Ted King Live Chat Post Script

but that’s just cuz I’m on the internet superhighway in a flogged government pickup truck.

The comments seemed to flow fine for me—no holdups here.

Here’s hoping we can convince other riders to join in, and the King to come back sometime.

Almost too fast. I wonder if Ted felt overwhelmed at times.

Maybe SBN has some method of queuing or gate keeping for these types of events.

the comments came in stacks, near the end. Didn’t really make it awkward for me, though.

The notification window showed the poster’s user names in clumps but it does that even in new threads.

the comments were fine with me. one thing i would say is maybe you or Gav should talk to Ted and see what it was like on his end. maybe he has some suggestions to make it easier to answer questions. i started putting “question” as my subject thinking it might help Ted skip the various comments we were all making about other questions/answers that did not require his attention. other than that, i was amazed at how smoothly it went. i figured it would be a total clusterfcuk of comments, but it worked out very well.

Like everything at the cafe, I really enjoyed the free-flow nature. Some questions were answered, some not. Kind of like a live chat. Some comments go off on tangents, other do not, etc. Not necessarily any rhyme or reason, it just is.

but reading the posts was fine for me. And I ordered my Iamnottedking t shirt as a combo thanks and support for a great cause.

Great stuff! And Frinking was a perfect ambassador for the Dutch nation. You’re right gabber, Footon kit rocks!

looked like great times. A+ to all of you for good behavior. Man I hope we can sucker talk some more riders into doing this at some point.

but enjoyed it immensely. Once Ted got warmed up things seemed to really flow. My suggestion would be to add some css rule (if possible) to style the interviewee’s entries different from everyone elses, so they are easier to pick up visually.

it seems like everyone had a great time…nice!

Chris….here’s hoping you can have more riders chime in and chat with the Cafe.

I do want to warn you, though: I bought my hubby the iamnottedking t-shirt and he has been wearing it around the house for weeks, repeating over and over, “Iknowtedking, andiamnottedking” It’s freaking hilarious!!!

That was terrific! Ted King was a real good sport and lots of fun.
Grats to all involved.

For other riders who might be interested, perhaps newer to the p-tour (read younger, net savvy) might be the place to look. I throw out for consideration The Diminutive Canadian (Christian Meier) who has a nice blog and might be interested. Gerona is a good place to find willing victims maybe.

Ted was awesome. Can’t believe no one asked the KoS about black socks. I know what it is, no one wants to know the truth… they’re so in.

    I say that because now we will know who is on the mend. Steven Cozza will be available and . . . . Just read the injury reports. But seriously, if any of those guys need cheering up we’d be happy to spend an hour or two with them. ;-)
    We’re here for you guys and gals!

Apparently Ted rooms with Brent Bookwalter of BMC while in Girona. Maybe he can help convince one of them to pop in…. Bookwalter or Louder would be interesting as it’s their first prolonged stay in Europe.

He’s a good friend of mine. Brent comes to town next week and I’m riding with Louder tomorrow.

What I’m alluding to here is that it would be easy to get some more people to this forum. As long as I give it the KoS stamp of approval.

Speaking of Cozza, I’m in the middle of an email interview with his teammate, Kirk Carlsen, who had the misfortune of breaking his collarbone at Qatar. This interview is a first for www.iamtedking.com but I think it’ll lead to good things.

Chowchow,
iatk