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  • rodgers73
    rodgers73 Posts: 2,626
    Tom Dean wrote:
    rodgers73 wrote:
    She's a dreadful (and very ugly) presenter too.

    what a charming comment rodgers. You're lovely :lol:


    Well....she is! :D
  • Tom Dean
    Tom Dean Posts: 1,723
    :roll:
  • derbygrimpeur
    derbygrimpeur Posts: 822
    Who's the other female presenter and why is she on the show? She doesn't appear to me to have any knowledge of cycling.

    They seem very keen to push the "cycling's so fasionable" angle, which is annoying. I know they want to appeal to the masses, but they can do that without banging on about style over substance.

    Not really sure of what the point of the bike polo stuff was. Surely it would be better to cover stuff like sportives, or mountain bike techniques etc. That's surely mass-market stuff? Learning to ride a BMX, or bike polo just isn't going to get many people interested.
  • p9uma
    p9uma Posts: 565
    derbygrimpeur wrote:
    Who's the other female presenter and why is she on the show? She doesn't appear to me to have any knowledge of cycling.

    They seem very keen to push the "cycling's so fasionable" angle, which is annoying. I know they want to appeal to the masses, but they can do that without banging on about style over substance.

    Not really sure of what the point of the bike polo stuff was. Surely it would be better to cover stuff like sportives, or mountain bike techniques etc. That's surely mass-market stuff? Learning to ride a BMX, or bike polo just isn't going to get many people interested.

    Do you mean Jools, the @LadyVelo on Twitter and writes a blog Velo City Girl?
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  • Gizmo_
    Gizmo_ Posts: 558
    rodgers73 wrote:
    Tom Dean wrote:
    rodgers73 wrote:
    She's a dreadful (and very ugly) presenter too.

    what a charming comment rodgers. You're lovely :lol:


    Well....she is! :D
    I have more problems with the disappointing quality/charisma of the interviewing than the aesthetic appeal of the people doing it, personally.
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  • robklancs
    robklancs Posts: 498
    That Anna glwanonoinskiinski girl looks like she'd needs a good scrub and to clean her teeth more often! She interviews people in such a boring wooden way that she makes the people she is interviewing seem dull, and they are keen and eager to get theirs point across. Agree withe the points on box and bike polo, why talk about bike polo and it's 3000 players rather than road or mountain biking which has 1500 people on just one ride last week.

    By the way, I thought lizzie armistead was stunning, and why did they blank out the Nike logo on dani kings jumper for about 10 seconds when she was putting that bike together but clearly show it for the rest of the show.
  • t.m.h.n.e.t
    t.m.h.n.e.t Posts: 2,265
    robklancs wrote:
    That Anna glwanonoinskiinski girl looks like she'd needs a good scrub and to clean her teeth more often! She interviews people in such a boring wooden way that she makes the people she is interviewing seem dull, and they are keen and eager to get theirs point across. Agree withe the points on box and bike polo, why talk about bike polo and it's 3000 players rather than road or mountain biking which has 1500 people on just one ride last week.

    By the way, I thought lizzie armistead was stunning, and why did they blank out the Nike logo on dani kings jumper for about 10 seconds when she was putting that bike together but clearly show it for the rest of the show.
    They did? I was too busy looking at her derriere
  • islwyn
    islwyn Posts: 650
    T.M.H.N.E.T wrote:
    dilemna wrote:
    Have helmets come up yet?
    Mine did when Dani and Lizzie appeared :shock: :shock:

    :lol:

    You made me waste my crumpet :cry:
  • robklancs
    robklancs Posts: 498
    T.M.H.N.E.T wrote:
    robklancs wrote:
    That Anna glwanonoinskiinski girl looks like she'd needs a good scrub and to clean her teeth more often! She interviews people in such a boring wooden way that she makes the people she is interviewing seem dull, and they are keen and eager to get theirs point across. Agree withe the points on box and bike polo, why talk about bike polo and it's 3000 players rather than road or mountain biking which has 1500 people on just one ride last week.

    By the way, I thought lizzie armistead was stunning, and why did they blank out the Nike logo on dani kings jumper for about 10 seconds when she was putting that bike together but clearly show it for the rest of the show.
    They did? I was too busy looking at her derriere

    So was the presenter, the iriish guy, he had a reet good perv
  • Tom Dean
    Tom Dean Posts: 1,723
    robklancs wrote:
    why did they blank out the Nike logo on dani kings jumper for about 10 seconds when she was putting that bike together but clearly show it for the rest of the show.

    MAybe you should write to the producers to complain? :roll:
  • robklancs
    robklancs Posts: 498
    Tom Dean wrote:
    robklancs wrote:
    why did they blank out the Nike logo on dani kings jumper for about 10 seconds when she was putting that bike together but clearly show it for the rest of the show.

