I dropped into Otley to see the TdY today, i've never been to the start of a cycle race before and it was ace! Everything was right in front of your face and up close, the bikes, the riders, frenchmen in mustard Chinos. I stuck my head into a Sky team car and inspected the radio gear without being told to sod off; i oversaw the inflation of all the spare wheels and got a really good look at the Mavic independant service car. It had bikes on the roof aswell as wheels, but i'm not sure why anyone would want one over their own spare from the team car. The big busses they all crash in were impressive, now and again one of the riders would stick his head out and shout something in a foreign language. All the bikes were lined up outside and nobody told you to get away if you got too close. It adds a lot of value to the experience when you can get that close.
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Originally Posted by mr brightside
