Re: Why watch TDF in person (really long)

> Mike, that was a great story.  I saw a stage live in 2001, and you
> described what I experienced.  It's something I am very glad I did, but
> it's also something I don't have to do again for a while.  It's the
> experience of the event that you have to see in person.  To see the
> progress of the race, the TV coverage, especially in France, is much
> better.

I'm hooked on seeing more mountain stages, but don't feel a need to ever see
a stage finish again (unless I scored some sort of VIP seating).  Trying to
wrap myself around a telephone poll and hang there for quite some time, with
a chance to, at best, see some helmets stream by above the crowds... *that*
I don't miss!

--Mike--     Chain Reaction Bicycles
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