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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    RichN95 wrote:
    Stridor wrote:
    However much of an ingrate I may be, I still didn't like it, and I was expecting it to be something extra. Perhaps they talked it up to much when they described it as being 'timeless' and something that could be listened to again and again...
    Forty Five F***ing P

    I tried to give this post a +1, but I noticed that your stats are (typically) wildly wrong. "Stridor" might be a bit of a knob, but he's still being shafted somewhere north of 41.66 pence. Not Firty Five. Is all your post out by 10%?
    ...a rare 100% loyal Pro Race poster. A poster boy for the community.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,252
    Macaloon wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Stridor wrote:
    However much of an ingrate I may be, I still didn't like it, and I was expecting it to be something extra. Perhaps they talked it up to much when they described it as being 'timeless' and something that could be listened to again and again...
    Forty Five F***ing P

    I tried to give this post a +1, but I noticed that your stats are (typically) wildly wrong. "Stridor" might be a bit of a knob, but he's still being shafted somewhere north of 41.66 pence. Not Firty Five. Is all your post out by 10%?
    Show your working.

    My working
    cost 500p
    number of podcasts - 11

    Cost per podcast: 500/11 = 45.45 pence
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Macaloon wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Stridor wrote:
    However much of an ingrate I may be, I still didn't like it, and I was expecting it to be something extra. Perhaps they talked it up to much when they described it as being 'timeless' and something that could be listened to again and again...
    Forty Five F***ing P

    I tried to give this post a +1, but I noticed that your stats are (typically) wildly wrong. "Stridor" might be a bit of a knob, but he's still being shafted somewhere north of 41.66 pence. Not Firty Five. Is all your post out by 10%?

    There are 11 not 12 specials. Velocast is £8 a month but still good value if you ask me, so you can't grumble at a fiver for the year.
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    RichN95 wrote:

    My working
    cost 500p
    number of podcasts - 11

    Cost per podcast: 500/11 = 45.45 pence

    +1
    ...a rare 100% loyal Pro Race poster. A poster boy for the community.
  • Stridor
    Stridor Posts: 48
    +1 for being a knob.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Stridor.

    Happy for you to voice your opinion.

    Call someone a knob again and you'll be gone.
    _
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Stridor wrote:
    However much of an ingrate I may be, I still didn't like it, and I was expecting it to be something extra. Perhaps they talked it up to much when they described it as being 'timeless' and something that could be listened to again and again...

    Maybe they over-egged the 'timeless'. I think the idea is that they're not news items, more of a longer in depth look at a subject. In the context of three (very knowledgable) guys talking about cycling I thought it was pretty good.
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    inseine wrote:
    Maybe they over-egged the 'timeless'. I think the idea is that they're not news items, more of a longer in depth look at a subject. In the context of three (very knowledgable) guys talking about cycling I thought it was pretty good.

    You got it in one

    Timeless : not affected by the passage of time or changes in fashion

    [And an over rated Goldie album]
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,645
    I just don't like podcasts. I'd happily read a transcript of a discussion or debate though. I'd even pay 45p for it.
    Warning No formatter is installed for the format
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    I just don't like podcasts. I'd happily read a transcript of a discussion or debate though. I'd even pay 45p for it.

    Yeah, but you can't read a transcript when you're cycling, which is mainly when I listen to them.
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
  • argyllflyer
    argyllflyer Posts: 893
    At the end of the day, if they want people to sign up for the Specials throughout the season, they can't be old hat and therefore need to stand alone and not date as quickly as the weekly shows might do. Though how they're going to achieve this ten more times remains to be seen and I wonder if that's a sustainable model long-term?

    Personally I hope they don't go down the TWICH route that the Velocast guys do - I prefer my history to be a bit more dog-eared than mid 20th Century! Hopefully the specials are based in preset day without too much focus on achievements in the 70s/80s.

