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On Tue, 10 Jul 2007, Simon Brooke wrote:
John B ') wrote: If you coudnt get there you missed out on some real cycling history. I didn't see the Tour. It's a long way, I don't like crowds, and I work on two stage races every year (and organise a number of smaller events). However... I didn't see the tour, though it's quite close. I'm not very interested in watching any sport and I really _really_ don't like crowds (probably verging on the phobic - certainly I get irrational sensations of unease and discomfort heading towards panic). Even the photos of it make me feel a bit iffy. If you need to stand in crowds to experience cycling history, you're welcome to it. regards, Ian SMith -- |\ /| no .sig |o o| |/ \| |
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dkahn400 wrote:
You can see me on the telly at the top of the Quarry Hill climb by going to http://tour.itv.com/. Click the Video button and select "Stage 1 - McEwen's Kent comeback". At exactly 19:00 minutes I am on the left in a steward's hi-viz orange vest, wearing shorts, sunglasses and an official Tour cap. I yelled something like "Go, Dave, go" as they shot past and one "go" is clearly audible on the soundtrack. :-) That's inflation for you. It used to be 15 minutes for fame but now its down to just 2 seconds ;-) Tony |
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On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:22:20 -0000, dkahn400
wrote: On Jul 10, 9:04 am, Simon Brooke wrote: Crowds over the weekend are now being estimated at more than four million. If that is so, 8% of the whole population of England - of the whole of England - turned out to watch. The number on the roadside on Sunday exceeded the whole population of Kent. You can see me on the telly at the top of the Quarry Hill climb by going to http://tour.itv.com/. Click the Video button and select "Stage 1 - McEwen's Kent comeback". At exactly 19:00 minutes I am on the left in a steward's hi-viz orange vest, wearing shorts, sunglasses and an official Tour cap. I yelled something like "Go, Dave, go" as they shot past and one "go" is clearly audible on the soundtrack. :-) Mrs. Hall is on t'telly too, as they approach Goudhurst. She's on the left hand side of the road,part of the Tandem Club Massive, but not in TC kit. My right leg also gets its 15 milliseconds of fame a frame or two later. Tim |
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On Jul 10, 6:30 pm, Tim Hall wrote:
My right leg also gets its 15 milliseconds of fame a frame or two later. You was robbed. One field in the UK should be 20ms. A whole frame should be 40ms. :-) Tim. |
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icogs wrote on 09/07/2007 23:19:
Le Tour is _THE_ reason for getting digied up, IMHO. I have a passing interest in it and watched a little on ITV4 the other day. However, the bandwidth allocated to the channel combined with the bike uplinks corrupting meant that it was pretty much unwatchable - the artefacts were just horrible. Since I wasn't too bothered I didn't persevere. Without getting into a uk.tech.broadcast style discussion about digital TV and thte bandwidths given to different channels... I'm surprised it didn't put other people off too. Peter -- http://www.scandrett.net/lx/ http://www.scandrett.net/bike/ |
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Peter Scandrett wrote:
icogs wrote on 09/07/2007 23:19: Le Tour is _THE_ reason for getting digied up, IMHO. I have a passing interest in it and watched a little on ITV4 the other day. However, the bandwidth allocated to the channel combined with the bike uplinks corrupting meant that it was pretty much unwatchable - the artefacts were just horrible. Since I wasn't too bothered I didn't persevere. Without getting into a uk.tech.broadcast style discussion about digital TV and thte bandwidths given to different channels... I'm surprised it didn't put other people off too. Check your aerial - we watched it on a 40" screen and it was fine..and my eyesight's not that bad. Tony |
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On 9 Jul, 22:42, "burt" wrote:
"John B" wrote in message ... Coming home today on the train from Petersfield, it seemed the whole world had been at leTour - the guard, the refreshment trolly man, the chap I sat next to, and the couple opposite. They had all been and were ecstatic about the excitement of the event.. I then called in our local butcher to find he too was wearing a leTour T-Shirt. Incredible. If you coudnt get there you missed out on some real cycling history. According to reports on the BBC, two million people turned up to watch. Is there any other sporting event in the UK which generates such popular support? Which of course raises the question of why the media think that it is something to be ignored usually? you spot on the media think cricket tennis fi and soccer.they dont know a good sport just take the drug issue out of cycling which is a bad thing but the crashes they have and get back up |
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Tim Hall tweaked the Babbage-Engine to tell us: Mrs. Hall is on t'telly too, as they approach Goudhurst. She's on the left hand side of the road,part of the Tandem Club Massive, but not in TC kit. My right leg also gets its 15 milliseconds of fame a frame or two later. Can I have your leg's autograph, O Mighty Tim :-) -- Dave Larrington http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk Where's the gin? |
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