Sorry, I just don't get it!

[Markymark]

I'm not really interested in any sport but sometimes watch big events - world cup, olympics, Wimbledon, etc. I quite enjoy the game but it's not like I wouldn't drop it to go to the pub if someone calls.

Cycling is the only real 'sport' I do, but it's purely a fun/recreational/health/commuting pursuit. Don't play football, tennis, rugby, cricket...

But you would then think that out of all the sport on TV for things I don't do, cycling would be the one I would maybe take an interest.

I've tried to watch the TDF and the cycling during the Olympis but I just don't get it!!

What am I missing here? Please don't take this as in anyway dismissive and no offence meant.

 

[raindog]

Bloody hell, this is going to be like explaining rock and roll to a Martian

 

[XRHYSX]

I'm with you with that one I love to ride my bike for fun, commuting and running errands but have no intrest in racing on it, I'm the same with sailing love to potter about on the water but all that racing malrky just looks like hard work

 

[Saluki]

Young men in lycra. What's not to like
Might be a girl thing though.

 

[lukesdad]

You could start by looking at the history of the grand tours and the classics, you may get a feel for it that way ?

 

[ColinJ]

Bloody hell, this is going to be like explaining rock and roll to a Martian

Well, it would be like explaining rock and roll to a Martian who played an electric guitar!

 

[Basil.B]

If I had to explain, you wouldn't understand.

 

[mcshroom]

This is focussed on le Tour, but it gives a good primer for road racing


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7wPa1Hl5ZA

 

[Montelimar]

Were you ever out on your bike and saw another cyclist up ahead, maybe on a climb, then felt a strange urge to catch up and get to the top of the climb ahead of him? The feeling you get racing (if your legs are good, lol) is like that times a thousand. The buzz of actually winning a bike race is something you'll never forget.

 

[rich p]

The OP is not talking about being in a race, he's saying that he can't understand why anyone wants to watch racing on TV, such as the TdF.

 

[Markymark]

The OP is not talking about being in a race, he's saying that he can't understand why anyone wants to watch racing on TV, such as the TdF.

Well yes and no. I can watch races and I enjoy some competitiveness when out but it all seems so much more involved than who is the quickest. All the teams, tactics etc just makes it unwatchable for me.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

It's pretty simple. If you don't like it, change the channel.

 

[Markymark]

It's pretty simple. If you don't like it, change the channel.

I do!

 

[Milzy]

I'm not really interested in any sport but sometimes watch big events - world cup, olympics, Wimbledon, etc. I quite enjoy the game but it's not like I wouldn't drop it to go to the pub if someone calls.

Cycling is the only real 'sport' I do, but it's purely a fun/recreational/health/commuting pursuit. Don't play football, tennis, rugby, cricket...

But you would then think that out of all the sport on TV for things I don't do, cycling would be the one I would maybe take an interest.

I've tried to watch the TDF and the cycling during the Olympis but I just don't get it!!

What am I missing here? Please don't take this as in anyway dismissive and no offence meant.

This has got to be a troll.

 

[Spinney]

Well yes and no. I can watch races and I enjoy some competitiveness when out but it all seems so much more involved than who is the quickest. All the teams, tactics etc just makes it unwatchable for me.

I think that's what makes it interesting. TdF is the only sport I watch (and maybe ToB if it's on FreeSat!)