Cafe showing Sunday's stage?
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Look Mum No Hands is the standard place in London.
Eurosport presented from there a few days ago.
Only downside is that it's in amongst a load of offices but it's very popular and a fully bespoke cycling cafe/pub, complete with bike mechanic and bike stuff to buy.0 -
Rick Chasey wrote:Look Mum No Hands is the standard place in London.
Eurosport presented from there a few days ago.
Only downside is that it's in amongst a load of offices but it's very popular and a fully bespoke cycling cafe/pub, complete with bike mechanic and bike stuff to buy.
oh bollox, I'd better budget for more than the price of a few drinks eh?
Anyone else going?0 -
I have a couple of customers just down the road but have never been in there. I have this vision of it being full of hip fixie types, am I missing anything Rick?"I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)0
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If you baulk at the LMNH option you'd better not got to http://www.rapha.cc/cycle-club/ then.
You could come out of there seriously poorer after Sunday !!0 -
inkyfingers wrote:I have a couple of customers just down the road but have never been in there. I have this vision of it being full of hip fixie types, am I missing anything Rick?
It is.
I felt wholey inadequate when I went to see the 2011 Zoncalon stage there, and I spent most of the time trying to suppress the urge to show everyone how much I knew.
It's OK, seating gets full up quite fast and the screen can be difficult to see since it's not that bright, but I'm splitting hairs.
If you like watching your cycling in the pub it's perfect.0 -
PBo wrote:Rick Chasey wrote:Look Mum No Hands is the standard place in London.
Eurosport presented from there a few days ago.
Only downside is that it's in amongst a load of offices but it's very popular and a fully bespoke cycling cafe/pub, complete with bike mechanic and bike stuff to buy.
oh bollox, I'd better budget for more than the price of a few drinks eh?
Anyone else going?
I'll possibly be there. I would like to watch the final stage with Miss6899; if I can persuade her to go to LMNH, then I'll be there.Ben
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You could probably try Sigma Sport in Hampton Wick or Pearson Cycles in Sheen. Both these have TVs and show the races, and have coffees too I believe.
... I think Velosport in Putney also show the races too.
(if you go to Sigma, close your eyes when you go in so you don't see the stuff they sell. It's full to the brim with very high-end stuff. They had some handlebars there, just hanging on the wall, worth more than my first bike!)0 -
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Rick Chasey wrote:inkyfingers wrote:I have a couple of customers just down the road but have never been in there. I have this vision of it being full of hip fixie types, am I missing anything Rick?
It is.
I felt wholey inadequate when I went to see the 2011 Zoncalon stage there, and I spent most of the time trying to suppress the urge to show everyone how much I knew.
It's OK, seating gets full up quite fast and the screen can be difficult to see since it's not that bright, but I'm splitting hairs.
If you like watching your cycling in the pub it's perfect.
Considering i'm usually in London on a weekday and dressed in a suit then I think i'll avoid it unless desperate.
I do like the idea of watching races with other knowledgeable types though."I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)0 -
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Rick Chasey wrote:Might be different mid week re-clientele, given it's in the City (just).
In that case i'll definitely avoid it."I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)0 -
oh wait Old street? Well, i won't be on a fixie, and my thighs are too big for skinny jeans. Will I get duffed up?
Or is it serious cyclists, cos if i go on my road bike will i get beaten up for wearing spds and having a peak on my helmet?
or will the hipsters beat me up for wearing lycra?
Jaysus, I'm going to alienate both tribes in one go....0 -
Rick Chasey wrote:inkyfingers wrote:I have a couple of customers just down the road but have never been in there. I have this vision of it being full of hip fixie types, am I missing anything Rick?
It is.
I felt wholey inadequate when I went to see the 2011 Zoncalon stage there, and I spent most of the time trying to suppress the urge to show everyone how much I knew.
It's OK, seating gets full up quite fast and the screen can be difficult to see since it's not that bright, but I'm splitting hairs.
If you like watching your cycling in the pub it's perfect.
was this pre red trousers?0 -
It was pre.
