Comedian Joe Lycett joined Radio 1’s Greg James on a tandem bike as he left the city on 1,000km Comic Relief challengeGreg James and Joe Lycett avoid massive pothole in Birmingham<\/p>\n
Anyone who has driven around Birmingham this winter knows how it feels to dodge potholes on almost every road.<\/p>\n
And this morning the issue was broadcast live to the nation when Radio 1 Breakfast Show host Greg James narrowly avoided what he called “the world’s biggest pothole” as he headed out of the city on a Comic Relief charity challenge.<\/p>\n
The presenter and podcaster is on a 1,000 kilometre tandem bike ride from Weymouth in Dorset to Edinburgh ahead of Red Nose Day on Friday, March 20.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: ‘New sighting’ and video emerges of naked jogger in Sutton Park<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Briefly occupying the other seat on the bike as James left Birmingham<\/a> via Sutton Coldfield<\/a> was comedian Joe Lycett. They were on the A4540 Highgate Middleway when the DJ, who was being filmed for a live stream, avoided a crater in the road.<\/p>\n He told listeners: “I’ve just avoided the world’s biggest pothole then.” Lycett responded tongue-in-cheek: “Well that’s Starmer’s Britain for you Greg.”<\/p>\n Today’s leg of the journey saw James wave at crowds who gathered to cheer him on as he headed to the stage end at Worksop in Nottinghamshire – a gruelling 146.8km in one day and the longest so far.<\/p>\n Ensure our latest headlines always appear at the top of your Google Search by making us a Preferred Source.<\/strong><\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to activate or add us as your Preferred Source in your Google search settings.<\/strong><\/p>\n He said: “I was a bit daunted this morning by staring at five days more of this. But I’m getting through it. The donations gave me a huge boost. Joe Lycett gave me a full guided tour.<\/p>\n “We are motoring now. We’ve gone through some amazing places today. There have been some amazing primary schools coming out to line the streets.<\/p>\n “I’m just so determined now, even though my legs are screaming at me.”<\/p>\n The state of Birmingham’s roads has become a political football ahead of May’s all-out local elections.<\/p>\n Tories<\/a> on the city council condemned the Labour-run authority for resurfacing less than a mile of road<\/a> in the last full financial year \u2013 2024\/2025. The Conservative group said the council had failed to spend some \u00a3200 million of ringfenced cash for road repairs, with \u00a347 million not spent in the last year alone.<\/p>\n