{"id":1479,"date":"2013-09-24T15:14:31","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T04:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/?p=1479"},"modified":"2017-10-13T02:57:47","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T15:57:47","slug":"yarra-bike-radio-show-256-monday-september-23rd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/2013\/09\/24\/yarra-bike-radio-show-256-monday-september-23rd\/","title":{"rendered":"Yarra BUG Radio Show #256 Monday September 23rd 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Update: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/2017\/10\/08\/vale-paul-farren\/\">Paul Farren died on 5th October 2017<\/a>. Alongside the fabulous Charlie, he was a legendary bicycle historian and collector not only in Australia but worldwide. As 3CR podcasts expire after a while, we&#8217;ve rehosted Faith &amp; Val&#8217;s interview with Charlie and Paul from 23 September 2013.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/346569106&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It was a glorious spring morning and we reluctantly hopped off our bikes to spend half an hour in the studio. We kick off the show with our very special studio guests Paul and Charlie Farren and all share our bike moments before getting into some local news.<\/p>\n<p>After a short break we chat to Paul and Charlie about their amazing bicycle collection, one of the top five collections in the world and rarely open to the public. The collection houses over 200 bicycles, all pre-dating 1905. Paul explains how he got into collecting and some of the adventures they&#8217;ve had along the way. We also discuss the <a title=\"Bicycling Through Time: The Farren Collection\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bicyclingtrade.com.au\/features\/bicycling-through-time-the-farren-collection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new book documenting the collection<\/a>.<br \/>\nAs a special favour to 3CR listeners, Paul and Charlie are opening their private collection to the public for two hours on Saturday 28th September.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BZ5ZssMBJSw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sad news from yesterday with the death of Paul Farren. Not only was Paul an indefatigable bicycle collector and owner of one of the top five bicycle museums in the world, but he, together with his irrepressible wife Charlie, has been instrumental in shaping Melbourne bike life since forever. Already missed, never forgotten. ?to Charlie.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by Faith Hunter (@postcardsfromthenorth) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2017-10-06T06:42:22+00:00\">Oct 5, 2017 at 11:42pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update: Paul Farren died on 5th October 2017. Alongside the fabulous Charlie, he was a legendary bicycle historian and collector not only in Australia but worldwide. As 3CR podcasts expire after a while, we&#8217;ve rehosted Faith &amp; Val&#8217;s interview with&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/2013\/09\/24\/yarra-bike-radio-show-256-monday-september-23rd\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[815,792,420,1650,789,584],"class_list":["post-1479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast","category-show-summary","tag-bicycling-through-time","tag-charlie-farren","tag-faith-hunter","tag-farren-collection","tag-paul-farren","tag-val-nagle"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ksuk-nR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3118,"url":"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/2018\/11\/26\/yarrabug-radio-show-520-monday-26th-november-2018\/","url_meta":{"origin":1479,"position":0},"title":"YarraBUG Radio Show #520 Monday 26th November 2018","author":"admin","date":"26 November 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The Farren Collection and Shepparton's Motor Museum: The show is off to a much more prosaic start this morning than usual as a last minute hitch means that we are forced to carry on without Val and his dulcet tones are sorely missed!\u00a0Faith is joined in the studio by guest\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Podcast&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Podcast","link":"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/category\/podcast\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/CharlieFarren-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/CharlieFarren-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/CharlieFarren-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/CharlieFarren-1.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/CharlieFarren-1.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/CharlieFarren-1.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1436,"url":"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/2013\/08\/13\/yarra-bike-radio-show-250-august-12th-3013\/","url_meta":{"origin":1479,"position":1},"title":"Yarra Bike Radio Show #250 August 12th 2013","author":"FaithH","date":"13 August 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"It was a beautiful morning when Faith rode in, by the time Val arrived it was wet and windy. 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