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[s]I just watched it - it was OK for a first shot.
Fisher, with his faux eccentricity, was a mistake. Outside the 'industry' no-one knows or cares who he is (neither do I really), and a viewer with casual interest would most likely run a hundred miles the other way if that's a typical 'cyclist'. Obree should have been better introduced too.
I can see 5 minutes 'sport round-up' (all disciplines) each episode being worthwhile, perhaps it would help the rider in the street to connect his experience to top of the pyramid, and show the breadth of what cycling can offer.
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Let's give it time to breathe. Good on 'em for having a go.
cross post from lfgss, cos it made me smile
Originally Posted by gucci
Someone needs to get those cap-wearing, coffee-loving hipsters to shut the f*** up while they're filming...
think we all agree on that bit.
You can voice your opinions on their Facebook page 😆
or email
cap.wearing.coffee.lovin.hipsters@facebook.com
I'm sure at some stage they'll probably need an MTBing Guest or two and if you want one with a bit of media training the obvious choice is Rob Warner, who I can see wiping the floor with that presenter TBH, that would be worth watching...
+10 for this, we'd all love that, surely! 😉
Just watched it.. Some miserable sods will moan whatever the format is (and there seems to be a plethora of them on this particular forum). Personally I was glad to see some cycling on tv regardless of the quality and didnt think it was that bad for a first attempt.
Have you watched any of the bike sections Jason Bradbury has properly been involved in on GS? He is a really handy rider, from seeing him ride an MTB a few times I'd guess he grew up riding BMX
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Have you watched any of the bike sections Jason Bradbury has properly been involved in on GS? He is a really handy rider, from seeing him ride an MTB a few times I'd guess he grew up riding BMX
Yeah. Judging by the 'climbing' sequence from Monaco he sure as hell wasn't brought up riding any sort of road bike.
Some miserable sods will moan whatever the format is (and there seems to be a plethora of them on this particular forum)
or... some people have standards for what they want their sport to be portrayed as, and what they want to spend time watching.
Personally I was glad to see some cycling on tv [b]regardless of the quality[/b] and didnt think it was that bad for a first attempt.
whereas you don't.
i thought it was going to be on for an hour,
i mean come , just how do you cover ALL forms of cycling + ALL levels of cycling in ALL forms of cycling, in 30mins a week is just going to spread itself too thin. but hey, its a start!!!!
Ski Sunday as a format - bit of competitive round up, some leisure / recreational, some techniques, all in a lightweight magazine type show.
Has to be the audience - just a matter of connecting with them
and what's with the Box Hill place? Are they seriously calling that a road "climb", flippin heck, I know we have taken the proverbial about the Essex "mountains" for the mtb, but that was hilarious....
it's neither the steepest, longest or hardest climb in the area but it has toilets and a cafe at the top and a nice view.
the smart cyclists ride past all that and stop at cycles dauphin just along the road (or avoid the hill altogether) but for the olympic road race it has parking at the top and bottom, access routes at the top and bottom, a big wide bank for spectators and is NT land so no private landowners involved so the temporary infrastructure is easy to implement.
it's a no brainer for a looped climb close to the [b]LONDON[/b] olympics.
Just seen it, tough time to start a program like this, a lot happening I would like to see more content it was far too general rather than focusing on something in each show, will give it a few more episodes out of curiosity
going to watch it again tonight on the player, to see if it matures like cheese or just annoys like the first time.
Just watched it. Seemed to me like they were trying to pack in far too much. I'd have like to have seen more of Obrees WR attempt. GF might have had more to say for himself too. I suppose they felt they had to hit a number of targets the first week, just to establish some future audience.
Mansell looking away from camera all the time was a bit odd, as was the fact that they had to crane towards the presenter to hear what was being said (I think the café format was pretty poor).
They should take a look at the format of BBC Scotlands Adventure Show - one main item interspersed with a few "magazine" style features.
The pies in LMNH are great, the TV program managed to undo everything Cav & Brad did for cycling in 25mins, awful awful production
Have you watched any of the bike sections Jason Bradbury has properly been involved in on GS? He is a really handy rider, from seeing him ride an MTB a few times I'd guess he grew up riding BMX
He used to race Downhill when he was younger.
