Comments on: I Like to Watch http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/05/09/i-like-to-watch/ It's like reality TV. Except it's real. And there's no TV. Fri, 04 Mar 2022 03:21:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: brendan http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/05/09/i-like-to-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-503190 brendan Wed, 17 May 2006 02:20:04 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/05/09/i-like-to-watch#comment-503190 Hey Thin Cyclist, I signed up with cycling.tv/OLN last night and noticed a couple of things that may interest you and the other readers of this blog:   a) there are replays of about 1 hour of all the stages- you don't need to watch it live.  In fact, I don't think you want to watch a 5-7 hour Giro stage live.  Here's a test of whether you are a cyclist or a wanna-be: if you can watch more than about 25 minutes of pro cycling without wanting to get out on your bike - then you're not really a cyclist.  However, if you do watch more than 25 minutes, and then start to feel really, really inadequate in the legs, heart, lungs, motivation, and general ability, then you're probably a cyclist. :-)   b) there are commercials - though not many.   c) you can only watch if you're in America.  Now does that suck or what?  However, if, like me, you work for an American company, and you can VPN to that company's HQ in the US, then cycling.tv thinks you're in America.  And you can watch.   d) Basso will win the Giro unless he is struck by a lightning bolt from got or a rock from an estranfed Tifosi. Hey Thin Cyclist, I signed up with cycling.tv/OLN last night and noticed a couple of things that may interest you and the other readers of this blog:
 
a) there are replays of about 1 hour of all the stages- you don’t need to watch it live.  In fact, I don’t think you want to watch a 5-7 hour Giro stage live.  Here’s a test of whether you are a cyclist or a wanna-be: if you can watch more than about 25 minutes of pro cycling without wanting to get out on your bike – then you’re not really a cyclist.  However, if you do watch more than 25 minutes, and then start to feel really, really inadequate in the legs, heart, lungs, motivation, and general ability, then you’re probably a cyclist. :-)
 
b) there are commercials – though not many.
 
c) you can only watch if you’re in America.  Now does that suck or what?  However, if, like me, you work for an American company, and you can VPN to that company’s HQ in the US, then cycling.tv thinks you’re in America.  And you can watch.
 
d) Basso will win the Giro unless he is struck by a lightning bolt from got or a rock from an estranfed Tifosi.

]]> By: nick http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/05/09/i-like-to-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-503191 nick Mon, 15 May 2006 00:29:58 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/05/09/i-like-to-watch#comment-503191 Oh, forgot to add my name in case Austar are intending on sending me a commision Oh, forgot to add my name in case Austar are intending on sending me a commision

]]> By: nick http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/05/09/i-like-to-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-503192 nick Mon, 15 May 2006 00:27:56 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/05/09/i-like-to-watch#comment-503192 OK, BigMike, i will slow down just for you! RAI is the Italian channel, it is available on Austar so i suppose it is on Foxtel etc as they are all the same albeit some with different names just to confuse us. Your plan will charge you extra prob for it, Austar does, but for hours of entertaining Italian commentary  which included in the first week PATACCHI PATACCHI PATACCHI!!! ...........oh.......mcwen.................. it is worth it OK, BigMike, i will slow down just for you! RAI is the Italian channel, it is available on Austar so i suppose it is on Foxtel etc as they are all the same albeit some with different names just to confuse us. Your plan will charge you extra prob for it, Austar does, but for hours of entertaining Italian commentary  which included in the first week PATACCHI PATACCHI PATACCHI!!! ………..oh…….mcwen………………
it is worth it

]]> By: Zed http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/05/09/i-like-to-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-503193 Zed Fri, 12 May 2006 17:14:24 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/05/09/i-like-to-watch#comment-503193 ... Polo oh, that wasn't meant for me, was it? … Polo
oh, that wasn’t meant for me, was it?

]]> By: Unknown http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/05/09/i-like-to-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-503194 Unknown Fri, 12 May 2006 16:38:50 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/05/09/i-like-to-watch#comment-503194 BIg Mike talks funny talk.   Botched   BIg Mike talks funny talk.
 
Botched
 

]]> By: BIg Mike In Oz http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/05/09/i-like-to-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-503195 BIg Mike In Oz Fri, 12 May 2006 16:32:51 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/05/09/i-like-to-watch#comment-503195 There was me being witty, and then I went away and looked up RAI channel and presto...   1:45am Ciclismo 89 Giro d'Italia: Imperdibile appuntamento per chi ama il ciclismo. L'ottantanovesima edizione di una delle piu prestigiose gare ciclistiche mondiali si corre dal 6 maggio al 28 maggio 2006. There was me being witty, and then I went away and looked up RAI channel and presto…
 
1:45am Ciclismo 89 Giro d’Italia: Imperdibile appuntamento per chi ama il ciclismo. L’ottantanovesima edizione di una delle piu prestigiose gare ciclistiche mondiali si corre dal 6 maggio al 28 maggio 2006.

]]> By: BIg Mike In Oz http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/05/09/i-like-to-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-503196 BIg Mike In Oz Fri, 12 May 2006 16:31:47 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/05/09/i-like-to-watch#comment-503196 Nick, Is that the Royal Anthropological Institute or the Restaurants Association of Ireland. Nick, Is that the Royal Anthropological Institute or the Restaurants Association of Ireland.

]]> By: uncadan8 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/05/09/i-like-to-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-503197 uncadan8 Fri, 12 May 2006 15:22:02 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/05/09/i-like-to-watch#comment-503197 Bueller? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?

]]> By: Unknown http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/05/09/i-like-to-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-503198 Unknown Fri, 12 May 2006 15:13:20 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/05/09/i-like-to-watch#comment-503198 Marco. . . Marco. . .

]]> By: nick http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/05/09/i-like-to-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-503199 nick Fri, 12 May 2006 03:05:52 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/05/09/i-like-to-watch#comment-503199 Hey BigMike, you can get the Giro on pay in Aus, it is on RAI channel Hey BigMike, you can get the Giro on pay in Aus, it is on RAI channel

]]>