Any news on David Harmon

1964johnr

Just watched the Eurosport re run of Flanders. Harmon and Kelly providing great commentry. Anyone know if David Harmon is back to his best after his illness and split from Eurosport.

ju5t1n

He’s been back on Twitter since October

brownbosh

we should sacrifice carlton Kirby to the gods to hail his return. May cancel eurosport if im forced to listen to that talent void douche for another year! That is all.

petemadoc

madasahattersley wrote:

brownbosh wrote:

we should sacrifice carlton Kirby to the gods to hail his return. May cancel eurosport if im forced to listen to that talent void douche for another year! That is all.

Or Kelly. I'm a big fan of his but his commentary drives me up the wall.

"I tink at te end of te day if you got te legs then you just got to make te calculeeeshun" :evil: :evil: :evil:

Kelly's knowledge of the sport is great to hear but his voice drives me nuts too.

RiderUk

Following David Harmon on twitter, who’s happily tweeting away and currently has 30,741 followers.
Reading his tweets, I can hear his fantastic commentary voice.

giant_man

brownbosh wrote:

we should sacrifice carlton Kirby to the gods to hail his return. May cancel eurosport if im forced to listen to that talent void douche for another year! That is all.

Oh god, absolutely, the bloke's a right tool, droning on about nothing in particular, when he should be commentating on the race, dreadful, dreadful baffoon!!

brownbosh

giant man wrote:

brownbosh wrote:

we should sacrifice carlton Kirby to the gods to hail his return. May cancel eurosport if im forced to listen to that talent void douche for another year! That is all.

Oh god, absolutely, the bloke's a right tool, droning on about nothing in particular, when he should be commentating on the race, dreadful, dreadful baffoon!!

here here, speaks utter twatwaffle. ( on a good day)

the playing mantis

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thegreatdivide

FWIW - here's a nice 2 part interview with DH from last spring. Part 2 explains the projects he's been doing with Spokesmen

http://velovoices.com/2013/04/26/friday ... on-part-1/
http://velovoices.com/2013/04/26/friday ... on-part-2/

IMO I loved the three of them doing the 2012 TDF

ugo.santalucia

While the topic stays open for now I remind you all of the rules re. defamation

bianchimoon

Sorry, could you explain why my post was deleted?

bianchimoon

bianchimoon wrote:

Sorry, could you explain why my post was deleted?

Unless it was because it contained the offensive "quote" i guess?

Iamnot Wiggins

bianchimoon wrote:

Sorry, could you explain why my post was deleted?

Because freedom of speech doesn't apply to users on this board. You want to express your views? Then clear off elsewhere and do it.

izza

Ignoring the distraction of comparisons to Kirby, like the OP, I am hopeful to hear and see DH back on the mend and back on Eurosport duties.

If anyone has any news it would be appreciated.

Paul 8v

madasahattersley wrote:

brownbosh wrote:

we should sacrifice carlton Kirby to the gods to hail his return. May cancel eurosport if im forced to listen to that talent void douche for another year! That is all.

Or Kelly. I'm a big fan of his but his commentary drives me up the wall.

"I tink at te end of te day if you got te legs then you just got to make te calculeeeshun" :evil: :evil: :evil:

It drives my missus crazy, boring sounding Irish guys on telly for hours at a time.

Jon_1976

Paul 8v wrote:

madasahattersley wrote:

brownbosh wrote:

we should sacrifice carlton Kirby to the gods to hail his return. May cancel eurosport if im forced to listen to that talent void douche for another year! That is all.

Or Kelly. I'm a big fan of his but his commentary drives me up the wall.

"I tink at te end of te day if you got te legs then you just got to make te calculeeeshun" :evil: :evil: :evil:

It drives my missus crazy, boring sounding Irish guys on telly for hours at a time.

If we all got a quid every time Sean Kelly said 'calculation'...well, we'd be rolling in it. 8) He does come out with the odd witty comment to redeem himself though. Best commentator for me, is Magnus Backstedt. Really enjoyed his commentary on this years Milan-San Remo. Agree with the majority, Harmon is much better than Kirby. Flanders commentary had some epic quotes.

bianchimoon

madasahattersley wrote:

Iamnot Wiggins wrote:

bianchimoon wrote:

Sorry, could you explain why my post was deleted?

Because freedom of speech doesn't apply to users on this board. You want to express your views? Then clear off elsewhere and do it.

Yeah but if your "views" are wrong and come from rumours you've heard and can significantly damage or end somebody's career just because of what you've heard then you shouldn't be able to express your "views". Wouldn't like losing your career, family and reputation because of some malicious rubbish somebody's made up, would you?

