Recent content by Crikey

I don't know, guys...sometimes I can't tell whether this "new" website is a tragedy or a comedy. It's nice that you've changed the cut-off maps and profiles to smaller versions that, in theory, you can click on to get a full size view of them. But, click on the small versions of today's stage...

What I don't understand about this is how anyone gets to see the complete maps or profiles. I'm using an 18" monitor, which, though old, is certainly on the large end of screen sizes, and no matter what I do to the resolution, or which browser I use, or whether I use the browser in full screen...

Well, this 18 inch monitor is as big a screen as I'm going to find, and the problem is clearly not with the resolution. I've tried all different resolution settings and the maps and profiles are still cut off...It looks to me like a formatting problem...they've been put into the website at a...

My screen is an 18 inch (measured diagonally) monitor, with resolution at 1024X768 pixels. The maps and profiles get cut off once they start to encroach on the second column space. Seems weird that you could use the yellow maps and profiles for only the first week of the Tour. Another site...

You (CN) folks do realize, I hope, that all your current maps and profiles for the TdF stages are cut off. The original (yellow) maps and profiles, while small, all showed up in their entirety, while these all get cut off by the middle column. Is it really that hard to get such a simple thing...

Any idea why they offer the feeds and then shut them down during the broadcast? Any for-pay sites that are worth subscribing to?

I've been poking around the internet trying to find a good live feed source for the TdF. There are a number of pay sites, and some that are available for free but that seem to block out the last 15 minutes or so of the stage (I found these on http://www.steephill.tv/tour-de-france/#live, but...

If you give me a blimp ticket I'll handle any blimp complaints.

Thanks for replying Susan. I know that CN has used different people for race reports, but until this TDF they all seemed quite good. What's lacking in the live report now is the following: 1) Something of a preamble to the stage that discusses the course profile, the weather, the...

I just read through the live report for Stage 2 of the TDF. Of course it's weird that it's entered backward, but even more troubling, and seemingly less fixable, is the quality of the writing. One of the things about the CN live report was always the intelligence, humor, and added effort that...

Not just the box, of course. I clicked on the archive button to "go back" to have a look at the old design. It looks like a work of genius compared to what's on offer now. The black box is absurd because, well, it's mostly black, the headlines are too small to read easily, they roll too fast...

Could someone explain this? I'm afraid I don't quite follow what this competitivecyclist writer is referring to...what, for example is meant by the "Bike Radar shenanigans", and how did these things cause readers to switch to Velonews before the CN redesign? I can understand how the redesign...

Less than a week before the Tour and... Still no written descriptions of the stages. No profile button (I eventually found the profile in the "photo" area, though it's not a photo). Click on the large blue stage font which you would think would give you everything about the stage and instead...

message to Greg Johnson Just wanted to let you know that, despite my disappointment with the new site, I think you're doing a fine job responding to the criticism. Whether or not folks are eventually satisfied with the site, you've responded professionally, and courteously, and thoughtfully...

Just curious how many people believe that the features we liked so much about the "old" CN will somehow be re-instated here, and how many believe they are gone for good. The editorial staff have said contradictory things about this...some have said that this is a release that will be improved...