Orange Crush
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| 05/06/2014 09:34 PM |
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Looks like you'll have a front row seat at Grappa again Donna.
Any special reporting this time? |
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THE SKINNY
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| 05/07/2014 08:42 AM |
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| i got the vpn working and watched some italian basketball. the quality looked pretty good. next: how to record. |
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| How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. |
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Spud
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| 05/07/2014 01:30 PM |
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Now this is party!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4ceoAnnChk&sns=em |
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SideBySide
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| 05/07/2014 05:09 PM |
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| Oh man! I just got an invitation from a winery in Barolo to watch the ITT from their entrance, since the race goes through their street. I wonder if I could convince my wife that a last minute trip to Italy was in roder. |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 05/07/2014 05:54 PM |
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Why would you bring the wife? 
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| Just say "NO!" to WCP!!!!
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SideBySide
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| 05/07/2014 08:04 PM |
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Because I value my life.  |
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DonnaMobile
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| 05/07/2014 09:10 PM |
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"Looks like you'll have a front row seat at Grappa again Donna.
Any special reporting this time?
Mamma mia, Crush! I can see the top of Monte Grappa from my rear window.The Giro "village" will be in Crespano, just a couple of km from my town. I am beyond excited! The stage finishing in Vittorio Veneto, and the one starting in Belluno, are not far from me either.
My only dilemma is figuring out where on M. Grappa I want to be, how to get there (car? motorcycle? car+MTB? car +walk? motorcycle+walk?) and how to get down at the end of the stage. Total pandemonium will reign. They expect 400,000 people at the stage. There are lots of little side roads so I just have to come up with a route.
Yes, I am intending to write an article like last time.
I am still in NJ and arrive in Italy the 21st. That weekendI have signed up for this: http://www.montegrappabikeday.it/en
It’s totally ridiculous because after the long winter, I am not in shape, let alone climbing shape. But how could I not be there?
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DonnaMobile
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| 05/07/2014 09:26 PM |
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| Skinny, I am impressed! What VPN provider did you go with? Hide My Ass? How hard was it to set it up, and did you need/get help?
I gotta do it before the Giro starts this weekend, as I am still in the US for a bit longer. |
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Orange Crush
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| 05/07/2014 09:27 PM |
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Awesome Donna. Looks like the TT will go up Grappa the way I came down; challenging bit of climbing and yeah it will be hell getting all the spectators down. MTB down the trails would seem like way to go but you'll see tons with same idea clogging things up
Meanwhile I get to look at pics of the Italian cousins backcountry skiinng down some peak or pass every other day still so I bet the high passes must still have lots of snow too. But gorgeous blue skies. |
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DonnaMobile
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| 05/07/2014 09:42 PM |
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Another tidbit, the Monte Grappa webcams.
http://www.cimagrappa.it (scroll to the bottom of the page) |
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THE SKINNY
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| 05/07/2014 09:53 PM |
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| it was super easy with hidemyass. idiot proof. $11 and change for a one month subscription. |
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| How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. |
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zootracer
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| 05/08/2014 12:37 AM |
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| damn Italian's know how to party!!!! |
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THE SKINNY
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| 05/09/2014 08:43 AM |
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| donnamobile: my italian is a little rusty. can you tell from the rai sport website if there is a rebroadcast of the race? universal sports had that feature so i could watch the tour in the evening when i had time. |
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| How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 05/09/2014 11:34 PM |
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| Someone on ST reports that beIN Sports is actually carrying the Giro, despite earlier indications it would not. |
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| Just say "NO!" to WCP!!!!
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THE SKINNY
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| 05/10/2014 09:02 AM |
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| i can recommend the vpn setup. rai sport has the live stream and the ability to watch at your leisure all in italian. the quality isn't great but it's good enough. |
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| How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. |
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