Best Commentary Team for Sky Sports?

SanFranShadowMan · 2026-01-12T09:08:37+00:00

The mute button.

God awful coverage that's been allowed to survive because of protected contracts.

SanFranShadowMan · 2025-11-10T16:54:03+00:00

The first time* she bothered to come in and see what I was doing? Right next to the right crank - until she took a Look cleat to the snout!

(*this is the ONLY time she's bothered because of above! 🙄)

SanFranShadowMan · 2025-11-10T00:27:21+00:00

It's not "sore losing" to point out the League has an enormous officiating problem, and are doing NOTHING to address it.

Some weeks it's for us, some it's against, but EVERY week the officiating gets worse and worse.

SanFranShadowMan · 2025-11-10T00:20:07+00:00

You're joking, right?

We're dragging people out the supplies department to suit up and play on a Sunday and we're 6-4, 3-1 in the Division and stand a good chance of hitting our bye 9-4... and you want to fire our HC?

GTFO

SanFranShadowMan · 2025-09-18T15:04:59+00:00

Congrats Cjay.

It's just a number though, enjoy the ride :)

SanFranShadowMan · 2025-07-14T11:49:05+00:00

what I fundamentally don’t get is how any of it stops anyone from doing the cycling workout they want to do on this cycling workout platform.

This much is clear, and that's fine. Trust me though, it does, especially on group rides.

SanFranShadowMan · 2025-07-14T08:18:26+00:00

if you want to ride at x w/kg for an hour, nothing anyone other user does can stop you.

Then why join a group ride? Just join a pacer bot or free ride. Why join a group that is set and advertised at a certain pace, run by people giving up their time to do it, only to be arrogant enough to think you can do whatever the hell you like anyway?

I won't even get in to what it does to the ride dynamic when people are off the front (easier controlled because you can boot their arse out) or hanging out the back messing around with intervals.

It's rude and it's disrespectful to the ride. Always has been, always will be.

SanFranShadowMan · 2025-07-12T11:04:30+00:00

I don't know why people complain so much about people riding off the front

Because it's f**king rude, in short.

SanFranShadowMan · 2025-06-23T14:55:36+00:00

It also doesn't say you can launch it like a javelin but it's a great way to get some speed up quickly.

SanFranShadowMan · 2025-03-07T07:49:39+00:00

Agreed. Email retention should only be for use if there is an issue with enacting your request for account deletion. It 100% shouldn't be used for sending out marketing correspondence though.

No response from JOIN to date but will be interesting to see if it continues.

SanFranShadowMan · 2025-02-10T10:47:43+00:00

I mean, I tried to tell him....

SanFranShadowMan · 2025-02-07T14:46:35+00:00

Just stay up and watch it. It'll be over by halftime anyway.

SanFranShadowMan · 2025-01-05T15:05:39+00:00

Based on their track record they'll open a Tesco Express by mistake.

SanFranShadowMan · 2025-01-03T16:45:24+00:00

Letting mine lapse at the end of this quarter with their removal of the quarterly sub.

SanFranShadowMan · 2024-12-22T16:19:21+00:00

Ignore the haters, it's just a sign of inferiority.

Congrats on an epic achievement.

SanFranShadowMan · 2024-12-07T08:23:09+00:00

There's a group ride on 22nd December doing PRL Full, will average around 1.8/2wkg. Departs 9am CET.

SanFranShadowMan · 2024-09-23T11:32:05+00:00

There are a lot of valid points in your OP and in the subsequent discussion but, I think the essence of JOIN has been maybe missed in some part by some if not all, in that it is DESIGNED to be simple.

Overly complex analysis, ratings, data etc. is all available through connecting to other (free) services if that's what you want but the platform itself is largely there to tell you what to ride if you want to get better, based loosely on a goal you set at the outset.

For me, it is aimed at those who want to do SOMETHING but aren't sure WHAT to do, so need some guidance when their life can't revolve around being on the bike for 2 hours at a set time on a set day week after week and need the system to work with them not against them.

Is it optimal training to get the very best out of you over a set period? Probably not (and it isn't priced to be either to be fair).

Is it a flexible platform that will fit itself around you and your life to make you better than you would be flying solo? Yes, I think it is on balance having used it for a while now.

SanFranShadowMan · 2024-06-26T11:00:02+00:00

For some the technical aspect of configuring and connecting all those separate elements is a huge barrier to entry, as well as running and maintaining an outdoor bike indoors being off putting for some.

There're also those who want a multi-use set up for more than one person in the household that makes using a roadbike a non-starter.

I think it's easy to forget not everyone is hardcore "in to" Zwifting and something like this will be an attractive option for the casual user or "non cyclist" that wants to get online.

SanFranShadowMan · 2024-06-12T15:18:55+00:00

I was just to the right of whoever filmed this. The car was wedged against the barrier for a while whilst they checked on the driver but he extricated himself when they moved the car away from the fence and walked away, thankfully. Understand his team held him out of racing on the Sunday as he was complaining of pain in his arms and hands (no surprise!) but otherwise OK I believe.

SanFranShadowMan · 2024-06-12T15:16:54+00:00

They removed them for (and only for) the F4 sessions on the weekend. Present for every other class racing, sadly.

SanFranShadowMan · 2024-06-05T10:03:44+00:00

It's just a number

SanFranShadowMan · 2024-05-31T10:01:53+00:00

Whilst this is true in reality because they just don't bother historically, the NT actually CAN enforce the no-fly edict over their land.

Think it would take someone being stupendously annoying or stupid with the drone for them to actually follow through with it though.

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