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She was holding on fine until the Pyrenees, but it was at Bowflex commercial #3,455.
"aRRRgggHH!!!..how can you watch that mindless drivel from that trout wig guy and those Bowflex commercials want to make me burn this mother****er to the ground..."
She was last seen two towns over buying shoes...
This year, I really though she could make it to the Champs in Paris....sigh.
Smoothie104
07-19-05, 10:10 AM
AHAHAHAAAA!! Excellent Thread, My wife was dropped a few days ago, and plummented down the GC, but found her legs this morning, as she was watching it downstairs all by her self this morning, un beknownest to me, while I was reading the live updates....
fujiacerider
07-19-05, 10:11 AM
LOL! That's killer. :lol: :lol: :lol:
Cole
Olebiker
07-19-05, 10:22 AM
I was shocked last night when my wife called to me from the living room, "Tell me now why Lance's team isn't with him." I thought she was watching The Young and the Restless that she had taped while she was at work, but she was really getting into the replay of Sunday's race. I sat down with her and answered a whole slew of her questions about racing tactics. That was fun.
I should have known something was up when she put one of the photos I had taken of Lance in Alpharetta on the refrigerator.
superdex
07-19-05, 10:25 AM
My Woman in Charge has been lurking in the pack, just barely making the time caps each day. She showed up in an early break in the mtn stages over the weekend, but I think she's done for after the second rest day. Sad thing is it's been her best Tour so far (her 3rd)... I'm hoping she finishes next year....
I caught The Boss reading my latest issue of Pro Cycling, but that's as good as it gets. A single sprint finish. Still, I don't get TV coverage so I can't complain.
Bikeophile
07-19-05, 10:33 AM
My wife shows signs of promise...Takes off in a breakaway...naming all the T-Mobile guys, making me pause the stage when she leaves the room...
Then she falls right off with comments like "I've noticed that Stuart O'Grady's package really stands out with the white shorts...maybe he should wear black."
I thought she was paying attention, but really she was just evaluating which colour shorts makes your nuts stand out more!
Allen H
07-19-05, 10:34 AM
My wife is the one who turned me onto the TdF 4 or 5 years ago, when we realized we could follow it live on OLN.
She also gets more cycling and race magazines than I do.
jazzy_cyclist
07-19-05, 10:35 AM
My better half is doing well -- despite the fact that I changed over both tires for her Sunday and didn't quite get the rear wheel seated correctly. She went for a hellish training ride Monday with one of the brake pads rubbing, and as Bob Roll would have put it, "sufferered like an animal". But she's back in the peleton now steaming towards Paris...
Get Tivo and never watch a commercial again.
Great thread. My wife seems to enjoy watching it more and more each year as well. Her confusion over how Lance can stay in the lead without being in front is long gone now.
Brigadier
07-19-05, 10:53 AM
Get Tivo and never watch a commercial again.
If only that also got rid of the stupid promos for Survivor and the BBQ Showdown. There's nothing like skipping three minutes to ads only be bombarded by a minute of the yellow screen and then during the race (covering the riders sometimes!) - poups for Survivor :mad:
My hubby actually sought me out the other day to tell me that Hincapie won the Stage ... I couldn't believe it!!! Of course I had already seen the details on line, but still ... and he actually finds the team support and strategy aspects interesting. It's not just the first guy there wins. Whaddayaknow. Now, will he ride his bike? I'm not counting on it.
Then she falls right off with comments like "I've noticed that Stuart O'Grady's package really stands out with the white shorts...."
The old pickle-in-the-tin-foil trick.
531Aussie
07-19-05, 11:18 AM
anyone know what "bonking" can mean in Aus and Britain?
When the Tour cuts to commercial, I usually put the White Sox game on.
anyone know what "bonking" can mean in Aus and Britain?
and Canada...that's what we do when we're not watching the tour..hee hee
531Aussie
07-19-05, 11:33 AM
that's right, 'guv' :p
va_cyclist
07-19-05, 11:42 AM
My wife has been hanging in great, right up there in the top ten of the G.C. Every once in a while she gets spat out the back of the peloton when she sees Chef Emeril making something tasty by the side of the road, or one of our little domestiques starts crying, but she's usually able to sprint the gap and rejoin.
