How do you watch cycling?

[tobydawq]

The race or the RhD/LS discussion?

 

[Coffeeplanter]

The race or the RhD/LS discussion?

I deliberately posted it in this vague way to see if you'd respond, hehe. This one is referring to RhD ending up in the most insane and dumb 'discussions' on the daily.

Though it very much applies to the race as well.

 

[RedheadDane]

I don't feel that the Copenhagen race will be worth expending the bandwidth.

I have proper internet coverage.

The race or the RhD/LS discussion?

What about the "I'm only gonna watch 10 metres of this race because I'm so eeeeedddggggyyyy" theme some people have going on?

 

[tobydawq]

I have proper internet coverage.



What about the "I'm only gonna watch 10 metres of this race because I'm so eeeeedddggggyyyy" theme some people have going on?

Didn't I write both your names?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

What about the "I'm only gonna watch 10 metres of this race because I'm so eeeeedddggggyyyy" theme some people have going on?

I have to find time to watch other sports that you get upset about being mentioned.

 

[RedheadDane]

I have to find time to watch other sports that you get upset about being mentioned.

If you wanna waste your time with boring *** like tennis that's your loss.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

If you wanna waste your time with boring *** like tennis that's your loss.

You say that while asking why anybody would ever choose not to watch full start-to-finish coverage of a race where the final few seconds are the only ones that will matter.

I don't see why it's such a sin to say that, you know what, sometimes cycling can be pretty boring too.

 

[RedheadDane]

You say that while asking why anybody would ever choose not to watch full start-to-finish coverage of a race where the final few seconds are the only ones that will matter.

I don't see why it's such a sin to say that, you know what, sometimes cycling can be pretty boring too.

Like I said; you can start the stream, and then just have it on in the background while focusing on the other races.

And you're the one even bothering studying the route this long before a race...

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Like I said; you can start the stream, and then just have it on in the background while focusing on the other races.

And you're the one even bothering studying the route this long before a race...

Or alternatively, I can find out startlists and routes before the race takes place, so I don't have to run several races simultaneously and can just watch what I think will be most interesting?

I don't see what reason there is to make a fuss about the suggestion that a race that advertises in its own name that it will be a sprint, is likely to be a sprint, and that people who tend to find sprint stages uninteresting until the final sprint might only tune in for the final sprint.

 

[RedheadDane]

Or alternatively, I can find out startlists and routes before the race takes place, so I don't have to run several races simultaneously and can just watch what I think will be most interesting?

I don't see what reason there is to make a fuss about the suggestion that a race that advertises in its own name that it will be a sprint, is likely to be a sprint, and that people who tend to find sprint stages uninteresting until the final sprint might only tune in for the final sprint.

Still, don't try to "fix" my accurate statement.
You don't need to know the exact details of the route of any race. All you need to know is when the coverage will start, and then you can decide for yourself when to start the stream, and which stream - when you're watching multiple races at the same time - to focus on.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Still, don't try to "fix" my accurate statement.
You don't need to know the exact details of the route of any race. All you need to know is when the coverage will start, and then you can decide for yourself when to start the stream, and which stream - when you're watching multiple races at the same time - to focus on.

The whole "fixed that for you" thing has always been comic in nature.

Toby made another example of the exact same kind of joke straight after mine. Like, literally the next post after my original "FTFY" post.

 

[RedheadDane]

The whole "fixed that for you" thing has always been comic in nature.

Toby made another example of the exact same kind of joke straight after mine. Like, literally the next post after my original "FTFY" post.

Couldn't be bothered to point out both your errors.

And the only reason you'd "need" to know a route months in advance is if you're planning on being by the road-side.
Which is just some extreme dedication to missing a race, with the added annoyance of being surrounded by people.

 

[Coffeeplanter]

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Couldn't be bothered to point out both your errors.

And the only reason you'd "need" to know a route months in advance is if you're planning on being by the road-side.
Which is just some extreme dedication to missing a race, with the added annoyance of being surrounded by people.

Neither of us made errors.

Both of us made comments in jest using a well-established format for humour on the internet. Your comment stated prescriptively what the reader needed to do. Mine was about the likelihood of the race to be interesting, thus stating what *I* needed to do. Toby's was about your predilections in following the sport, and that what *you* needed to do doesn't necessarily apply to the rest of the audience.

Now, let's talk about something more interesting. It's skiing season don'tchaknow.

 

[RedheadDane]

Neither of us made errors.

Both of us made comments in jest using a well-established format for humour on the internet. Mine was about the likelihood of the race to be interesting. Toby's was about your predilections in following the sport.

Yes, I have "predielections" towards following the sport.

But let's make a deal:
I'll watch cycling... you'll watch... whatever.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Yes, I have "predielections" towards following the sport.

But let's make a deal:
I'll watch cycling... you'll watch... whatever.

Yes: you consume the sport in a manner which is far from universal, and it is not wrong for others to consume the sport in a different manner, or more selectively. That was all that was being joked about.

Some of us like to work out whether we are likely to enjoy a race before we watch it. Kinda like films. I don't go to the cinema of an evening and just ask at the front desk, what time a film starts and then just watch whatever's on... I figure out whether I want to see a particular film and then I make plans to see it. If I don't think a particular film appeals to me, I won't go out of my way to watch it. Cycling's no different.

And if a race turns out to be more exciting than anticipated, I can always just watch the highlights. I work weekdays, I'm used to catching up on the sport through highlights programs in the evening.

 

[hayneplane]

Still, don't try to "fix" my accurate statement.
You don't need to know the exact details of the route of any race. All you need to know is when the coverage will start, and then you can decide for yourself when to start the stream, and which stream - when you're watching multiple races at the same time - to focus on.

