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MATPOC
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Le Tour, anyone watching?

Post by MATPOC » Tue Jul 06, 2010 5:37 am

Anyone else is watching the race? It was just in xtian's neck of the woods, did you come out and cheer?



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Post by xtian » Tue Jul 06, 2010 5:51 am

more than neck in the woods, the first stage's finish was two blocks away from my house.

but no, sorry, I'm not very much into pink short wearing shaven junkies.
I'm not really from around here.

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Post by MATPOC » Tue Jul 06, 2010 6:25 am

It was some very exciting finish and only one team has pink shorts (just happen to be a winner this time), your homeboys are blue and white.

You do know who Eddy is, right?



If you can get past the lycra shorts it is very exciting sport.

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Post by Guder » Tue Jul 06, 2010 6:41 am

MATPOC wrote: If you can get past the lycra shorts it is very exciting sport.
That's what I thought when I started riding. I was sure I would be the guy in cut-off jeans and cotton T, kicking ass. First 4 hours in the woods was convincing.

I don't wear just a T -shirt on the motorcycle, or cotton on a long bicycle ride. 8 hours in normal shorts would be like fucking a belt sander.

So these days I'm not just a gay-ass astronaut/power ranger on my motorcycle, but a gay-ass Euro wannabe on the bicycle... c'est la vie.
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Post by piccini9 » Tue Jul 06, 2010 6:46 am

pink short wearing shaven junkies.
They shave their junk too?
Adding pink and unicorns makes everything better.
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Post by Bigshankhank » Tue Jul 06, 2010 7:26 am

piccini9 wrote:
They shave their junk too?
You don't?
I gave up on the hardcore cycling a few years ago, but still enjoy a romp on my velocipede when I can. In fact I just dug my old Diamondback road race bike out of the fitness junkyard of my garage and took it for a spin yesterday.
On topic, I don't enjoy the coverage we get here, VS network carries it and it sucks. I do enjoy Le Tour, but not enough to download a torrent of race footage.
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Post by xtian » Tue Jul 06, 2010 7:27 am

Ok ok, just kidding about the lycra shorts ...
I'm wearing shorts too.

they have an official buvette tho.
Do you have a word for buvette? The place (a van in this case) where you can drink.
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Post by Pattio » Tue Jul 06, 2010 10:52 am

For me, July is a time when the heat and haze seem to make time feel suspended, and contributing to this is the steady chatter of my tv playing Tour coverage for hour after hour. Having a DVR is highly recommended, because you will be hearing the same commercials a lot. You don't have to care who is winning to be able to enjoy endless helicopter shots of France, or know what its like to hurt on the bike to be able to see the emotions on the riders faces. It is also very important to listen to the morning telecast with Phil and Paul, who keep up an amazing flow of comment, history, and angles and make it sound easy. For me July belongs to the Tour.
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Post by MATPOC » Tue Jul 06, 2010 2:44 pm

Yeah, morning broadcast is the key, the "expanded" (read edited) evening coverage sucks and the commentators are not as good, the morning crew, Phil and Paul are jangleplatz! The vast knowledge combined with delightful sense of humor, rare combination.

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Post by MATPOC » Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:18 pm

Watching almost 20 km long descend by riders wearing nothing but a bike helmet and lycra doing 80 kph makes my skin crawl.
Those a real man!

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