Better watch she doesn't fall too far back of the peloton or the sweeper willl pick her up and drive her to the nearest, "Old Navy".
Cromulent
07-19-05, 11:56 AM
My wife is sitting comfortably towards the front of the peloton. She flips on OLN in the afternoon when she gets home from work. Her favorite race is Paris-Roubaix. She wants LA to win, although she thinks this year's Giro was more interesting (so far). She convinced me that Vino's attacks in the mountains were part of a (failed) strategy to break apart DC and CSC and not a selfish attempt to take over from Jan. She almost stood up and cheered when that idiot got himself run over by the camera motorcycle. And she insisted on a subscription to Velonews.
My wife is sitting comfortably towards the front of the peloton. She flips on OLN in the afternoon when she gets home from work. Her favorite race is Paris-Roubaix.....
Sounds like we have a polkadot, perhaps even yellow jersey in the works.
Cromulent
07-19-05, 12:40 PM
Sounds like we have a polkadot, perhaps even yellow jersey in the works.
White jersey, maybe. :) We're certainly new to the sport of being fans of professional bike racing. Save the mountains and the GC jerseys for more seasoned veterans.
lemurhouse
07-19-05, 02:43 PM
Like Ulrich, my wife is getting stronger as the race progresses. She still has her moments of difficulty, but after a few early crashes she is hammering. She was downstairs in front of the TV before I was on Sunday.
But then, she's a veteran. She's a Domestique goddess.
aluckyfiji
07-19-05, 03:10 PM
My wife went down like Beloki. She was going strong in the '01 and '02 Tour and crashed out. She did not watch any of the '03 Tour... but I do not think she has really watched a stage since than she has watched things like the one hour summary that cbs does (which is horrible) but I hate to say it, kind of like Beloki's career, he just is not the same since his wreck, I wish him well...
jedi_rider
07-19-05, 03:34 PM
My girlfriend goes like Vino. Strong spurts but sputters at the end. Sometimes she escapes and finishes ahead of the bunch.
Caught her a few times rewinding my videotapes to the highlights of the stages and then her attention fades a bit. It looks like she's going to hang on to the finish, but sometimes it looks like she's struggling...
Mrs. Caloso is like George Hincapie: steady, loyal, always ready to do the hard work on the front.
Plus, she's psychic: The other day she said, "I can't believe none of these idiots running along the riders ever gets run over." Just like that, some yahoo gets run over by the camera motorcycle.
Hipcycler
07-19-05, 04:30 PM
Mrs. Hip is still in the peloton, thanks to the scenery mostly I think.
Next year I hope to ake her there to see the end in person!
If only that also got rid of the stupid promos for Survivor and the BBQ Showdown. There's nothing like skipping three minutes to ads only be bombarded by a minute of the yellow screen and then during the race (covering the riders sometimes!) - poups for Survivor :mad:
What's that all about? Popups on TV? Please explain.
anyone know what "bonking" can mean in Aus and Britain?
As soon as I saw this thread I reached for the TDF best of DVD in hope of the same result, but for some reason it had the opposite effect.
What's that all about? Popups on TV? Please explain.
Literally. Popups.
OLN likes to put written advertisements on the bottom left side of the screen... it takes up enough of the screen to annoy the hell out of you. They toggle between Survivor, the BBQ Cook Off, and whatever else they want to advertise of their non-cycling schedule. It is a bit annoying.
They also like to say something like "speaking of which, the biggest BBQ cookoff in history... blah blah blah", right in the middle of the Tour, and go on for like a minute about some stupid artery-clogging BBQ-a-thon they're going to run, or they'll blah blah blah about the Survivor reruns. It amazes me at how inept their programming is sometimes, though I will step up to the plate and say that some cycling is better than no cycling (or CBS summaries). Still... annoying as hell to listen to totally enjoyable banter between Phil and Paul, then suddenly, one of them is diatribing about some crazy BBQ cookoff. *scratch head*
Koffee
OrionKhan
07-19-05, 06:50 PM
My wife was hanging strong until the stage 15 in the Pyrenees. I got up to watch it live Sunday. Way early out here on the West Coast. I was whoopin' it up when I got the "SHUT THE F@%& UP AND TURN THAT DOWN!"
