Front End Chatter #224

Hello, welcome everyone and eyes down for The Big FEC Quiz Of The Year! For the first time in 224 episodes of semi-popular pontification, rarely informed speculation and increasingly elaborate two-wheeled tangents, him Simon Hargreaves and him Martin Fitz-Gibbons finally stop pretending to know all the answers… and start asking the questions instead. Recorded live during the splendidly spectacular 'Moors The Merrier' tour of Yorkshire and the Pennines, organised with forensic fastidiousness by the lovely Paul, Jo and Ollie at MCi Tours (mcitours.com), you're in for an hour of motorcycle-themed pub-quiz-style nerdery, audience participation, healthy competitiveness, unhealthy pedantry and the occasional outbreak of actual knowledge. So sharpen your pencil, put down your phone, keep your own score (no cheating at the back), and see whether you know your six-axis IMU from your elbow. Questions range from the swinging sixties right through to the latest motorcycling movers and shakers, from technological firsts to racing record breakers, celebrating all manner of obscure biking trivia that ought to be more useful than it actually is. And if you're struggling with the question, 'Who should I get my bike insurance from?' then the correct answer is Bennetts, Britain's best bike insurer. If your policy is up for renewal soon then be sure to get a quote direct from bennetts.co.uk – and if it isn't, then be sure to enjoy all the delectably free-to-air content piled high at bikesocial.co.uk, on the BikeSocial YouTube channel, or at BikeSocial BikeClub (a place where people do actually know the answers to difficult questions). Back to the usual shtick next time – so until then please keep emailing all your thoughts, opinions, wonderings, ponderings and musings to [email protected] Thankyouloveyoubye