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Postby ^*^BATMAN^*^ » Thu Jul 12, 2007 2:42 pm

Did any of you watch any of it? When it was in London, aparently a TON of people showed up to watch it.
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Postby CheeZee » Thu Jul 12, 2007 4:48 pm

..i'll catch the reports laterz on the idiot box when i get home :wink:
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Postby Phil » Thu Jul 12, 2007 5:16 pm

when ever i think tour de france i think of this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA4N-NNNECo
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Postby ^*^BATMAN^*^ » Thu Jul 12, 2007 6:03 pm

When i get time at work I watch it live. If i cant, I just watch the repeat at night here. So does anyone seriously follow cycling on here?
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Postby Real Pol » Thu Jul 12, 2007 7:54 pm

My flat mate (who lives in Norway) is right into his cycling, has the tight shorts, weird peddels n' everything. I personally can't understand the tactics, but like the girls who join the winner on the podium.

What channel is it being shown in the UK? Anyone ken?
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Postby Real Pol » Thu Jul 12, 2007 8:09 pm

Phil wrote:when ever i think tour de france i think of this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA4N-NNNECo


Nice!!

One thing I really like about youtube is the comments:

w0w anyone hating on this vid is a f**kin loser, dave watson is a f**kin awesome rider, maybe you youtube fags should grow a sack and go send it your self.


WTF!?! Send a sack by yourself!?!
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Postby surfsc77 » Fri Jul 13, 2007 2:32 am

i follow it every year, my dad was an ironman triathalete (i cant even spell it) and rode a bunch of road races, a lot of them over 100 miles. So i always watch it with my dad. I tried to get into it but sitting on that little seat for so long isnt all that great to me, but it was some fun.

I love watching an attack, its so dramatic. much more fun than reality tv.
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Postby ^*^BATMAN^*^ » Fri Jul 13, 2007 1:22 pm

surfsc77 wrote:i follow it every year, my dad was an ironman triathalete (i cant even spell it) and rode a bunch of road races, a lot of them over 100 miles. So i always watch it with my dad. I tried to get into it but sitting on that little seat for so long isnt all that great to me, but it was some fun.

I love watching an attack, its so dramatic. much more fun than reality tv.


Its Triathlete. I am doing my first IM this november in Florida.

I am getting more and more into bike racing. I can now do TT at well over 40km/h. So I am hoping to maby win one or two local races, and then maby get some sponsorship...

The little seat thing is actually a misnomer. It is actually more comfortable on a smaller sadle, then on a big thick one.(less surface area to rub against, means less chafing.
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Postby surfsc77 » Fri Jul 13, 2007 1:34 pm

my dad ran his ironman through Lake Placid, New York which was full of mountains with very steep inclines, maybe 6 years ago. when he did the swim the water was 64 degrees F. He was going to do another one in florida but he messed up his leg in the first one, and couldn't run very well after that. he could get surgery though.
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Postby ^*^BATMAN^*^ » Fri Jul 13, 2007 2:18 pm

Ya, placid is next weekend. My parents are going down to watch it. About 10 people on my team are racing it, so they are going to support them/get a couple good rides in.

Too bad about your dad, i hope he is better now.
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Postby .Jen. » Sat Jul 14, 2007 6:47 am

I only watch it for one reason... men in tight red shorts :twisted:
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Postby ^*^BATMAN^*^ » Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:45 pm

.Jen. wrote:I only watch it for one reason... men in tight red shorts :twisted:


I take it you like the colored shorts.....as they tend to show more then dark colors.
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Postby .Jen. » Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:16 pm

^*^BATMAN^*^ wrote:
.Jen. wrote:I only watch it for one reason... men in tight red shorts :twisted:


I take it you like the colored shorts.....as they tend to show more then dark colors.


hence the ''tight red shorts'' comment ;)
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