    MAybe you should write to the producers to complain? :roll:

    Why would I do that? Just an observation and I thought someone might know why.
  • t.m.h.n.e.t
    t.m.h.n.e.t Posts: 2,265
    Islwyn wrote:
    T.M.H.N.E.T wrote:
    dilemna wrote:
    Have helmets come up yet?
    Mine did when Dani and Lizzie appeared :shock: :shock:

    :lol:

    You made me waste my crumpet :cry:
    :D
  • dw300
    dw300 Posts: 1,642
    robklancs wrote:
    T.M.H.N.E.T wrote:
    robklancs wrote:
    That Anna glwanonoinskiinski girl looks like she'd needs a good scrub and to clean her teeth more often! She interviews people in such a boring wooden way that she makes the people she is interviewing seem dull, and they are keen and eager to get theirs point across. Agree withe the points on box and bike polo, why talk about bike polo and it's 3000 players rather than road or mountain biking which has 1500 people on just one ride last week.

    By the way, I thought lizzie armistead was stunning, and why did they blank out the Nike logo on dani kings jumper for about 10 seconds when she was putting that bike together but clearly show it for the rest of the show.
    They did? I was too busy looking at her derriere

    So was the presenter, the iriish guy, he had a reet good perv

    Seem us Irish lads are all the same then! ;)
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  • dw300
    dw300 Posts: 1,642
    I heard that Wiggo and Stephen Roche are on tonights show.
    All the above is just advice .. you can do whatever the f*ck you wana do!
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  • angry_bird
    angry_bird Posts: 3,787
    dw300 wrote:
    I heard that Wiggo and Stephen Roche are on tonights show.

    I heard they've got Dan Atherton and Sam Pilgrim on, actually bothering to watch it tonight in the hope that they get more than 5 minutes between them.
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  • londoncommuter
    londoncommuter Posts: 1,550
    Staggered at how uninformative and pretty misleading the section on ride2work schemes was a minute ago.
  • ALaPlage
    ALaPlage Posts: 732
    londoncommuter wrote:
    Staggered at how uninformative and pretty misleading the section on ride2work schemes was a minute ago.

    +1 and also why did the bike shop recommend a mountain bike with suspension to the guy who wants a bike for his commute. Unless we missed a bit about his commute being through a forest it seems ill advised. Most of the people I know who've tried cycling and then given it up as too hard is in the main due to the fact they bought or were advised to buy a MTB when all their riding was on the road.

    This program has some promise but it needs a lot of work :shock:
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  • angry_bird
    angry_bird Posts: 3,787
    ALaPlage wrote:
    londoncommuter wrote:
    Staggered at how uninformative and pretty misleading the section on ride2work schemes was a minute ago.

    +1 and also why did the bike shop recommend a mountain bike with suspension to the guy who wants a bike for his commute. Unless we missed a bit about his commute being through a forest it seems ill advised. Most of the people I know who've tried cycling and then given it up as too hard is in the main due to the fact they bought or were advised to buy a MTB when all their riding was on the road.

    This program has some promise but it needs a lot of work :shock:

    You must have missed the bit where he said he wanted something he could get out on the trails with then :wink:

    This episode was better than the last one I watched, don't remember which it was, but prefered this, some bits were naff, but it was ok on the whole. Still, doubt I'd have bothered watching had if not been for Atherton being on there.
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  • mm1
    mm1 Posts: 1,063
    just as they failed to ask Big Ted the other week whether it was true that he introduced Lance to Michelle, they failed to ask Roche anything interesting this week...ho, hum...
  • dw300
    dw300 Posts: 1,642
    I lol'd at the customer service in CRC, you'd think there was someone in there with a sales patter, that would sound eloquent on camera, especially when the company sponsors the show. All the staff are culchie's.

    Great segment on how to do a 180º bunny hop .. :roll:
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  • p9uma
    p9uma Posts: 565
    I'm giving up on the programme, every one I have watched so far has been truly terrible to watch. Judging by the last few posts it doesn't sound as if it is any better. I shall delete it from the HD. There, now I've said it I feel much better.
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  • Redhog14
    Redhog14 Posts: 1,377
    Caught this last night, quite cringeworthy, the talking sofa was OK but could they really not find another girl who can ride a bike and have presentation skills? I mean girls are better at multi tasking are they not...fair doo on trying the spins though. Atherton (1, 2, or 3 - not sure which one it was) and Pilgrim are great riders but not exactly great chat, their sponsors must be so proud... as for all those fannies on Bromptons if ever there was a social demographic specific bicycle it is a Brompton. Where is the tech chat section was it in the first 10 mins that I missed?
    @surroundedbh
  • t.m.h.n.e.t
    t.m.h.n.e.t Posts: 2,265
    dw300 wrote:
    I lol'd at the customer service in CRC, you'd think there was someone in there with a sales patter, that would sound eloquent on camera, especially when the company sponsors the show. All the staff are culchie's.

    Great segment on how to do a 180º bunny hop .. :roll:
    I know the wee guy from being in the shop,but his accent is not one for TV.
  • dw300
    dw300 Posts: 1,642
    T.M.H.N.E.T wrote:
    dw300 wrote:
    I lol'd at the customer service in CRC, you'd think there was someone in there with a sales patter, that would sound eloquent on camera, especially when the company sponsors the show. All the staff are culchie's.

