no balls Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I can't believe after spending all year telling the Lycra crew near me to not cycle in pairs and 3s and to learn some road manners I'm even typing this, but I've agreed to go and watch this. Apparently it'll be an amazing spectacle. Anyone else going? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazBob Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Is it not just lots of people riding bikes?  If the riders are allowed to deploy drawing pins and oil slicks in a Spy Hunter stylee then I'd be a huge fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no balls Posted June 23, 2014 Author Share Posted June 23, 2014 There's a carnival and stuff before. Oh and we are doing the ale trail there and back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazBob Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Ale trail again? Â Three pints of lager and a vodka and coke please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no balls Posted June 23, 2014 Author Share Posted June 23, 2014 Ale trail again? Â Three pints of lager and a vodka and coke please. which lager? Oh any, love I bet the barmaid said, the connoisseurs are in town, after doing our round Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted June 23, 2014 Moderators Share Posted June 23, 2014 i'd like to see the top of a proper mountain stage  but id need to helicoptered in and out just before they arrive and just after theyve gone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underpants Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Cant think of anything else more boring than watching TDF. Or any other type of road race for that matter. IAMOUT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tylswhite Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I just don't get this? You see a load of bikes go past once and that's it, thanks for coming? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtySanchez Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I just don't get this? You see a load of bikes go past once and that's it, thanks for coming?At least most of it will be free to watch, apart from the start at York racecourse which sold out yonks ago, unlike formula one which I guess isn't cheap to get into  I shall be in Knaresborough when it goes past Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannyroad58 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I don't get it either  I was out running yesterday and after running up Old Kiln Lane i turned and started to run down it when a fat lad came passed me on his bike "free wheeling" and i thought "and that's why you're a fat cunt what's the point in that you lazy bastard" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not in Crawley Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I love it this year. Because I don't have to come into work as it goes through Cambridge on a monday. Â Can't think on anything more boring I'm afraid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ani Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Bit like the Olympic torch relay, won't see much but it is massive 'event'. Â It goes right past on of the Yorkshires a Whites house and they are having a do, only problem is getting there cos all the roads are closed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alibob Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I can't believe after spending all year telling the Lycra crew near me to not cycle in pairs and 3s and to learn some road manners I'm even typing this, but I've agreed to go and watch this. Apparently it'll be an amazing spectacle. Anyone else going? Myself and Mr Alibob are going. I hope I get some pretty shoes out of it - cycling isn't my thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freds dad Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I was planning to go and watch it where it comes down from Holmes Moss on to the Woodhead Pass but after doing an interweb search it seems that they are making it as hard as possible to get anywhere near to it when driving. They are closing roads and putting parking restrictions in place in Glossop and that's about 4 miles away from where I want to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalcolmW Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I was planning to go and watch it where it comes down from Holmes Moss on to the Woodhead Pass but after doing an interweb search it seems that they are making it as hard as possible to get anywhere near to it when driving. They are closing roads and putting parking restrictions in place in Glossop and that's about 4 miles away from where I want to watch. Â I think the idea is you walk for an hour, wait for an hour as excitement mounts as you count the poilce outriders. Then maybe a bunch of 3 or 4 come past 2 minutes clear of a bunch of 160 including all the big names, then a few stragglers come in. Then you walk 4 miles back to your car. Â Â Bit like the Olympic torch relay, won't see much but it is massive 'event'. Â It goes right past on of the Yorkshires a Whites house and they are having a do, only problem is getting there cos all the roads are closed. Â My cousin (wheelchair bound and aged 79 at the time) got a front row position in Skipton in good time. Then at the last minute hoards came out and pushed in front so she could just see the flame but not the carrier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freds dad Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I think the idea is you walk for an hour, wait for an hour as excitement mounts as you count the poilce outriders. Then maybe a bunch of 3 or 4 come past 2 minutes clear of a bunch of 160 including all the big names, then a few stragglers come in. Then you walk 4 miles back to your car. Where I am planning to watch is at the bottom of a bloody big hill with a tight hairpin turn at the bottom. I would like to go to the top of Holme Moss bug I'm not walking all the way up. Apart from the riders the promotion caravan comes though a couple of hours before with sponsors vehicles and entertainment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Carlos Posted June 23, 2014 Moderators Share Posted June 23, 2014 It'll be fucking murder on the cobbles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no balls Posted June 23, 2014 Author Share Posted June 23, 2014 We were going to do Huddersfield as a piss up but it's a Sunday so have changed it to Harrogate as a piss up instead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Turn up an hour early dressed in full cyclist wanker outfit and join in. Simples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COYW Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Are the French Gendarmes policing it again like last time i was over here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules_darby Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Tour de France going through Glossop sums it up  Pedal harder! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freds dad Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Tour de France going through Glossop sums it up  Pedal harder! It doesn't go through Glossop. The local council were offered the TDF but turned it down as it wouldn't do anything to the town. Apart from 40k visitors using local businesses I can't see any benefits either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no balls Posted June 23, 2014 Author Share Posted June 23, 2014 It doesn't go through Glossop. The local council were offered the TDF but turned it down as it wouldn't do anything to the town. Apart from 40k visitors using local businesses I can't see any benefits either. Ha ha! The leader of their council isn't a Morris is he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Carlos Posted June 23, 2014 Moderators Share Posted June 23, 2014 I know Glossop well as my brother lives in the centre. It's fucking gridlocked all the time anyway with folk from the middle of nowhere heading to Tesco. There's fuck all else to do there. It couldn't cope if 400 people turned up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I know Glossop well as my brother lives in the centre. It's fucking gridlocked all the time anyway with folk from the middle of nowhere heading to Tesco. There's fuck all else to do there. It couldn't cope if 400 people turned up. Â Â They should vote for that bypass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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