5 minutes of boring bike maintenance with James May

You may not know this, but James May is a keen cyclist. His bunker is full of all sorts of bikes and he tinkers with them fairly often. After a few years of that, he's learnt some tricks, and this week he thought he'd show you one of them.

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[gcn]

James, is this your audition tape for being our new GCN tech presenter? Give us a call!

[loocstac]

In all my years of watching James May, he's the last person I expected to see sitting on a chair with his length of wood sticking out.

[freddieb]

Remember when he did a 54 minute documentary about Bicycle Maintenance. It's still the best documentary ever.

[captaintraction]

As a bike mechanic, I couldn't appreciate this enough, it consists my life's two obsessions, top gear and bikes

[praneshdara]

Normal person: “a card”

James May: “my British airways executive gold membership card”

[therdid]

This was more exciting than 99% of all content from today's "influencers"

[Hobartthedolphinboy]

I like how James rides a nice but still affordable bike

[msagoo]

I can imagine James checking his frame for scratches and cracks after every ride lol

[Sledgeh]

5 minutes of boring bike maintenance
- "Meh"
with James May
- *click*

[liamc]

There should be a whole series of James teaching us the best way to do boring odd jobs around the house.

[anonjohnnyG]

He should really have his own show: The Maintenance of Things.

[Bikejon]

I like how he said his bike brakes were perfect, as he set them up himself. A man after my own heart.

[Voodoo_One]

5 Minutes? I demand at least 1 hour! Also he should bring back something like the reassembler...

[TheChutneypot]

Is no one gonna mention the fact that he's wearing a "Hey Bim!" T-Shirt? :D

[faizaanahmed]

He could talk about anything and we'd all still watch it tbh

[vanilakung]

In future.
James May: How to change a lightbulb at home.
Me: Interesting

[Aad]

And in this week's show : James plays with his wood.

[petertrace]

Mr May, you are my hero! Been trying to diagnose a shudder under braking and this has solved it. We are not worthy!

[RuleModelRailways]

As a cycle technician I approve of toe in.

[jiipee]

I'm a cyclist and of course i did watch this. But still i have to say that James May can make.. i think almost everything interesting, there is no limits. Even watching grass growing or paint drying on the wall can be a great "show" with captain slow. One of the best blokes i have ever seen. Cheers!