2014 Tour de France will start in Yorkshire and come to Sheffield

[Blackbeard]

Some folk in Yorkshire seem to "relish" the idea that the TdF is coming to God's own county.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jimwaterson/lance-armstrong-wouldnt-last-long-in-halifax

[lilypiglet]

I have written a Haiku:

 

Bikes go very fast

People enjoying themselves

Tommo has a fit

 

:D:D Love it!! :D:D

[oldprune]

I have written a Haiku:

 

Bikes go very fast

People enjoying themselves

Tommo has a fit

 

But bikes don't go very fast. I watched a bunch (peleton) of them a few days ago riding along in Derbyshire. It was about as exciting as watching a chess match.

 

Perhaps folk have got it mixed up with motorbikes. They are the ones that go past in the Isle of Man at 200mph. They make a fantastic noise. They overtake one another. They crash. They make your pulse race.

 

Cycling is where a few dozen folk pedal bikes up Jenkin Hill at 5 mph. The kids come down there 10 times as fast on skate boards. It may well be a once in a lifetimes experience, but so is having a vasectomy.

[simmysimo]

I don't see anything wrong with people getting out of their usual routine and looking forward to being involved in something different.

 

I'm quite excited with regards to this event and I'm not into the TdF. I'm looking forward to having a nice walk from High Green to Grenoside on sunday morning and then mingling with the crowds enjoying a 'different' day out.

 

Major sporting events and good beer festivals excite me......If I can combine the two, even better.

 

Regards

 

Doom

 

Normal routine says it all, the only one I have to have is work, the rest is up to me. If you want to waste your life away that's your choice. If you really want to do something even if it looks hard to achieve you can find a way.

 

Or you can be miserable and negative towards an event that is going to be watched by many countries in the world. Then you will be complaining that there are no companies investing in Sheffield. No wonder is it? Why would you site a business near a negative workforce in a city that carnt be bothered.

 

At least the Villages and small towns have taken it to heart and made a big effort to welcome the Tour and its visitors.

[No User Name]

But bikes don't go very fast. I watched a bunch (peleton) of them a few days ago riding along in Derbyshire. It was about as exciting as watching a chess match.

 

Perhaps folk have got it mixed up with motorbikes. They are the ones that go past in the Isle of Man at 200mph. They make a fantastic noise. They overtake one another. They crash. They make your pulse race.

 

Cycling is where a few dozen folk pedal bikes up Jenkin Hill at 5 mph. The kids come down there 10 times as fast on skate boards. It may well be a once in a lifetimes experience, but so is having a vasectomy.

 

Sheffield stage is the last few km, the pace will pick up (well, maybe except for the steep hill near t'end)

[dutch]

Why will it? Who says that it will?

 

And who said that he was dependant on it?

 

It is natural. Every extreme has an opposite.

 

In true freedom one realises everyday is a great lifetime event, not just a tour.

If you think the day with a tour is greater than ever, you are unconsciously creating a lifeline that makes you unconsciously believe every other day is rubbish. Enjoy yourself it is not really my business but I will feel sorry for you as you had a chance to enjoy everyday equally without separating them as lifetime moment with a tour versus lifeless days without one.

[oldprune]

 

Or you can be miserable and negative towards an event that is going to be watched by many countries in the world. Then you will be complaining that there are no companies investing in Sheffield. No wonder is it? Why would you site a business near a negative workforce in a city that carnt be bothered.

 

At least the Villages and small towns have taken it to heart and made a big effort to welcome the Tour and its visitors.

 

I'm struggling with the concept of folk in China seeing bikes being ridden through Burngreave on the TV and thinking that's the place for me. Didn't they promise a massive legacy from the Student Games. The only massive legacy for Sheffield that I'm aware of is a pile of rubble where the stadium once stood and a massive overdraught at the bank.

 

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Sheffield stage is the last few km, the pace will pick up (well, maybe except for the steep hill near t'end)

 

Same day as the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. Which will be more exciting?

[Doom]

Normal routine says it all, the only one I have to have is work, the rest is up to me. If you want to waste your life away that's your choice. If you really want to do something even if it looks hard to achieve you can find a way.

 

I like routine, but from time to time it's exciting to break that routine and do something different.

 

I guess if I did something different every day the novelty would soon wear off, whereas doing it once in a while makes it more enjoyable to me.

 

An event like the TdF is a one off, so I'm going to break my Sunday routine and embrace it.......although I'm struggling to convince Mrs Doom it will be a good day out.

 

Regards

 

Doom

[Cyclone]

It is natural. Every extreme has an opposite.

Yes, but not simultaneously. Excitement has an opposite. But being excited about an event does not imply that you are subconsciously experiencing deep ennui or boredom. Which is what you claimed.

 

In true freedom one realises everyday is a great lifetime event, not just a tour.

Who's talking about freedom?

If you think the day with a tour is greater than ever, you are unconsciously creating a lifeline that makes you unconsciously believe every other day is rubbish.

No you aren't. Not that anybody said "greater than ever" except you.

Enjoy yourself it is not really my business

On this we agree.

but I will feel sorry for you as you had a chance to enjoy everyday equally without separating them as lifetime moment with a tour versus lifeless days without one.

 

We're not actually talking about me, I couldn't really care less about watching sport, I'm far more interested in taking part.

But the point is that you are criticising people for being excited about event. As if it's somehow a) wrong and b) not real, to be excited.

You can be excited about lots of different things, this one is fairly unusual, it won't be happening again, it hasn't happened before. Being excited about this doesn't preclude being happy and excited about life in general or 'normal' weekends.

 

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Didn't they promise a massive legacy from the Student Games. The only massive legacy for Sheffield that I'm aware of is a pile of rubble where the stadium once stood and a massive overdraught at the bank.

 

You haven't noticed Ponds Forge and the world class sports facilities we have?

[Guest busdriver1]

 

Or you can be miserable and negative towards an event that is going to be watched by many countries in the world. Then you will be complaining that there are no companies investing in Sheffield.

 

Finding that this event is going to cause you a major disturbance is not always being miserable. You do not know what sort of upset some people are going to endure, and in many cases people do not care either.

But you are going along for a freebee so they can get on with it and be called miserable. Fine.

 

People also seem to be under the impression that this event can attract employers to the city. I will bet now that not one long term employer moves to Sheffield because of this race.

 

I feel sorry for the few genuine fans of the race who are going to possibly have difficulty seeing it properly because of all those who are going along because it is this weeks fad or more to the point because its summat for nowt.

 

I have made sure I will be well away from the area and will be enjoying myself in my chosen pursuit. I hope that all the genuine fans enjoy the race, I hope all the taggers on enjoy the free parade before it, but please try and remember there are a lot out there who do not want to see it and are being inconvenienced for your enjoyment. This does not make them miserable. It makes them innocent victims of your pleasure.