Stage 1 – BUSted! – TwitPics

Posted on June 30, 2013 by norbs

Holy hell. What a finish. What a last half hour. Here are a few of the better tweets from today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Bus Didn't Finish the Tour de France.

Posted on June 30, 2013 by norbs

Twitter is going mad at the moment. Why you ask?

And then the shit fight started. I am lost for words.

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No More Sleeps! Tour de France Starts Today.

Posted on June 29, 2013 by norbs

Even Google are on board.

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T -1 Day to the Tour – TwitPics

Posted on June 28, 2013 by norbs

Still had a few favourited on Twitter. WIN! 🙂


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Oh Dear. When Tech Lets You Down.

Posted on June 28, 2013 by norbs

Sorry folks, no Friday video or Twits le Tour today. The iMac ate my homework!

I had a good few videos and some ripper Twitter pics lined up and ready to go. Due to a WordPress gremlin eating a few posts a while back, any new posts I make are usually put into my Working folder on the iMac. For some reason, Time Machine, god bless its silicon socks, stopped backing that folder up in February.

So dear reader, it is no soup for you!

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T -2 Days to the Tour – TwitPics

Posted on June 27, 2013 by norbs

When time permits, I will be scouring the Twitterspere for interesting photos from the Tour de France. It seems like people are arriving in Corsica in big numbers today.

 


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Team Sky's FaceBook Fun

Posted on June 27, 2013 by norbs

I can only imagine what some of the names used in the Team Sky’s Facebook avatar creator will see in the input field.

Show us your best one. Here is one to get you started.

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Friday Video – The Winter Solstice Edition

Posted on June 21, 2013 by norbs

For all your Northern hemisphere folk screaming about it not being winter, well it is here, and that is what matters to this blogger! 🙂

So, lots to see this week. Big thanks to my mate, Tom the Pom, for putting me onto the first couple.

There are many terrific causes that cycling gets behind. This is right at the top of the heap.

Next up. Here is a very unique individual.

Apparently, there is some bike race around the French country side coming up. GCN’s own Tour de France finisher Daniel Lloyd gives us some thoughts about the 100th Edition.

Unless you have just woken up from a coma, this probably wont be a new video, even though it has been around less than a week. It is worth revisiting anyway!

A lot of people didn’t seem to realise there is a whole page dedicated to the series. Check it out here.

The last video has nothing to do with cycling, but the first installment was one of the funniest movies I have seen. 🙂

Enjoy the weekend and safe riding to all those who support the blog.

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Tour de France. Resources worth a look.

Posted on June 18, 2013 by norbs

PLEASE NOTE – This post will stay at the top of the page for the length of the tour. Saves people looking for it. 🙂

With only eleven more sleeps until the yearly roll around the French countryside starts, I thought I would throw together a list of sites that I think are worth a look.

If you have any that you think are good reading or viewing, let me know on twitter or in the comments.

My normal go to place, Inrng.com. Keep an eye on the whole site for loads of great content.

Velorooms has an excellent thread previewing the race. It will grow as the race approaches.

I will probably do a separate post regarding PODcasts, but for now, my good friends John and Scott over at the Velocast have a premium show which is dripping with awesomeness. The Spring Classics, The Giro and Tour de Suisse podcasts were great, so get on board.

An often overlooked, but very good source of info if you can get your head around it is Reddit. Try out the Peloton subreddit.

Grab this excellent infographic from Velonews and print it out.

Obviously, for any people on the right side of the globe, the late nights can be a challenge. Some clever bugger has written a couple of guides to help you stay bright eyed during the cold winter nights. The one on this very blog and one also on Ride Cycling Review

Now, what about those not blessed with the terrific coverage we Aussies get from SBS? Fear not!

Steephill.TV
Cyclingfans.com
Procyclinglive.com

Live streaming to your computer from any of those sites is a great way to see the Tour if you don’t have TV coverage. I will update them as we get closer to the event with their respective direct links to the Tour de France.

Speaking of SBS, Cycling Central has loads of great info to digest. Their TourTracker even has its own FaceBook group. Tell them norbs sent you for an extra toasty welcome. 😉

The Tour Tracker is a great addition to watching the stages, with live chat and stats of all sorts. You really get to build up some great friendships late at night whilst trying to stay awake and make it to the end of each stage. From my hazy memory, there is even a tipping comp.

If you are new to this whole cycle racing malarkey, can I suggest you invest 10 minutes in this superb video.

There will be more as I collate them.

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Friday Videos.

Posted on June 14, 2013 by norbs

It is a crashfest to start with. Thanks to Chris Murphy for the first one.

This next one had plenty of people wondering how the officials got it so wrong.

Matty White is back in the team car in another Backstage Pass.

And I don’t think I will complain about magpies next spring!

Have a great weekend and stay safe on the roads.

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