There is an excellent tumblr blog ‘What Bike Racers should call me‘ – with short quotes and images, which somehow capture so many aspects of bike racing. Any keen bike rider will be able to relate to most, if not all the quotes. My current favourite is the comic exposition of how being a cyclists […]
Yorkshire Miles Count Double
The weather has been pretty ‘grim up north’ - Not too cold to go out, and, unbelievably, despite this being the wettest year on record, there have still been a few relatively ‘dry’ days. Though when I saw ‘dry’ days, I mean the absence of heavy rain. There is still water everywhere. Mist in the […]
Best Cycling Photos of 2012
Some cycling photos from 2012. Cyclists on the High. Quite a mix of different bikes and cyclists Cycling in sunny weather – mum’s taxi Look Mum, no hands. Squeezing through a less than optimal road design. Don’t get any closer, I’ll hit you with this cardboard stick. Cyclists fight back against buses passing too […]
Bradley Wiggins v Lance Armstrong: Review of Pro cycling 2012
2012 has definitely been a spectacular year for cycling, and British cycling in particular. Even a few months later, it’s still nice to say Bradley Wiggins wins the Tour De France There were the days when, in Britain, we got excited at the mere presence of a rider in the Tour de France. With the […]
The End of the World – Yorkshire Style
I read on the old t’internet that the world is going to end to today. I was a bit put out to be honest, I’ve just ordered 20 new inner tubes, and there’s no way I’m going to get through them before the ultimate Armageddon. They were good value, but I might have been better […]
Endurance vs Intensity of Training?
Readers Question: I’ve noticed your winter training is all talking about “getting the miles in” including one week where you’d managed to get 125 km in on the rollers. I wanted to ask if you’d read Joe Friels latest blog post – Five Fundamentals of cycle training where he states: “Performance is not dependent on how […]
How Much Fitness is Lost from Winter Break?
Readers Question: Due to ice and work, I went three weeks without cycling and I seem to have slowed considerably in this time. I just got home and found that I was four minutes slower over a one-hour ride (very hilly). Maybe I could have gone slightly quicker, but this still seems a lot. In […]
Cycle Inventions which Seemed like a Good Idea at the Time
I just picked up a short book in Waterstones – The Next Big Thing. The book has a range of things that once were popular, but with the benefit of hindsight it is really very hard to see why. From legalised paedophilia in ancient Greece to shell suits being the height of fashion, there are […]
Training in Richmond Park
Just last week, I was boasting about how mild the weather was – so it was only fitting I would spend all week, training indoors on the rollers. The temperature was pretty close to zero all week, so rather than risk the ice, I set up a little ipod player and pedalled away in the […]
Cycle Products of the Year
The good, the bad and the superb. A look back at new products I’ve bought over the past year. Think of it like those end of year Prize awards which are all too common at this time of the year, but without the embarrassing speeches. Overall Best Product of the year – Assos Uno bib […]
My excuse for riding long distances
Personally, I blame the Daily Express for all these miles I’m doing. Every-time I glance at their newspaper headline (and other newspapers, they’re all the same to me), there is a suitably menacing headline along the lines of: ‘Arctic freeze on the way;. – 20 degrees Next Week!, ‘Coldest winter since the Thames froze in […]
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results from today
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Cycling uphill
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Cat & Fiddle hill climb 2013
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3 days rest works quite well
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Cycling in Oxford Photos
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Classic Time Trial Photos
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Best Puncture Proof Tyres
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Hill Climbs
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Cycling Rates by Country
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