Yet Another Cycling Forum
General Category => Freewheeling => Racing => Topic started by: IanDG on 21 February, 2016, 04:39:05 pm
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The voice of the early Eurosport cycling commentaries has passed away.
https://twitter.com/carltonkirby/status/701440228435828736
http://bikesy.co.uk/features/david-duffield/
RIP Duffers :(
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That's really sad. I used to love his commentaries. Hilarious. Informative, too, mostly about food.
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http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/david-duffield-rip/019112
Not everyones favourite commentator but a legendary part of our sport.
So long David. I'll raise a glass of nice red to you tonight.
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Oops. I did a search but didn't get your thread as a result.
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David was Moulton's first marketing manager in the 1960s, and helped promote the bicycles in 1962 by breaking the Cardiff to London speed record on a Moulton.
He appeared at the annual Moulton Bicycle Club meetings in recent years to reminisce.
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He was honorary President of AUK for a while, and could be relied on to tell us the Queen album cover story at the AGM.
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He kissed Charlotte once :o
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Trufax.
I know cos I was there!
Can't imagine AuntyC wants a reminder...
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Sadly, it's goodnight Duffers. I loved his commentaries, and the ramblings. I can't see how you couldn't like his delivery. From memory, (and nowadays it seems woefully unreliable) I seem to remember a few chaps on here were rather agin old Duffers. But let's face it, who out of any of us, would be able to keep a running commentary going on a cycle race, and concentrating solely on the race. I suppose it's comparable to listening to a 5-day cricket match. Personally, I'd be off burbling about nonsense within 10 minutes.
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I've only ever seen Eurosport's TdF coverage on the German version so my understanding of the colemantators was at best vague. But somehow I doubt they'd be talking about cheese during a lull in the action.
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I've only ever seen Eurosport's TdF coverage on the German version so my understanding of the colemantators was at best vague. But somehow I doubt they'd be talking about cheese during a lull in the action.
Bier und bratwurst, vielleicht?
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I've only ever seen Eurosport's TdF coverage on the German version so my understanding of the colemantators was at best vague. But somehow I doubt they'd be talking about cheese during a lull in the action.
Bier und bratwurst, vielleicht?
I'd have understood THAT ;D
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Absolute legend. I think it was he who started the greeting "Chapeau!" which is now the annoying "Wassssusssppp?" of the cycling world. He certainly was responsible for assembling an almost inconceivable number of naked ladies on bikes for a much-loved promotional poster.
He spoke at a cycling dinner I attended years ago. It was at lunchtime, but he rambled on for so long it was dark by the time it ended and I had to ride home without lights.
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He was due to speak at my club's dinner a few years ago but was snowed in and couldn't make it. He committed to come back the following year and he did. A true gentleman and one of a kind. He'll be fondly missed.