Cafe showing Sunday's stage?

PBo
PBo Posts: 2,493
edited July 2012 in Pro race
I have to be out the house on sunday - don't want to sit in an internet cafe all afternoon,watching ITV4 streaming on a laptop. Any "cycle cafes" in london likely to have it on?
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    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.
  • PBo
    PBo Posts: 2,493
    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?
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    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)
  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    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 !!
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    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.
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    PBo 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.
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  • Cubic
    Cubic Posts: 594
    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!)
  • Cubic
    Cubic Posts: 594
    .... and my first bike was quite nice!
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    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)
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Might be different mid week re-clientele, given it's in the City (just).
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    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)
  • PBo
    PBo Posts: 2,493
    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....
  • PBo
    PBo Posts: 2,493
    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?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    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?
  • rebs
    rebs Posts: 891
    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 one :D
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Eurosport (including football's James Richardson ;) hero) will be there on Saturday.
  • PBo
    PBo Posts: 2,493
    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.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    PBo 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.
  • PBo
    PBo Posts: 2,493
    are you winking at me whilst making innuendos? i'm married doncha know....
  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986

    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
  • PBo
    PBo Posts: 2,493

    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? :D
  • 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.
  • MrTapir
    MrTapir Posts: 1,206
    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.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    MrTapir wrote:
    We both had a few slags.
    :| Was this afterwards at a more erm, specialist establishment? :|
  • MrTapir
    MrTapir Posts: 1,206
    MrTapir wrote:
    We both had a few slags.
    :| Was this afterwards at a more erm, specialist establishment? :|

    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'.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    MrTapir wrote:
    MrTapir wrote:
    We both had a few slags.
    :| Was this afterwards at a more erm, specialist establishment? :|

    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 ;))
  • MrTapir
    MrTapir Posts: 1,206
    Erm I of course meant "When in Belgium".
  • MrTapir
    MrTapir Posts: 1,206
    MrTapir wrote:
    MrTapir wrote:
    We both had a few slags.
    :| Was this afterwards at a more erm, specialist establishment? :|

    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 it :D
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    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.
  • MrTapir
    MrTapir Posts: 1,206
    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? ;-)