Each July the Tour de France provides a 3 week, 2000+ mile tour of France and other surrounding countries from the comfort of your home....the small towns and villages are amazing...the architecture and history are well covered in the broadcast.. The team that I follow all year, *Team Sky, had a big day yesterday...Chris Froome won the stage as was expected...his finish was insanely fast....~60 mph descending... These are amazing athletes...and le tour is one of the great international sporting events.*
Is it broadcast on internet or tv? If tv, what channel. Speaking of tv, has anyone installed their box from Cox? Mine is sitting on the dining room table. I have looked at instructions and don't think I can do it. Maybe I can bribe a family member or a neighbor.
Cable TV....NBCSP, sometimes on NBCS....can't tell you channel number in SC, I am in Seattle ......("outside the walls") Good luck with cable box, generally easier to ignore the instructions...
Never did get the whole bike thing, but these guys are phenomenal athletes. You have to wonder how much damage Lance Armstrong did to the sport?
Armstrong was only the most visible offender, and he did a lot of damage. * Today the teams are strong, the talent is more equal. Sponsors are back. In fact there are way too many ads.* Several years ago the tour went through a small village in the Loire Valley that has my name, waiting for that to happen again. **
BP? Never did get the whole bike thing? You mean using your body to propel a machine for either racing or transportation purpose? What's not to get? I would give cash money to be back in the shape I was when I was doing centuries each weekend. Le Tour is probably the most difficult of competitions...sorry soccer (football), Ironman, and marathon running fans. Minus that whole doping thing, these athletes are amazing.
Steve Jobs quote..."Computers are like bicycles for our mind". * J and V .....impressed that you rode centuries...where did you ride in Seattle? my goal this summer is to ride my age.....
Didn't ride in Seattle. My move to Seattle was the end of my riding. Working 14 - 16 hour days, 6 days a week didn't leave much time. Which is why I'm in the shape I'm in (or at least that is what I tell myself). My riding days were spent in the Ohio Valley, anywhere from the southern part of Northern Kentucky, to Dayton, OH. Started everyday @ 4:30 with a 25 mile ride. I'm getting winded just typing that.
back in SCAZ *in Oct. ...let's hit the New River trail.* my early morning ride is often the highlight of my day.*
