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The Week in Bike #63 – Talent Retention

Posted on 3 April 2015 by cosmo

Because this is a news show or something, Catalunya, Trofeo Binda, Gent-Wevelgem, herding a peloton of cats, weather, motors, reporting, impressions, Be King of America, Flanders, banking on upstream sources with the optimism of a Californian water manager in the 1960s.

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  2. Reilly Carlton says:
    3 April 2015 at 11:47 am

    Why would the American broadcasters show races like the Tour of Dubai and not Flanders? That shows very bad priorities and understanding of the sport.

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  3. Anthony Bramante says:
    3 April 2015 at 4:26 pm

    Say it ain’t so, Cosmo!! Say it ain’t so.

    Don’t leave us quite yet.

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  4. Dave Nordstrom says:
    3 April 2015 at 10:34 pm

    Hey Cosmo, what VPN source do you use? It is unclear to me which one would cover most or all of European races (ie in different countries). Thanks

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  5. Erik says:
    4 April 2015 at 8:33 am

    Ridiculous that Americans have such a challenge to just watch the races. I usually end up watching off from some poor resolution stream with a bunch of weird pop ups. I would gladly pay a reasonable fee to watch my favorite races especially if they had better commentary, better viewing experience like on bike cameras, and viewing features like the Amgen tour of Cali app. Painfully obvious.

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  6. Bergertrov says:
    4 April 2015 at 6:18 pm

    Motor specialist here.
    Too damn hard to put a motor in a racing frame. The amount of crap left over from frame fabrication, irregular frame shapes (like who even uses a round seat tube anymore), and the combination of size, motor RPM, gearbox losses, noise, battery weight and size, control system communication cables (carbon fiber shields radio waves), losses when idle, heat produced, “the unproven technology screwup factor”, oh and suddenly your bike weighs 4kilos more than everyone else.
    No, just no.

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  8. Kyle V. says:
    9 April 2015 at 11:58 am

    it was broadcast in the US, but on a little known soccer channel (BeIn) that few people have and to add to the problem it was shown the next day.

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Best known for his How The Race Was Won® video series, Cosmo Catalano began blogging about pro cycling from a bike shop in 2005. Between then and now, he's designed cycling infographics, built cycling web apps, and supplied cycling content to print and broadcast media, all in the name of backing up his near-endless criticism with proof that it can be done better. He complains about cycling on Twitter at @Cyclocosm.

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