I can't believe that people are seriously suggesting that this show should use Jason Bradbury from the Gadget Show. He's reason enough to automatically hit the off button. Not only is he excruciatingly annoying but his riding style is just plain strange like he's trying too hard to look good.
Have the Gadget Show ever actually produced a decent cycling feature? The only half decent one had Guy Martin rating a few bike and deciding the Orange Five was the best buy (hasn't he got a couple of free Orange bikes - one from Hope and another from Orange?).
The pies in LMNH are great, the TV program managed to undo everything Cav & Brad did for cycling in 25mins, awful awful production
No you're thinking of Leslie Garrett.
Never, ever watch anything on ITV.... Its a horrible TV channel 😕
I thought it was ok, certainly nowhere near as bad as lots of people on here are making out. They're clearly asking for feedback and looking to adapt the format too.
I've met Fisher before, and would say he's a 'strong' character at the best of times, let alone thrown up in the 1st episode in direct head to head with Obree. Squirmed in my seat a bit the way he was talking at him, and to anyone that doesn't know either of them (or what a washed up F1 bankroller has to do with cycling) would be kind of at a loss.
Safety bit I thought was OK, though could have been improved, made clearer, and not being sexist, but afraid most people would probably pay more attention to the nice lady presenter than some random gadge.
Everyone can always benefit from safety tips, though I think showing/symbols/scenarios from driver/ped/rider perspectives and how one should go about it would be very useful.
or what a washed up F1 bankroller has to do with cycling
pay attention at back.
I thought it was OK. Could have been a bit longer, is space on itv4 at a premium?
Just got around to watching this. I thought it was ok, no idea were some of the comments on here are coming from !! But more to the point Mrs Taxi watched it as well, she's not a cyclist but gets interested in the TDF most years, especially this year. She liked it as well and was amazed when I told her of the critisim on stw. She wonders what people expect from a main stream program, that caters for all cyclists and those with just a casual interest.
Maybe an in depth study about fully rigid 29er mtb technology.
I liked it.
Blinkin ek you lot, a cycling show on t'tellybox and most of you is dissin it.
Now't wrong with peak caps turned up indoors in That There Cafe that we all know and use and love..
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The bonus in all this is that cycling is being promoted, whatever the discipline and mode/method.. that has to be applauded and celebrated.
I’ll read the all the comments above when I’m on the train tonight..
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is LMNH always full of "hipster, wannabe, hanger-oners, drinking mocachoccowotnot and balsamic beer" with their cycling hats at jaunty angles
or was the "audiance" worse than usual as they had all turned out to watch the glorious end to the TdF
They were filming for this show at the Mega. Keep your eyes peeled over the next couple of weeks.
Or this Monday according to the sign-out of the show.
Have to say, 30-minutes is a bit light to try and cover 'all' aspects of our sport. Probably beeter to concentrate one aspect and the news each week.
To be fair Gary Fisher, Graham Obree and Nigel Mansell is quite a guest line up for a new show.
I'd love to have been the researcher who asked Gary Fisher to take part in the 'race'. 'Who will I be racing?' 'Graham Obree.' 'I'll get me coat.'
Good to see a programme on [almost] normal TV but to keep it on TV they need to not try and cram everything in it.
Is it always going to be based in a Cafe?
Wish the whole show had focused on Gary Fisher and Graham Obree tbh
I thought it was OK. To answer a couple of the points raised, the stupid caps were from a Le Coq Sportif giveaway to tie in with the Tour (LCS is the new sponsor of the leaders' jerseys). Mansell and Obree were looking up weirdly because that's where the big TV is in the café, and presumably it hadn't been turned off when they started filming or something. They probably tried to cover a bit too much for the time available (would definitely have liked to see more on Obree's record attempt) but overall it was alright, certainly vastly preferable to Top Gear or the Gadget Show.
If Penny from the gadge show presented it in a lycra skin suit it'd still have been 25 odd minutes of cringe, still it's encouraged me to ride more, i'll be out on the bike instead of watching it
I just watched this and realised that Wayne Hemmingway was riding round on my old street!