    Has anyone got any ideas for where the specials might go? There's an awful lot they could say about the direction the UCI is trying to take the World Tour I suppose. It's a bonus though - I paid my fiver to keep the main shows free. Their Tour coverage is unparalleled.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,416
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Doping bit is easily the most boring bit of it.

    Unsurprisingly.

    I actually thought it was interesting to hear a level headed reasonably balanced discussion.
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Doping bit is easily the most boring bit of it.

    Unsurprisingly.

    I actually thought it was interesting to hear a level headed reasonably balanced discussion.

    It's already reasonable and balanced in my own head ;).
    _
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,416
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Doping bit is easily the most boring bit of it.

    Unsurprisingly.

    I actually thought it was interesting to hear a level headed reasonably balanced discussion.

    It's already reasonable and balanced in my own head ;).

    :lol:
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,819
    inseine wrote:
    Macaloon wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Stridor wrote:
    However much of an ingrate I may be, I still didn't like it, and I was expecting it to be something extra. Perhaps they talked it up to much when they described it as being 'timeless' and something that could be listened to again and again...
    Forty Five F***ing P

    I tried to give this post a +1, but I noticed that your stats are (typically) wildly wrong. "Stridor" might be a bit of a knob, but he's still being shafted somewhere north of 41.66 pence. Not Firty Five. Is all your post out by 10%?

    There are 11 not 12 specials. Velocast is £8 a month but still good value if you ask me, so you can't grumble at a fiver for the year.

    Is Velocast the Scottish one? I stopped listening as their move behind a paywall coincided with The Cycling Podcast upping their game, when they were the better of the two already!
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    inseine wrote:
    Macaloon wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Stridor wrote:
    However much of an ingrate I may be, I still didn't like it, and I was expecting it to be something extra. Perhaps they talked it up to much when they described it as being 'timeless' and something that could be listened to again and again...
    Forty Five F***ing P

    I tried to give this post a +1, but I noticed that your stats are (typically) wildly wrong. "Stridor" might be a bit of a knob, but he's still being shafted somewhere north of 41.66 pence. Not Firty Five. Is all your post out by 10%?

    There are 11 not 12 specials. Velocast is £8 a month but still good value if you ask me, so you can't grumble at a fiver for the year.

    Is Velocast the Scottish one? I stopped listening as their move behind a paywall coincided with The Cycling Podcast upping their game, when they were the better of the two already!

    Velocast is the Scottish one now the VCDL guys have stopped. The cycling podcast is better but I don't begrudge any of them a few quid so I'm happy to listen to both, and pay for the pleasure. You'd never guess I was a Yorkshireman.
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,819
    The word 'paywall' is to a Yorkshireman is like the word 'vegetarian' is to a Frenchman.

    Something to be avoided if at all possible
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,691
    Trouble I had with the velocast was that (though I admire their balls for making it into a living), they re no more or less knowledgeable than the guys in here and they dont have any more access than us either.

    With the exception of Cillian Kelly and Sean Land on their respective shows i can get enough bleating and moaning on here...

    What stands out about the Cycling Podcast is that all 3 of them are far more in touch with the players in the game as journos than any other podcast
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    ddraver wrote:
    Trouble I had with the velocast was that (though I admire their balls for making it into a living), they re no more or less knowledgeable than the guys in here and they dont have any more access than us either.

    With the exception of Cillian Kelly and Sean Land on their respective shows i can get enough bleating and moaning on here...

    What stands out about the Cycling Podcast is that all 3 of them are far more in touch with the players in the game as journos than any other podcast

    Not an entirely unfair assessment, though I *do* think they're knowledgeable enough to make it worth the listen. I also think the view of someone outside the inner sanctum as it were can work well as a foil to the more professional output of the cycling podcast iyswim.

    That said, I stopped following when they went behind a pay wall, but used to enjoy listening to both.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    I want to keep waxing lyrical about it because I really enjoy it, look forward to it, and want it to be successful.

