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Originally Posted by john rogers
I still have some really grainy videos of both the Tour and the Giro I recorded from the late 70's and early 80's off our old 12 foot C-band satellite dish when I was racing bicycles. Every now and then I pull one out or the one I shot of the 1984 Olympic road and track races. No live HD TV back then for sure......
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Where were you when I needed to see anything cycling back then. It was Wild World of Sports with ABC. We get about 10 minute coverage on Sunday during the Tour. No date or naked women could pull my eyes from the tv. It was 83 when I started as a Jr. The only thing we get was Velonews. I waited for my postman every month for my issue. The news were a month late and 1-2 black and white pictures. Then came Winning, man was I a happy boy.
I was lucky to work the track and saw the road race. Even road with the Chilean team at our training ride at the Rose Bowl. They really were not interested in mixing it up with a bunch of us local riders.