agreed, reenactment/sca doesn't breed the most normal of folks
though it is oddly thereputic twisting chain links while watching TV with mates, kinda like the 'manly' version of knitting i guess (that what we'd tell ourselves anyway!)
Bikes name is the Eragon bike maybe? (can't see a close up on the chain though)
I'd be fascinated to see how the chainmail from the ring lord holds up to heat though - i've had a jacket of similar stuff and it didn't strike me as the most robust in the world (though someone who knows more about heat+metal could answer that).
personally i'd scale up to something like ring mail which is more robust and you can buy plated in a variety of flavours. Something like 6/12mm mesh square section rings rather than wire rings.
Edit : also doing ring mail takes a lot less time, is easier and takes less rings/costs less.
uk site that has em is Armchair Armouries but i suspect there's a lot more over in the states.