Lots of lycra. I was not there in lycra.
You know I'm all over a pair of bright green and a pair of electric blue chinos now?0 -
It's a mixture of folk I tend to find. I do like it in small doses.
I work in Old Street so have nipped in every now and then. I also don't own a fixie... unless someone wants to give me one0 -
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Rick Chasey wrote:Eurosport (including football's James Richardson hero) will be there on Saturday.
well deffo won't be there in lycra, I ain't risking tv cameras catch my "elephant in a condom" style.0 -
PBo wrote:Rick Chasey wrote:Eurosport (including football's James Richardson hero) will be there on Saturday.
well deffo won't be there in lycra, I ain't risking tv cameras catch my "elephant in a condom" style.
Maybe I should to catch my "elephant's trunk in tight shorts" look ....
Maybe not.0 -
are you winking at me whilst making innuendos? i'm married doncha know....0
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Rick Chasey wrote:
It's OK, seating gets full up quite fast and the screen can be difficult to see since it's not that bright, but I'm splitting hairs.
I found that I couldn't hear the commentary either due to people talking. Ignorant fookers! :P0 -
The Mad Rapper wrote:Rick Chasey wrote:
It's OK, seating gets full up quite fast and the screen can be difficult to see since it's not that bright, but I'm splitting hairs.
I found that I couldn't hear the commentary either due to people talking. Ignorant fookers! :P
was it some guy in red trousers telling people what thye could and couldn't say, and keeping them on topic?0 -
The Rapha Cycle Club on Brewer St (Soho) opens this weekend - could be a good option, assuming you're not part of the anti-Rapha brigade.0
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Rick Chasey wrote:inkyfingers wrote:I have a couple of customers just down the road but have never been in there. I have this vision of it being full of hip fixie types, am I missing anything Rick?
It is.
I felt wholey inadequate when I went to see the 2011 Zoncalon stage there, and I spent most of the time trying to suppress the urge to show everyone how much I knew.
It's OK, seating gets full up quite fast and the screen can be difficult to see since it's not that bright, but I'm splitting hairs.
If you like watching your cycling in the pub it's perfect.
Me and my girlfriend watched L-B-L earlier this year at LMNH and had a good time. Defo get there early though, we were there 2 hours early and managed to get a spot but before the race is on it fills up with people with laptops using the wi-fi. Hopefully its a rubbish day because the projection screen gets a bit of light flash from the sun if its out. Nice beer selection. We both had a few slags.0 -
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Rick Chasey wrote:MrTapir wrote:We both had a few slags.
Yes. Although coincidentally one of their beers is called 'Slag'. Its belgian. Also when in Belgian last year i was amused to learn that squirty cream is called 'slagroom'.0 -
MrTapir wrote:Rick Chasey wrote:MrTapir wrote:We both had a few slags.
Yes. Although coincidentally one of their beers is called 'Slag'. Its belgian. Also when in Belgian last year i was amused to learn that squirty cream is called 'slagroom'.
Yeah.
Slag means whipped (well, 'hit' actually, but, y'know, translations innit )0 -
Erm I of course meant "When in Belgium".0
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Rick Chasey wrote:MrTapir wrote:Rick Chasey wrote:MrTapir wrote:We both had a few slags.
Yes. Although coincidentally one of their beers is called 'Slag'. Its belgian. Also when in Belgian last year i was amused to learn that squirty cream is called 'slagroom'.
Yeah.
Slag means whipped (well, 'hit' actually, but, y'know, translations innit )
oh that translates nicely doesnt it0 -
It's a pretty broad word generally.
Can mean "blow" as in "he took a blow to the head" etc.
Can also I believe mean stroke as in a heartbeat.0 -
Rick Chasey wrote:It's a pretty broad word generally.
Can mean "blow" as in "he took a blow to the head" etc.
Can also I believe mean stroke as in a heartbeat.
Are there any translations to words that wouldnt make a schoolboy snigger? ;-)0