not subscribe to We had a top box on with a jerry can of fuel in, and that was about a prepped as we were. The existing Open Comments threads will continue to exist for those who do not subscribe to © 1999 - 2020 Ents24.com all rights reserved.

will be published daily in dedicated articles. I was at Goldsmiths (College of Art, South East London), so I had this flat in Asylum Road, Peckham, and the dealer was in Dalberg Road, Brixton. It got us there and back, which was a minor miracle really.

Independent Premium Comments can be posted by members of our membership scheme, Independent Premium. You can find our Community Guidelines in full here. 'active' : ''"> We like to be self-sufficient for that. My main home is in Morecambe Bay on a little island called Roa, where there are 13 houses, a lifeboat station, a boat club and a café. I started renting here in 2004, when I was working on the TV drama Spooks as make-up designer. I started renting here in 2004, when I was working on the TV drama Spooks as make-up designer. The first question was ‘what was your bike?’ There were people there in plaster, every bed had shredded leathers underneath and a crash helmet on the side. What do you think is the worst thing about motorcycling? “Oh, just as a bloke that had a go really. My bedroom is in the same room as the sitting room, so we've put up a blue Perspex screen - a reject from Spooks. That was from Romania to Austria, the rest of the time we did all the miles ourselves. Are you sure you want to delete this comment? Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate? It’s amazing actually, the cycling lobby seems to have such a big voice now in London with Boris Johnson. We’re motorcycling in some of the most wonderful places in the world, but if you hold a shot [of a bike] for more than 15 seconds – which may take two or three hours to traverse – you’ve lost the audience. Oldest first, -1) ? The Hairy Bikers York Barbican. “There’s always a kind of logic to how we picked a bike, when we did the ‘Bakeation’ series in Europe we rode KTMs; we were going through Austria and I love the KTM, it’s the only bike I’ve bought after a series, I loved it, I’ve still got it.”. Most liked, -1) ? Hairy Bikers' Mediterranean Adventure. There's also a communal set of bathrooms and toilets. It allows our most engaged readers to debate the big issues, share their own experiences, discuss “I’d been to Peel for a couple of kipper baps and a pot of tea, and on the way back to the course I was in the middle of the road, and so was a scaffold truck.
The balcony overlooks the Millennium Dome and at night you can see Canary Wharf all lit up like Manhattan. Official website hairybikers.com. He met Si King 17 years ago and together they created the TV show The Hairy Bikers' Cookbook. Deviating from the Riders’ Lives questions again, I asked Dave how they chose the bikes he and Si rode in the various ‘Hairy Bikers’ series: “They’re all hired, we have to not show favouritism to a particular manufacturer because it’s the BBC, which gives us the freedom to ride different makes. New for 2017: The Hairy Bikers' Comfort Food. I’ll go over to Kingy the night before, and we’ll get the bikes on the ferry, have a few pints and then in the morning you’re in Amsterdam. “After the Bantam, he got a Norton Dominator, but he didn’t have it for long, it kicked back and did his Achilles tendon. “If you’re careless on a bike, you hurt yourself, and you can kind of sharpen yourself up. My studio is made from two containers welded together, but you can get a triple or quadruple one. At night when everybody's gone home from their studios, there are only a few people sleeping inside Container City. “I’ve got a Moto Guzzi California Vintage, that’s a 2005, I bought it brand new. It was absolutely glorious, just stopping for coffees, or a steak; that was magic.

I’m with my best mate, and you have a smoke – I don’t smoke, Si was smoking then – and a bar of chocolate, and it’s quiet for twenty minutes. Hairy biker Dave Myers, 48, was born in Barrow-in-Furness. Your email address will not be published. For that you get a self-contained - or self-container-ed - flat with heating that works. Newest first, -1) ? One end of the L is a small kitchen with a fridge, little cooker and sink. The white floorboards are chipboard and I bought rugs to go over them. Comparisons were made via paired t tests. CT imaging; however, only a minority of PC (i. It’s a proper piece of motorcycling history, and I love the fact that it was the fastest motorcycle in the world. The architects have done a good job.

But the one thing they never seem to feature or talk about is the bikes, so when I got the chance to have a chat on the phone with Dave Myers, I thought it would be a great opportunity to ask him a few questions about a life on two wheels. It was like ‘my god, it’s the best job in the world!’ Sometimes we can’t quite believe it. Started in 2001, Container City consists of three buildings made from old shipping containers. 3. The Hairy Bikers Leicester, De Montfort Hall.

Si King and Dave Myers aren't professional chefs but they are lifelong food lovers. There’s a place for that, and a place for the studio cookery stuff – which I must admit we enjoy – if we get one of those in the winter, thank you very much! My studio gets a fair amount of light from the patio doors, glass door and two porthole windows - about four feet across - at either end of the studio. “The idea of that was I’d go straight to a 650 with a provisional licence, and I could take passengers so my mate could go in the sidecar. I’d been round a couple of times having a fine old time; there was a lot of idiots there, and I’m too old, I should have known better. There are three modern free-standing lamps. Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate? October 2020. the same level of attention, but we have preserved this area in the interests of open debate. Create a commenting name to join the debate. The containers look like big Lego blocks and are really quite attractive. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? It's fine for two chairs, a wine table and a little charcoal oven like the one we use on our programme. Oct 11 Sun. We can’t get rid of Gina, it’s one of those sentimental bikes.

Join the big hearted, down-to-earth cooks for this very special live streaming event to celebrate the release of their latest book The Hairy Bikers’ Veggie Feasts. Myers owns a house in Morecambe Bay and rents a flat in London's Docklands, which he shares with King. My main home is in Morecambe Bay on a little island called Roa, where there are 13 houses, a lifeboat station, a boat club and a café. I think I was the reason that the premiums went up! The balcony is the width of a container - about 10 feet - by four. We’ve got a title; we’re thinking about Australia – we’ve come up with such a good title; we’ll do ‘The Hairies Down Under’ (laughing) I mean, that’s just begging to be made isn’t it really?”. to your comment. Motorcyclists now are certainly playing the game as far as drinking and driving are concerned, so that’s a huge improvement, people are not riding their bikes drunk. Since we've been filming The Hairy Bikers' Cookbook and writing our book, Si has been crashing here and chipping in for the rent. It was a catastrophe really, for him as a motorcyclist and us as a family, because we ended up having to sell the bike while he was off work on the sick; once he’d done his Achilles tendon he couldn’t kick the bike over, so he got one of the very first electric start Puch scooters – a Puch Alpine it was – which now are quite collectable. “I remember my dad got busted because my feet wouldn’t touch the running boards at the side, which apparently is illegal.

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