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This week on the Cyclist Magazine Podcast<\/a>, James is joined by Guy Martin, former British motorcycle racer, land speed record setter, part-time cyclist and reluctant TV presenter\u00a0\u2013 he says he\u2019d rather be known for his day job fixing trucks than as a TV personality. But on the box he is, where you may have seen him building his own narrowboat from archaic methods (think smelting your own iron), breaking tractor land speed records (spoiler, 135mph), rebuilding First World War tanks and travelling the globe in the\u00a0Our Guy in<\/em>\u2026 series, where Guy visits the Chernobyl reactor in Russia, cycles across the desert in China, travels through India on a motorcycle and much more \u2013 we haven\u2019t even got to the drug cartels in Colombia yet.<\/p>\n Guy is also a keen cyclist, from enduro-mountain biking to breaking the British land speed record on a special steel road bike, to his own self-styled ultra-cycling challenges, although he\u2019d just call them \u2018long rides to get me head straight\u2019. And he\u2019s also an author, his new book\u00a0All the Medals Have Been Handed Out<\/em>\u00a0is out on 7th May, which along with charting his adventures and misadventures on two wheels, recounts being kidnapped in Colombia and waterboarded; his soul-crushing, death-defying bicycle ride to Azerbaijan; and his continued \u2018300 miles per hour job\u2019, an ongoing project to turn a street bike he bought for \u00a35,000 into a record breaking motorcycle that he\u2019ll ride at over 300mph. And he\u2019s tightened all those nuts and bolts himself.<\/p>\n We talk about all this and more, so buckle up your four-point harness and drop the clutch. Or just put the kettle on.<\/p>\n Chat begins at 5:36<\/p>\n Guy\u2019s new book,\u00a0All the Medals Have Been Handed Out<\/em>\u00a0(Penguin books) is out on 7th May. More details plus where to buy can be found\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n