http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Is there a pub in Edinburgh that shows live cycling races? en Wed, 13 May 2026 02:46:29 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20849#post-358949 Mon, 14 Mar 2022 10:28:28 +0000 fimm 358949@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Good info, Wout Van Aerthur Seat, thank you.<br /> This seems an appropriate place to say that I like your forum name... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20849#post-358940 Sun, 13 Mar 2022 19:53:08 +0000 Wout Van Aerthur Seat 358940@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was in Tourmalet last night and started chatting with the barman/manager as he was wearing an FDJ hat. After a quick discussion about Paris-Nice he told me that they would be showing the classics this year in the bar.</p> <p>I asked him about other races. In particular I was interested in seeing key stages from grand tours. He said that they don't have a proper licence so need to be careful not to break any rules. They are allowed to show individual days and it's worth their while doing it if 6 people request it. Normally they will try and show the Ventoux and Tourmalet stages of TDF. The obvious candidate this year is the super Plange des Belle Files stage.</p> <p>Anyway, hope to see some of you in the bar. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20849#post-358511 Tue, 15 Feb 2022 12:37:58 +0000 paddyirish 358511@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I remember a few years back I did the Forth and Tay Audax the day after Strade Bianche. The second control was at a Bike Shop in Auchterarder that also did excellent coffee and cake.</p> <p>The Highlights of the previous day were on a big screen and I do remember dwelling more than I should, as the race was absolutely captivating. It isn't long enough to be a Monument, but epic in every other way - perhaps my favourite race of the year. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20849#post-358500 Tue, 15 Feb 2022 08:37:13 +0000 Midnightknitter 358500@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks so much everyone for the replies. I didn't think that there would be anywhere, but it's still a bit disappointing to have it confirmed. The tablet in the pub option is the best one although watching Strade on a tiny screen feels very wrong. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20849#post-358494 Mon, 14 Feb 2022 20:49:51 +0000 acsimpson 358494@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I know it's not really the same but what about taking an ipad with a gcn+/eurosport subscription to a pub with good wifi and watching it there. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20849#post-358492 Mon, 14 Feb 2022 19:16:35 +0000 Wout Van Aerthur Seat 358492@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I should add that I've had conversations about cycling with the staff in the Tourmalet before and they knew their stuff. Just depends who you get I suppose. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20849#post-358491 Mon, 14 Feb 2022 19:14:30 +0000 Wout Van Aerthur Seat 358491@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>For the last couple of years I've facebook messaged Tourmalet before each grand tour and have received the message back that their projector is [still] broken. Would be nice if some others also applied pressure. I'd love to go watch the queen stage of a big race with some fellow cycling fans. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20849#post-358490 Mon, 14 Feb 2022 18:27:34 +0000 SRD 358490@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>we need a look mum no hands branch up here.</p> <p> I stopped in a few times when I was in London. Once they 'fixed' a puncture on a freezing cold day (after I had walked to Old street from Stoke Newington as nothing else was open), only for me to discover when I came to leave work that they had replaced the wrong tube, but helpfully pumped up the flat one so that it got me from Old st to Whitehall). </p> <p>But always hankered to visit for a burger and beer and bike themed entertainment. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20849#post-358485 Mon, 14 Feb 2022 17:33:43 +0000 crowriver 358485@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Tourmalet bar does show cycling live on the screen there. Or it did. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20849#post-358484 Mon, 14 Feb 2022 17:01:26 +0000 Morningsider 358484@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Reckon you might struggle to find somewhere showing cycling on a Saturday afternoon. Ventoux might be cycling themed, but the couple of times I've been there it never felt like a cycling kind of place - or that nice, to be honest.</p> <p>I suppose you could try some multi-screened sports bar and ask them to put it on, or chance your luck with somewhere quiet that might be amenable to changing the channel.</p> <p>Sorry, appreciate that's not a great help. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20849#post-358483 Mon, 14 Feb 2022 15:43:17 +0000 fimm 358483@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My husband and his friend went to the Ventoux once, in the hope of watching a Vuelta (I think) stage. They asked the man behind the bar if they were showing it. He had no idea what they were talking about. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20849#post-358480 Mon, 14 Feb 2022 13:47:24 +0000 crowriver 358480@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The Tourmalet bar in Leith, or the Ventoux in Tollcross, are your best bets I reckon. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20849#post-358477 Mon, 14 Feb 2022 11:53:11 +0000 Midnightknitter 358477@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hi, I am coming out of lurking to ask for help. I have a friend coming to visit from Belgium the weekend of Strade Bianche. We are both huge fans of pro racing, so we don't want to miss the race but we don't want to have be holed up somewhere to watch it when he has so little time in Edinburgh. Since we're both fond of a beer or three a pub seems the logical choice, but are there any that would be showing the race? </p>