Just for the record I replied to the allegedly inflamitory post so it was contained in my post, probably why it was deleted?

Gazzetta67

Paul 8v wrote:

madasahattersley wrote:

brownbosh wrote:

we should sacrifice carlton Kirby to the gods to hail his return. May cancel eurosport if im forced to listen to that talent void douche for another year! That is all.

Or Kelly. I'm a big fan of his but his commentary drives me up the wall.

"I tink at te end of te day if you got te legs then you just got to make te calculeeeshun" :evil: :evil: :evil:

It drives my missus crazy, boring sounding Irish guys on telly for hours at a time.

Do you like anyone that's not english ? You hated Andy Murray last week and now its Sean Kelly !!. Kelly would be the 1st to admit he's not up to scratch behind the mic, but his knowledge of bike racing is 2nd to none and how he talks well am afraid you will just have to put up with that. christ imagine him having the audacity of being born in rural ireland and having an accent. right enough the term "boring sounding" does not crop up when were on about people from essex eh :roll: .

cougie

I love Kelly. And either his accent has softened or I'm more used to it. I couldnt understand a word when he first started.

ju5t1n

cougie wrote:

I love Kelly

Me too

Since I started working from home a few years ago I’ve had Eurosport’s cycling coverage on while I work. Sean, David, Carlton and co seem like old friends now, even though I’ve never met them (except Magnus who I got to race against earlier this year)

joelsim

Agree, I like Kelly, he offers good insights.

Paul 8v

Gazzetta67 wrote:

Paul 8v wrote:

madasahattersley wrote:

brownbosh wrote:

we should sacrifice carlton Kirby to the gods to hail his return. May cancel eurosport if im forced to listen to that talent void douche for another year! That is all.

Or Kelly. I'm a big fan of his but his commentary drives me up the wall.

"I tink at te end of te day if you got te legs then you just got to make te calculeeeshun" :evil: :evil: :evil:

It drives my missus crazy, boring sounding Irish guys on telly for hours at a time.

Do you like anyone that's not english ? You hated Andy Murray last week and now its Sean Kelly !!. Kelly would be the 1st to admit he's not up to scratch behind the mic, but his knowledge of bike racing is 2nd to none and how he talks well am afraid you will just have to put up with that. christ imagine him having the audacity of being born in rural ireland and having an accent. right enough the term "boring sounding" does not crop up when were on about people from essex eh :roll: .

Can't see that I've said I hate Kelly anywhere? My missus doesn't like his voice but even she (Who knows nothing about cycling) knows he is a cycling legend. Doesn't change the fact he has a dull voice.

And yeah I am not a fan of Murray, he is boring as hell and could barely even muster a smile when he received that award. Sean Kelly has ten times the personality he does. Lighten up!

DavidJB

I like Kirby :S

gsvbagpuss

Jon_1976 wrote:

Best commentator for me, is Magnus Backstedt. Really enjoyed his commentary on this years Milan-San Remo. Agree with the majority, Harmon is much better than Kirby. Flanders commentary had some epic quotes.

+1. Liek David Millar for the 2012 Worlds, it's great to hear a current or very recent pro as the backup commentator. Get very bored with Kelly and Kirby and I hardly watch much live racing.

Pross

Harmon was commentating on the online 6 day coverage last night.

daniel_b

Anyone know of any updates on Mr Harmon?

fenix

I think he's still on Twitter as @spokesmen ?

svetty

Much prefer Kirby to Matt Stephens or Declan Quigley. Although I did appreciate DH I don't think he's likely to be back on Eurosport after this time.....

de_sisti

brownbosh wrote:

giant man wrote:

brownbosh wrote:

we should sacrifice carlton Kirby to the gods to hail his return. May cancel eurosport if im forced to listen to that talent void douche for another year! That is all.

Oh god, absolutely, the bloke's a right tool, droning on about nothing in particular, when he should be commentating on the race, dreadful, dreadful baffoon!!

here here, speaks utter twatwaffle. ( on a good day)

I think Carlton Kirby is a good commentator and enjoy listening to him and Sean Kelly.

napoleond

DH blotted his copy book irreparably IMO. As much as Kirby speaks utter guff.

Grifcp

NapoleonD wrote:

DH blotted his copy book irreparably IMO. As much as Kirby speaks utter guff.

Missed that, what happened? Can't listen to Mr Kirby myself, would rather hit mute, sorry Carlton sure your a nice chap an all that!