Flobikes/Flosports - anything in the US?

[reuben]

I'm willing to pay, sometimes out of my yinyang, but as near as I can tell they don't have any live or taped broadcasts in the US these days. Always a restricted area (Canada, Europe, etc.).

I guess that they were outbid for various races, notably ALL of the cyclocross series (WC, Superprestige, X2O, Exact), but of course I can't find any definitive information on their website. I have to click through various menus and options until I find that the race I want to watch is in a "Restricted Viewing Area".

Has anyone in the US without a VPN been able to watch any recent races?

[ojingoh]

Eurosport/Bleacher Report now - on Max for streaming in the US. Free with Max until they say it's not, apparently some time next year. My best guess is right before March Madness?

https://variety.com/2024/digital/new...ay-1235862836/

[reuben]

Yeah, I subscribed to Max/BR when GCN+ blew up. Flo used to have a list of races by country on their website, but I can't find it anymore. Could be my bad searching, even after logging in, or their intentional obfuscation.

[Philster]

I don’t think it’s you. I looked at the app. Some replays are labeled “watch in Canada” and some aren’t. I looked at one that wasn’t marked for Canada and it still wasn’t available.

To be honest, I think their business plan is just to allow people to use a VPN.

[jbrainin]

Just get a decent VPN, set it to a Canadian IP address, and you will be able to watch FloBikes.

[Mark McM]

Originally Posted by jbrainin

Just get a decent VPN, set it to a Canadian IP address, and you will be able to watch FloBikes.

I have a free VPN with my Norton Security subscription, and I am able to use it to watch FloBikes while in the USA by selecting a VPN server in Canada. Works fine.

[Alan]

I am still in shock about GCN as it was so easy to watch a lot.

Some other alternatives:

Tiz Cycling - they now have a Youtube app so better to watch
https://tiz-cycling.io/main/

Cyclingfans.com - they list all feeds. If you set your VPN to the home country of the broadcast link you can usually watch. I have watched some Belgium feeds of cyclocross this way.

To watch ASO races you can register on the SBS site and have your VPN set to Australia.

If you have a VPN you can get many of these feeds to work but they may not be in English.

I do have Max and Peacock and Max has a lot of racing but not what GCN had. Again I am sick about GCN. Now I feel like again that the US is a third-world country for cycling.

Alan