ITV in with new Cycling Show

[wisdom]

Ok its not got off to good start but dare i say it is a start,we now have a cycling show on normal telly,
I think the top gear idea is very good.
Maybe if enough people facebook or twitter the show with some suggestions they may be able to include them in the future.
With the cycling successes at the olympics they may build on the programme so lets send some positive thoughts to the show and see what happens.
Its worth try dont you think.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I thought this week's show was a big improvement


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[NotthatJasonKenny]

It needs to be more packages and less weird interviews on the sofa for a start. Enjoyed the piece of the small velodrome, it's as if they started the show before coming up with the ideas!

 

[Andrius.B]

It needs to be more packages and less weird interviews on the sofa for a start. Enjoyed the piece of the small velodrome, it's as if they started the show before coming up with the ideas!

Exactly.

 

[Blue Hills]

Caught the last one on a repeat - I thought it pretty damn good as an introduction to the various types of cycling for a broad range of people. Maybe over-egged the "cycling grandads" thingy a bit (they didn't seem to mind) but good that they show a broad church of cycling.
Fairly courageous of them as well I think - the temptation to just go for the hipster crowd or the amateur racers must have been high.

>>>>Irishonthecostablanca
>>most people here are commuters and have little or no interest in the sports aspects of cycling

I don't know if this is true. Is it? If so, might account for something I rather like about this place.

 

[perplexed]

I'm a show behind everyone else, as I've got it sky+ thingy on repeats. I thought the first show was a bit dodgy, but would agree that the second was quite a bit better.

Lets give it some time and see what happens. There are various shows on TV, which if you look back, were pretty clunky but got better.

 

[Andrius.B]

I thought that most people here are into road riding. Then commuting, then MTB. then everything else.

 

[Andrius.B]

Oh, and just incase someone missed any of the three episodes, you can watch them on the ITV player:

http://www.itv.com/itvplayer/video/?Filter=322792

 

[NotthatJasonKenny]

It's supposed to change to an hour long show this month isn't it?

 

[mcshroom]

It's still a bit clunky and low budget, and the article on punctures would have been far better with more about fixing and less riding over tacks, but compared to previous efforts at cycling shows I've seen (for example the 'Innertube show' done online by Cycling.tv a few years ago) it's a definite improvement.

I too would like more features, but I think they are fighting limited budgets at the moment, and bits on the sofa are much cheaper to do.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I was agog when one of the cycling granddads said that if a girl could win a cycling medal surely a couple of fellas in their 60s should be able to do something special!



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[captainhastings]

I am waiting for it too pick up a bit. The interviews are very dry with just aren't we doing well at blah, reply yes we are aren't we.
More informative stuff is what I want like the training and diets of the pro's or an interview with some guy who has toured god knows how many many miles and a look at his gear.
Info on touring commuting racing etc.
But hopefully it will come and it is better than nothing

 

[Rob3rt]

Watched all 3 episodes earlier over lunch.

Quite frankly, I found it to be painfully dull and the camera man has yet to grasp never mind master the concept of focus which was irritating as the focus seemed to snap onto random objects in the frame leaving the presenters blurred!

The producers really need to put more effort into choosing people who not only know their stuff, but can articulate their thoughts. Thus far, most people on the features, especially the road sense feature could barely string two words together, they could have been super duper knowledgeable, but they could barely speak.

As for the sofa guest's, I do like Alan Davies, good bloke, very funny and pleasant and Obree seem's to be the sort of guy who could, given time to articulate himself, provide some very nice insights and opinions etc. He seems to be very considered in his response rather than just blurting out any old shoot, like that Gary Fisher dude who was about as articulate as an drunk gargling his own piss (all due respect for his achievements, but if he cant string together a sentence, don't put him on a TV show and ask him to talk), yet they didnt give Obree a chance to breathe, they seemed to want him to spew forth a second worth of dross on command and then move on! At least they let Eddy Merckx get a few words in!

The other episodes, the guy on the BMX, he is a skilled lad, but what was the point in him being on the show, they barely talked to him.

 

[Crankarm]

I haven't watched any of these. The comments here on this thread seem to be pretty objective. But I shan't be watching. All I can suggest, my 2ps worth is, that if the producers haven't looked at the cycling forums such as here or through CW or any of the other cycling mags to see what is topical and happening in cycling at pro, club, commuting, touring, mtbing scenes, etc then they are total plonkers which seems to be the case here. Why haven't they had Mark Beaumont on yet for RTW or the other guy who just beat his record? Crazy.

 

[Jenkins]

Letting the programme run for an extra half hour today made it so much better. There was more time to interview the guests, the features could be expanded and it just seemed much more relaxed. If only it had been this way from the start.