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Anyone know what tv station, if any, is televising the hour attempt on Sunday ?
Thanks all

In reply to Newbuild100:

I think Euro sport (They did the Dowsett and Sarah Storey attempts)

In reply to Newbuild100:

Sky sports 2 - sadly

In reply to Newbuild100:

As much as I love watching cycling on TV, I can't say I have any desire to watch the hour record all the way through. I find that its the sort of thing that works better seeing updates on Twitter while laying in the hammock

You could sign up for the online Eurosport player to watch it though - I think I'm going to do that now that there's going to be a lot of cycling on and I can't get my satellite dish working

In reply to Newbuild100:
Suggests there will be video streamed on the internet...

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/how-to-watch-bradley-wiggins-hour-record-at...

... not sure if it's free though.

This seems to be the link...
https://www.youtube.com/user/SkySportsOfficial

In reply to Newbuild100:

I'm flying Barcelona on Sunday, any Spanish residents know if I might be able to watch it in a bar anywhere.

In reply to Newbuild100:

Have heard it's going to be on freeview - Pick ? Not sure what channel that is

Apparently Hugh Porter is doing the commentary, at Wiggins request ! Nice touch, and for once Porter will be able to correctly identify all the riders taking part.

BTW A 15 minute TV version of Bespoke appeared on the BBC iplayer last night and was well worth watching. Managed to include mountain biking (downhill with Rachel Atherton), road cycling (Fred Whitton sportive) and track (advice from Dr Hutch - when you get to a corner, turn left).

In reply to Chris the Tall:

Cheers for that! Indeed the Sky program appear to be being shown on freeview PICK.

http://www1.skysports.com/cycling/news/15264/9861529/sir-bradley-wiggins-ho...

In reply to Newbuild100:

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/where-to-watch-bradley-wigg...

In reply to Newbuild100:
It's going to be on Pick TV which is a freeview chanel.

edit - didn't see that this had already been posted.

In reply to DaveHK:

It's on Sky 2, not Sky Sports, so free to view if you can get that channel.
121 on Virgin.

In reply to Newbuild100:
He seems to have started already!

In reply to Chris the Tall:


Yay! You're right - Pick it is.

In reply to elsewhere:

It's streaming for free on Sky Sports YouTube channel.

In reply to Newbuild100
Go Wiggins!

In reply to ACollins:

Why are they showing us twitter quotes. If I wanted to read peoples pointless twitter drivel I'd be looking at twitter not my TV.

In reply to yesbutnobutyesbut:


It's free content for them.

In reply to DaveHK:

I know - just having a rant!

In reply to Newbuild100:

pure and simply the best! go Wiggo

In reply to Welsh Kate:

Easy. Shame about the high pressure.

In reply to Clauso:

Hey, thanks for the tip off. I got to watch it after all.

In reply to August West:

54.526km! Awesome!

In reply to Newbuild100:

coach not too impressed - missed the target by a km !

In reply to robandian:

Sticky air!!! I don't think that ever affects my TT's!!

In reply to abr1966:

It'd have to be a very short tt for me to average 54kph!

In reply to ACollins:

...and downhill.

In reply to August West:

More vertical than downhill if we're being honest!

In reply to Newbuild100:

Bollocks - I thought it was starting at 7.30 ! Mind you a man riding round and round.....

Pleased he's broken the record, but oddly also pleased that the conditions were against him and knocked him down by a km. gives Dowsett the chance to get in another try. Problem for him is that it doesn't fit in with his other aims - apparently he currently losing weight and trying to make the Movistar team for the tour. I know wiggo's next goal is Rio, but I don't think that precludes another go. Great to see two Brits vying for this record again

In reply to Newbuild100:

.....not further than Mr Boardman.......?

In reply to ACollins:

Did snake pass, traffic free, last Thursday and my max speed was 58 kph ! Ok I'm a nervous descender, but nonetheless

In reply to Newbuild100:

Impressive stuff and surprisingly watchable....

Can someone explain to me the difference between Wiggins record and Boardmans best human effort.

I thought it was something to do with the bike, but Wiggo has a state of the art bike?

Ta

In reply to JamButty:

Yeah it was. Basically boardmans record was on an unregulated bike so its much faster. Wiggins competed on a bike that conforms to new UCI standards which effectively mean you end up with a slower bike.

In reply to Newbuild100:

Channel 5 have just reported he did 54.526 MPH. Good effort!

Really you'd think they would check the basic facts wouldn't you.

In reply to Adderbury Climber:



He did - in the car on the way there.

In reply to Newbuild100:

B*****s, the pager went off the very moment he started!
Anyone know where there's an on-line recording?

In reply to ACollins:


With a tail wind

In reply to Welsh Kate:

Not sure if there's an online recording. If you can't find one you can probably pretty accurately simulate what happened with the cheapest Scalextric set.

I think my favourite bit was that 423rd corner - I did NOT expect that! Luckily Wiggo had obviously studied the course, and handled it well.

In reply to Adderbury Climber:



Err it's Channel 5.

In reply to ACollins:
>"Basically boardmans record was on an unregulated bike so its much faster."

To be fair, his bike did comply with the regulations as they stood.
In reality there was no real diffrence between the Boardman and Wiggins bikes. It was only the position of the handlebar (developed by Obree) that gave Boardman a significant aero advantage. It was purely down to the UCI (fifa style) cabal not liking what it saw that saw the record struck off retro spectively. In the same way the Tony Rominger record has been sidelined for the unproven but highly likely correct assumption it was EPO assisted.

In reply to JLS:

Yeah it's typical of the UCI to change their mind see overshoes ect. The superman position was the main factor but I think not having a diamond frame and being allowed tri spokes made some difference.