An extended, hour long edition of the show featuring French writer, poet, cyclist and cultural ambassador Paul Fournel (pictured). We stroll from the French House in Soho to the Rapha Cycle Club in Clerkenwell, to visit an exhibition of a hundred years of racing bicycles. The exhibition runs for two more weeks and is well worth a visit. Paul Fournel’s book Besoin de Vélo is one of the loveliest pieces of writing about cycling and is available in English translation as Need for the Bike
Talking Le Tour with Paul Fournel
July 21st, 2010 by Jack · 5 Comments
Tags: Advocacy · France · Gear · History · Literature · London · People · Podcast · Sport · Tour de France
5 responses so far ↓
1 Tim Beadle // Jul 22, 2010 at 9:36 am
Hi Jack,
What strange but beautiful mashup was the version of Eric B & Rakim’s “Paid in Full” at the end?
Cheers,
Tim
2 Jack // Jul 22, 2010 at 10:16 am
That would be Party Ben’s “Paid for My Doorbell” (Eric B. & Rakim vs. White Stripes):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOdnq8PdbAs
Of course it’s based on the splendid Coldcut remix of Paid In Full.
3 Tim Beadle // Jul 22, 2010 at 11:08 am
Cheers for the link
Tim
4 Rob Jordan // Jul 24, 2010 at 11:51 am
That was lovely discussion with Paul Fournel at the Rapha exhibition. I grew up in Coventry, and the discussion of the Coventry-built Centaur bike reminded me that Coventry is twinned with Paul’s home town of St Etienne. How appropriate that two great cycle cities should maintain that link.
5 marc // Jul 26, 2010 at 3:03 pm
What a beautiful voice Paul Fournel has. Pretty much summed up Lance in a nutshell. An amazing athlete but I’ll not remember him as fondly as others gone before. Another great show, thank you.
hat !
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