    So go on you lot, cough up your fiver.
    _
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,819
    ddraver wrote:
    Trouble I had with the velocast was that (though I admire their balls for making it into a living), they re no more or less knowledgeable than the guys in here and they dont have any more access than us either.

    With the exception of Cillian Kelly and Sean Land on their respective shows i can get enough bleating and moaning on here...

    What stands out about the Cycling Podcast is that all 3 of them are far more in touch with the players in the game as journos than any other podcast
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    I want to keep waxing lyrical about it because I really enjoy it, look forward to it, and want it to be successful.

    So go on you lot, cough up your fiver.

    Completely agree with both of these. The insight Rich, Lionel and Daniel offer is absolute top drawer, and I look forward to it every week.
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Velocast have teamed up with Conquista in order to share content, the first fruits being an interview with Team BORA-ARGON 18 owner Ralph Denk. It was a bit short and lacking in real insight but hopefully the others will be better.
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    What would people like to hear on future specials?

    I'd be into a segment on the rider/DS/team radio dynamic: from the morning briefing to the chaos of the race. Pick a couple of notable GT stages where the sh1t hit the vans and tell the story from the cars.
    ...a rare 100% loyal Pro Race poster. A poster boy for the community.
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,819
    Macaloon wrote:
    What would people like to hear on future specials?

    I'd be into a segment on the rider/DS/team radio dynamic: from the morning briefing to the chaos of the race. Pick a couple of notable GT stages where the sh1t hit the vans and tell the story from the cars.

    I'd love to know the story of the TDF stage in the Pyrenees in 2013 where Sky fell apart (Kennaugh in a ditch etc) from the POV of Sky and Movistar
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    Macaloon wrote:
    What would people like to hear on future specials?

    I'd be into a segment on the rider/DS/team radio dynamic: from the morning briefing to the chaos of the race. Pick a couple of notable GT stages where the sh1t hit the vans and tell the story from the cars.

    I'd love to know the story of the TDF stage in the Pyrenees in 2013 where Sky fell apart (Kennaugh in a ditch etc) from the POV of Sky and Movistar

    Have you read Froome's book?
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,819
    No, I'm not a huge fan of Froome.

    However, after my thread about ghostwriters, finding out it's written by Walsh it's on my list
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,691
    Macaloon wrote:
    What would people like to hear on future specials?

    I'd be into a segment on the rider/DS/team radio dynamic: from the morning briefing to the chaos of the race. Pick a couple of notable GT stages where the sh1t hit the vans and tell the story from the cars.

    Trouble with that is that it would a) be dull as dishwater* becasue b) it would p1ss everyone off because it would show that the DSs have so little control over the radio and that would burst a lot of peoples bubbles.

    *"well yeah he was riding and then the other team like attacked and we were like nervous. Tracy said to me she said "nah, like shuhhuuuup innit" but then he pulled them back and she were like "Yeah bruv that was well bae!"
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,416
    Macaloon wrote:
    What would people like to hear on future specials?.

    I'd be interested to hear their take on the Froome rise from relative obscurity to GT winner
    Though I appreciate that Rick would want his 5er back
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Macaloon wrote:
    What would people like to hear on future specials?.

    I'd be interested to hear their take on the Froome rise from relative obscurity to GT winner
    Though I appreciate that Rick would want his 5er back

    Something like that.

    Interviewing old winners & losers from particularly notable or exciting one sayers from the past would be a good one. Flanders in particular, since there often seems to be some kind of chicanery or other peloton politics at work.
    _
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,691
    I suspect Cav is too media aware for this now but an hour with him and Friebos just chatting would be a great way to get an insight into the man behind the rider, perhaps Peta could be there too to help open him up a bit

    Again Rick would nt the 5er back but I thought having Michelle in that Kimmage interview with Froome actually helped open him up more

    (there's an ITV doc on Froome tonight with Ned Boulting btw)
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver

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