RideLondon - Surrey 100 anyone?

[Iain M Norman]

Iain thanks. Your software engineering skills seemed to work. Your vid worked, so I tried mine again in IE instead of Chrome and it worked fine. Will probably buy the whole package now

You might want to check that your Chrome is updated then. It used to have a bug that stopped some HTML5 videos playing. Working fine for me in Version 28.0.1500.95 m

 

[Nig mtb]

little fella in the black and white 'sportful' kit riding the blue & white Giant...spurs tat' on my right calf

Kedab: I remember passing you just before my teams training ground, I let out a shout of come on you blues, made me chuckle anyway.............

 

[Spally]

Plus TV coverage was focused on celebs and pros, what about the 20,000 cyclists, many raising money for charity, not a look in on TV

the 2 main programmes on were defo focused to much on the celebs/pros. however i believe the red button during the day was showing more of the amateur riders, but i cannot confirm that as no one i know knew about it so didnt watch any of it.

 

[EltonFrog]

If you want to start with other people then I'd recommend putting the same estimated time down.

I think you can register as a team.

 

[Hill Wimp]

the 2 main programmes on were defo focused to much on the celebs/pros. however i believe the red button during the day was showing more of the amateur riders, but i cannot confirm that as no one i know knew about it so didnt watch any of it.

No the red button was just concentrating on the pros. It was such a shame as to me it looked like the BBC just winged it. Personally as the first and biggest cycling event this country has ever known ( olympics aside) i think the coverage was shoddy and should have been available all day so we could see you all start etc. At one point the coverage stopped several hours in and then restarted at the very beginning.

As much as i love to watch the pros, i don't think im alone in wishing we could have seen far more of you lot and the huge effort you were all putting in for some of those charities or just for a personal challenge. To me thats what it was all about.

Hope the BBC get their act into gear next year and get rid of that dreadful background noise from outside the commentary box.

 

[Spally]

thanks for clearing that up HW, i thought they were going to concentrate on the amateurs on the red button, so as you say, let's hope they sort it out for next year.

 

[Hill Wimp]

thanks for clearing that up HW, i thought they were going to concentrate on the amateurs on the red button, so as you say, let's hope they sort it out for next year.

Just hope the camera doesn't find me though as that won't be pleasant viewing . All your posts have encouraged me to sign on the line so to speak. My alarm is set.

On another note, i have ordered the Bliss top, thank you.

 

[sleaver]

Redhill is my local cycling club.

 

[sleaver]

When I went to see the Pro start on Sunday, I got to the QEOP at about 10:45 and what surprised me was that there were cyclists there with numbers on their bikes. So I can only guess that they had an early start, finished in a quick time and then got back to the park.

Anyway, here are a few of my photos from Sunday. I have got a couple of videos of the start and finish as well but I had a new camera and getting them off the memory card seems to be a bit of a challenge.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartleaveruk/sets/72157634958132887/

 

[Hill Wimp]

When I went to see the Pro start on Sunday, I got to the QEOP at about 10:45 and what surprised me was that there were cyclists there with numbers on their bikes. So I can only guess that they had an early start, finished in a quick time and then got back to the park.

Anyway, here are a few of my photos from Sunday. I have got a couple of videos of the start and finish as well but I had a new camera and getting them off the memory card seems to be a bit of a challenge.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartleaveruk/sets/72157634958132887/

Some great photos there

 

[EltonFrog]

When I went to see the Pro start on Sunday, I got to the QEOP at about 10:45 and what surprised me was that there were cyclists there with numbers on their bikes. So I can only guess that they had an early start, finished in a quick time and then got back to the park.

Anyway, here are a few of my photos from Sunday. I have got a couple of videos of the start and finish as well but I had a new camera and getting them off the memory card seems to be a bit of a challenge.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartleaveruk/sets/72157634958132887/

Some nice pics there, thanks for posting.

 

[zizou]

More footage of amateurs would IMO make for quite dull TV. With the marathon it sort of works because the cameras can zoom in on particular runners and you can see them for a bit, on a bike they will just zoom past so it can be quite anonymous. The runners can also be interviewed while running along or by pausing for a few seconds. Would be difficult to do the same on a bike. Perhaps they could get around this by having a presenter do the event and have a camera bike follow them.

 

[Hill Wimp]

More footage of amateurs would IMO make for quite dull TV. With the marathon it sort of works because the cameras can zoom in on particular runners and you can see them for a bit, on a bike they will just zoom past so it can be quite anonymous. The runners can also be interviewed while running along or by pausing for a few seconds. Would be difficult to do the same on a bike. Perhaps they could get around this by having a presenter do the event and have a camera bike follow them.

Actually the camera footage was one of the few things they got right. The bike cam ( motorbike) got excellent close up footage of some of the bikes and riders. You actually got a good run down of one of the bike and could count the cogs virtually. Not that i would want that or need it for the others but some of the riders stopped and they could have been spoken to help get some of the atmosphere of the day.The BBC have got enough channels to do the coverage properly both pro and amateur.

 

[aerobrain]

I'd like to have seen more amateur footage definitely. But I guess to a certain extent the BBC played it safe covering the pro stuff as they knew there would be people interested in it and it's a bit more structured/predictable in terms of timings.

Hopefully now they've seen how the event unfolds they'll be able to arrange more coverage next year.

 

[Spally]

Just hope the camera doesn't find me though as that won't be pleasant viewing . All your posts have encouraged me to sign on the line so to speak. My alarm is set.

On another note, i have ordered the Bliss top, thank you.

lol nice one, fingers crossed you get in, you will not regret it

good to see another Bliss top out there, bit more awareness of the charity