blog by: Dale

May 24, 2008

Streaming the Giro, the Future is coming fast

I've been waking up in the mornings and watching live streaming video of the Giro d'Italia. www.steephill.tv/giro-d-italia/#live has video and other links as well as a cool little page that lets you choose your video and audio sources and also pulls in some informative flash graphics of the leading groups, race radio and a map. I listen to the Italians, the only English commentary, from Eurosport, sucks. Meanwhile the excellent Phil Ligget, Paul Sherwin + Bob Roll are only semi-employed with a Sunday only gig. I've got one browser window open with the steephill.tv and another with the Velonews and/or Cyclingnews live updates. I am also checking my email, maybe reading an article from the New York Times and working at the same time while I eat breakfast. I contrast this with watching it on a big screen, engrossed in it 100% with all the nuance as the the story is spun and the drama builds. A few years ago I watched the Giro, now I multitask it. The future is here and its not exactly an improvement.

Sometimes when I go on a ride, I think it'll be good to have the fit bike legs because one day it might be a necessity. I've been reading stuff like this when it seemed way out there. The future is hitting us in the face. Is the cheaply fueled joyride that is the American lifestyle starting its death throes? With gas about hitting $4/gal and going higher I'm wondering if things are going to get ugly. I've decided to get panniers and bike to the Farmer's Market this Summer. From my house that's about 25 miles, some of my neighbors might not be as adaptable.

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