She's cracked and abandoned the Tour...
my wife just moved up to #1 on GC with the comment of "I want to take the whole family for a trip in a campervan to the Tour when they are old enough".
But I think I'd rather go to the Giro :) Still, I've locked her in for it regardless.
Hipcycler
07-20-05, 06:52 AM
UPDATE:
Mrs. Hip falling off the back as of last night when I got the comment:
"Oh I just don't care for Lance. He's so boring and goofy looking. I can't get into this."
Oh-oh....tour abandon coming?
lemurhouse
07-20-05, 06:58 AM
Team Lemurhouse has the "too many generals" problem, as Mrs. Lemurhouse makes a bid for leadership by attacking the TV remote. Younger domestiques splitting along gender lines.
oboeguy
07-20-05, 07:29 AM
My wife is wearing the white jersey of best "young" fan. She's increased her pro bike racing knowledge by about 100x this year. She was just as far out on the edge of the couch as George began his sprint against Pereiro. It's amazing to think that we've been to the Tour the last two years before this one without her knowing what she knows now. At the side of the road those two summers she would ask question like "why isn't Lance leading" but now she asks things like "Why hasn't Vino attacked yet?". :D I'm so proud...
As soon as I saw this thread I reached for the TDF best of DVD in hope of the same result, but for some reason it had the opposite effect.
I hear there are other DVDs that are more effective at this, rumor has it you can buy them on the internet.
Cromulent
07-20-05, 11:20 AM
Sad news. Last night my wife blew up on the final climb and rode in the back with the autobus. She switched over to Big Brother. After that she did go back to the Tour. She still rolled her eyes a couple of times when Trautwig asked Bob Roll a question, but I think it's over until the time trial. She'll have to reach deep into her suitcase of courage... come up with something magical... to catch back up.
JohnSFO
07-20-05, 11:32 AM
My wife enjoys spandex very much :D
bigskymacadam
07-20-05, 03:41 PM
my fiance watches the final 30 minutes of every stage to keep up with the tour. she'll ask how it went, who did what, what about this rule or that, etc. she's also asked me how's tommy gavin doing in "rescue me" and caught the last episode with me. most gals hate that show. i gotta give her credit for joining me in my interests!
gcasillo
07-20-05, 03:52 PM
Abandoned. Be sure to take her race number off. ;)
SunSwingsLow
07-20-05, 05:34 PM
Best thread of the Tour.
:)
"Didn't you watch that this morning?"
or
"Why are you watching that again, you already know what happens?" :(
She was holding on fine until the Pyrenees, but it was at Bowflex commercial #3,455.
"aRRRgggHH!!!..how can you watch that mindless drivel from that trout wig guy and those Bowflex commercials want to make me burn this mother****er to the ground..."
She was last seen two towns over buying shoes...
This year, I really though she could make it to the Champs in Paris....sigh.
FUNNY!
TheKidd
07-20-05, 06:57 PM
Still scouting out for a good member to add to the team. I expect to have a real contender for the GC in the next few years.
puddin' legs
07-20-05, 11:20 PM
Bonking on stage 16...and you say you watched the tour? Who else was in the house? :)
My Lady ain't into the tour at all. I put it on the tv the other night, she looked at it and said "Oh boy. Watching a bunch of guys riding bikes. How exciting." It's not her fault, she's verrry pregnant right now. My little boy(20 months old) likes the tour alot, though.
Hipcycler
07-21-05, 06:52 AM
Mrs. Hip hangs on to the back of the peloton! Last night while flipping to "My Fair Lady" during commercials on OLN she says, "Aren't you going to put the Tour back on?"
YES!
She's got her legs back and hanging in there now....
Handlebars
07-21-05, 10:02 AM
My wife started the tour on a poor note with constant references to "bulges", "tight shorts" etc., now if I'd mentioned "nipples" or "bums" during Wimbledon I'd still be living in the shed! However, I'm arriving home from work to be greeted with the stage results and the low down on how the day went!
Mrs. Hip hangs on to the back of the peloton! Last night while flipping to "My Fair Lady" during commercials on OLN she says, "Aren't you going to put the Tour back on?"
YES!
She's got her legs back and hanging in there now....
definite red number for day's most aggressive rider.
While wearing a new pair of pumps, "I could only watch this while drinking" -damn, I knew she might resort to doping.
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