    Great segment on how to do a 180º bunny hop .. :roll:
    I know the wee guy from being in the shop,but his accent is not one for TV.

    I went for a job in there, did the interview, got called back for the appraisal day, plenty of sales in my employment history, plenty of enthusiasm about bikes .. didn't get a job. Not that I'm bitter!

    But that, on top of the customer service experience I had in the new store on a couple of occasions, and them never sending me the interview / appraisal feedback I requested, has already cost them the guts of £500 of turnover so far.
    All the above is just advice .. you can do whatever the f*ck you wana do!
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  • t.m.h.n.e.t
    t.m.h.n.e.t Posts: 2,265
    dw300 wrote:
    T.M.H.N.E.T wrote:
    dw300 wrote:
    I lol'd at the customer service in CRC, you'd think there was someone in there with a sales patter, that would sound eloquent on camera, especially when the company sponsors the show. All the staff are culchie's.

    Great segment on how to do a 180º bunny hop .. :roll:
    I know the wee guy from being in the shop,but his accent is not one for TV.

    I went for a job in there, did the interview, got called back for the appraisal day, plenty of sales in my employment history, plenty of enthusiasm about bikes .. didn't get a job. Not that I'm bitter!

    But that, on top of the customer service experience I had in the new store on a couple of occasions, and them never sending me the interview / appraisal feedback I requested, has already cost them the guts of £500 of turnover so far.
    I worked at Ballyclare WH for 2 days. Nazi regime - fart when told to. Clock out to go for a piss basically.
  • dw300
    dw300 Posts: 1,642
    T.M.H.N.E.T wrote:
    dw300 wrote:
    T.M.H.N.E.T wrote:
    dw300 wrote:
    I lol'd at the customer service in CRC, you'd think there was someone in there with a sales patter, that would sound eloquent on camera, especially when the company sponsors the show. All the staff are culchie's.

    Great segment on how to do a 180º bunny hop .. :roll:
    I know the wee guy from being in the shop,but his accent is not one for TV.

    I went for a job in there, did the interview, got called back for the appraisal day, plenty of sales in my employment history, plenty of enthusiasm about bikes .. didn't get a job. Not that I'm bitter!

    But that, on top of the customer service experience I had in the new store on a couple of occasions, and them never sending me the interview / appraisal feedback I requested, has already cost them the guts of £500 of turnover so far.
    I worked at Ballyclare WH for 2 days. Nazi regime - fart when told to. Clock out to go for a wee-wee basically.

    Maybe I dodged a bullet then!

    Did you get to use your staff discount during those 2 days? :p
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  • t.m.h.n.e.t
    t.m.h.n.e.t Posts: 2,265
    dw300 wrote:
    T.M.H.N.E.T wrote:
    dw300 wrote:
    T.M.H.N.E.T wrote:
    dw300 wrote:
    I lol'd at the customer service in CRC, you'd think there was someone in there with a sales patter, that would sound eloquent on camera, especially when the company sponsors the show. All the staff are culchie's.

    Great segment on how to do a 180º bunny hop .. :roll:
    I know the wee guy from being in the shop,but his accent is not one for TV.

    I went for a job in there, did the interview, got called back for the appraisal day, plenty of sales in my employment history, plenty of enthusiasm about bikes .. didn't get a job. Not that I'm bitter!

    But that, on top of the customer service experience I had in the new store on a couple of occasions, and them never sending me the interview / appraisal feedback I requested, has already cost them the guts of £500 of turnover so far.
    I worked at Ballyclare WH for 2 days. Nazi regime - fart when told to. Clock out to go for a wee-wee basically.

    Maybe I dodged a bullet then!

    Did you get to use your staff discount during those 2 days? :p
    I wasn't a cyclist back then :lol:
  • jonny_trousers
    jonny_trousers Posts: 3,588
    Painful, just painful.

    Time for us to say our goodbyes and to pull the plug.
  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    Jonny_Trousers wrote:
    Painful, just painful.

    Time for us to say our goodbyes and to pull the plug.
    Don't agree. It's got a lot better and now that it's stopped trying too hard it's actually quite watchable in parts. The blond woman who can't walk & talk at the same time is a waste of space though. Lord knows what was going on in the producer's minds when they decided that the 5 minutes airtime of her not being able to do a 180 bunny hop couldn't be better filled, maybe with the testcard. She really is the weakest link in the show now.
  • mrushton
    mrushton Posts: 5,182
    She's ok. She rode that mtb down from AdH ok which I think some of us would struggle to do. She isn't a 'polished' presenter like you normally get. It's not a serious bike show, rather a magazine show that looks at apects of cycling. Stephen Roche, Dan Atherton, Bromptons,Cycle scheme. All cycling but different. I'd like to have seen footage of Roche but it's an ok programme imo. I don't worry if they haven't reviewed the ltd edition Wilier that we'll never ride anyway. I'll leave that to ProCycling and Bike Radar
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