I've been watching the show since it launched and its got better series by series. Apart from the TDF its the only reason to watch ITV4.
I like the 100 greatest climbs feature (agreed the camera work was impressive on recent ones) and they have some good guests, but then I think I am in love with Marianne/a Vos so I was especially pleased this week.
I'm always impressed by Rachael Aldred so was pleased to see her on the show, not so much the militant die-in guy. They could have made a whole show about the cycle safety aspects they touched on yesterday, I wished they'd included the feature that Chris Boardman did on cycling in Utrecht on the TDF show the other day, that was brilliant, the man just talks total sense.
And I dont think doing kit reviews or parts/bike tests would be very good telly, sure it may be useful for us super bike geeks but for the wider audience that would be a bit dull, and there's enough info on that stuff available if you want to seek it out. I much prefer the overviews things they did that have wider appeal, like the thing with Dr Hutch at Herne Hill on that ancient bike (dude just needed a bigger chainring/smallewr rear cog!) I'd like to see more on retro bikes and a bit more on the history of cycling too, and they could do some features on time trials and the evolution of the aero-ness of the sport.
Overall impressive stuff, cycling has many forms and it manages to incorporate all of them pretty well, which when you consider some roadies refuse to even wave at MTB'ers and vice versa, I think they're doing pretty well. Good work ITV, credit where its due.