Knowing the route forms a big part of the decision process for knowing when it is a good time to tune in. In a Saudi Arabia sprint stages with low wind forecast tuning in at 10km to go is more than enough to capture the full story of the race but for a cobbled classic it could kick off at many different points so you might want to join the broadcast as soon as the hosts make it available.

 

[RedheadDane]

Knowing the route forms a big part of the decision process for knowing when it is a good time to tune in. In a Saudi Arabia sprint stages with low wind forecast tuning in at 10km to go is more than enough to capture the full story of the race but for a cobbled classic it could kick off at many different points so you might want to join the broadcast as soon as the hosts make it available.

If a race is on, and you're not otherwise occupied, why not just watch it?
Seems weird to deliberately miss a race.

@Libertine Seguros, the difference between cycling and movies is that I'm a fan of cycling.

 

[hayneplane]

If a race is on, and you're not otherwise occupied, why not just watch it?
Seems weird to deliberately miss a race.

@Libertine Seguros, the difference between cycling and movies is that I'm a fan of cycling.

Well most of the time I am at work and will be watching when I get home the full broadcast on Discovery+ on my TV. Knowing roughly when to tune in allows me to be far more efficient In catching up with the days action.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

If a race is on, and you're not otherwise occupied, why not just watch it?
Seems weird to deliberately miss a race.

@Libertine Seguros, the difference between cycling and movies is that I'm a fan of cycling.

Movies, like cycling, can vary in the level of entertainment they provide, and I tend to gravitate towards those movies, like those cycling races, that share characteristics with those that I have found entertaining previously.

Some of us are otherwise occupied, or have tasks we need to do at some point, and so work around things we want to watch or do with that time. Unlike a lot of sports, cycling actually affords you the opportunity to consider how entertaining a race is going to be before time, because the courses differ day to day. You may have the disposable time to watch all of every race that gets covered, but some people may only have a couple of hours' window to watch during a weekend, and it is beneficial to them to know that it's probably more worth spending that time on the hypothetical stage with several mountains and then a cobbled berg to finish than the hypothetical pan-flat stage with no action until the last 3km.

 

[RedheadDane]

Well most of the time I am at work and will be watching when I get home the full broadcast on Discovery+ on my TV.

Some of us are otherwise occupied, or have tasks we need to do at some point, and so work around things we want to watch or do with that time.

That's not what I was talking about, and I think you know it...
If you're not at home, you don't have to make a decision about when to start watching; you can't start watching before you get home, and sometimes, you're gonna miss an entire race. For example; I'm gonna miss most of UAE Tour this week, because I've finally recovered from the illness I've had the last couple of weeks.
However, you can actually do tasks around the home - and even partially outside the home - with a race on in the background. I've frequently had to go back and forth between my flat and the laundry room, and of course when the load is done, I still have to hang it to dry.
Of course, I'm actually a fan of cycling; all of it. Even the bits during the TdF where the people in the box get nervous because the camera focuses on some bird... or is that just Danish TV2?

You may have the disposable time to watch all of every race that gets covered, but some people may only have a couple of hours' window to watch during a weekend, and it is beneficial to them to know that it's probably more worth spending that time on the hypothetical stage with several mountains and then a cobbled berg to finish than the hypothetical pan-flat stage with no action until the last 3km.

(I don't...)
If you only have time to watch during the weekend, then the races that are on during the weekend are of course the only races you'll be able to watch.

Movies, like cycling, can vary in the level of entertainment they provide

A much better analogy would be to say that movies are like sport.
Some movies are cycling, others... are tennis.

Of course, unlike cycling, it would be rather strange to watch multiple movies at the same time. Because, unlike cycling, watching a movie is not tied to a specific point in time.

 

[tobydawq]

That's not what I was talking about, and I think you know it...
If you're not at home, you don't have to make a decision about when to start watching; you can't start watching before you get home, and sometimes, you're gonna miss an entire race. For example; I'm gonna miss most of UAE Tour this week, because I've finally recovered from the illness I've had the last couple of weeks.
However, you can actually do tasks around the home - and even partially outside the home - with a race on in the background. I've frequently had to go back and forth between my flat and the laundry room, and of course when the load is done, I still have to hang it to dry.
Of course, I'm actually a fan of cycling; all of it. Even the bits during the TdF where the people in the box get nervous because the camera focuses on some bird... or is that just Danish TV2?



(I don't...)
If you only have time to watch during the weekend, then the races that are on during the weekend are of course the only races you'll be able to watch.



A much better analogy would be to say that movies are like sport.
Some movies are cycling, others... are tennis.

Of course, unlike cycling, it would be rather strange to watch multiple movies at the same time. Because, unlike cycling, watching a movie is not tied to a specific point in time.

It's 2025 and RhD still thinks her way of watching cycling is the only correct one.

Where is @Devil's Elbow 's sign?

 

[RedheadDane]

It's 2025 and RhD still thinks her way of watching cycling is the only correct one.

Where is @Devil's Elbow 's sign?

If it's weekend, and you have the choice between watching the races that are on live, and "catching up" on races you missed during the week, what are you choosing?

 

[Devil's Elbow]

It's 2025 and RhD still thinks her way of watching cycling is the only correct one.

Where is @Devil's Elbow 's sign?

This one?

At this point, I would be quite happy if RhD got automatically locked out of the forum for 24 hours every time she starts a discussion on how the way she watches cycling is OBVIOUSLY the only way any sane person would watch cycling and everyone who disagrees is wrong. It's so tedious...

 

[tobydawq]

This one?

Yes, thanks.