Recent content by richardp

Hands up anyone else who is watching the Eurosport/GCN coverage with the volume turned off because they can't stand Marty MacDonald's commentary style? I'm wondering if there is some sort of contractual requirement to say both the first and last names of every rider (and the full team names?)...

I've received a bit more information on my blackout. The belief is that a coronary artery was almost completely blocked when I set off on my short ride, but then a small lump of the cholesterol deposit called plaque dislodged and blocked the artery completely, causing the blackout. When I...

Here's my blackout experience from 2 weeks ago, and some background: Had been diagnosed with costochrodritis, an inflammation of the cartilage around the sternum towards the end of last year. Was preventing me from pushing hard during race training and in time trials. Symptoms were a...

Can someone supply the live tv/stream link please?

Please, no. That thread is getting too large and unwieldy, and if the mainstream press and the general public are going to become better informed the whole Sky/UK Postal discussion needs to be better structured if people are going to be able to read it. All evidence needs to be discussed...

And the BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/20081641

Luke Rowe said the plan was for him to deliver Cav to the dip in the road that was a couple of hundred metres before the finish line, and then Cav would get the slingshot from the downhill part up to the line. Cav appeared to decide at the last minute that doing this from behind Luke was not...

Yes. Clearly the UCI is letting women's cycling down. If it really existed to promote cycling around the world, why are they not promoting this, which is of relevance to half the world's population, instead of wasting time and resources on promoting half-baked men's races. I'm all for...

If it had not been for Lance and his wife's advert on UK tv advocating men check themselves for testicular cancer regularly, I would not have caught mine at such an early stage. Because of that, the treatment was comparatively straightforward, and I am grateful for that. Whether the advert was...

Can someone construct a succinct message that bullet points the key issues that can be sent to them? Brodeal's points are the nub of it, but these may just possibly need to be framed a touch more eloquently.....

Phil is currently commentating for Channel 4 in the UK on the Paralympics, and they should certainly be informed. Assuming he is not on some form of long term contract, if he no longer commentated on future Tours it might mean I would watch their coverage again. However good Gary Imlach and...

Not entirely correct. If he had merely broken his leg, he would come back and earn UCI points. Now, as I understand it, he won't for 2 years.

Has anyone got any solutions for blocking these intrusive ads for Safari users (iPhone & iPad)?

I used my Iphone2 app this morning to check the CN news, and at the bottom of the screen pop-up adds for BMW, Bookings.com etc now appear, and I can't get rid of them. Not only does this reduce the size of the visible screen, I never asked for this intrusion, so can someone advise whether...

For those living in the UK, who a) ride their bikes most days with the constant threat of inconsiderate drivers and worse, the White van men, and b) suffer the general apathy of the nations media and wider public "you rode how far in one day?"), this can't be anything other than a massive...