[Cyclelicious] New comment on Beijing Olympic cycling: Spanish Armada.

bikesgonewild has left a new comment on your post "Beijing Olympic cycling: Spanish Armada":

...thanks to kwc & cyclodro.me, i was able to catch practically all of the 6.5 hours of the men's road race on the computer while watching the opening ceremonies on the tube...

...i would be careful to check the time on the women's rr, which is listed as starting at 11:00pm pst whereas the men's race was listed as 11:30pm pst but was actually 8:30pm pst...

...unfortunately, the streaming video has no verbal commentary whatsoever & so the best way is to use cyclingnews 'live update' which is regularly updated & then just go back & forth...

...very odd to watch something as major as an olympic rr w/ very few spectators to begin w/ & on the live feed, the only sounds are the wind, occasional mild cheering & the background noise of support vehicles...w/ not even the ratcheting sound of freewheels as cycle music, phil & paul's bantering & occasional hatchet job are sorrily miss! ed...



Posted by bikesgonewild to Cyclelicious at 8/09/2008 12:57:00 PM