Interesting article and video here at the Guardian [link]. A guy with Parkinsons lost the ability to walk, but he could still ride a bicycle . The explanation is something to do with something how the brain functions. It made me think of a slightly tangential point about how cycling can make you feel like […]
Bradley Wiggins: My Time
Bradley Wiggins – My Time - at Amazon £9.00 I was reading this in Blackwells this morning. It felt like I was reading some recent newspapers as I’d heard Bradley say a lot of this stuff recently. However, it’s all pretty good and nice to have it all together. It’s not often you get to […]
Reasons to go out cycling in winter
This morning, I was nursing a rather painful saddle sore. The consequence of either a cheap saddle on my winter training bike or the many hours I’ve spent on the bike in the past seven days. Since it was also very cold first thing, I had two very good reasons not to go out cycling. […]
Week Nov 18th Mileage Totals
A good week – 514 km over 5 rides and 7 commutes. Total is now 1,264km – 5,736 to go. slightly above target for first time. Sun – 185 km Cleeve hill Tues – 57 km Dorton Wed – 56 km Kingston Bagpuize Thurs – 70 km Witney Sat 17th – 67km Long Crendon All […]
How to Increase Average Speed Cycling?
Readers Question: I’m a commuter/leisure cyclist and I’m looking to getting into race fitness for a few sportives next year. I’ve never raced before and would like to know the best training methods to start increasing my fitness and speed. When I go out for a ride it’s usually only 20 miles and I ride […]
Plans to Raise Speed of Lorries on Single Carriageways
If there’s one thing no cyclists enjoys – it’s being overtaken by a lorry on a single carriageway. It’s quite intimidating when a huge lorry speeds past too close for comfort. However, if lorries are obeying the speed limit and give you plenty of room, it feels a lot better. Yesterday, I found myself on […]
Have You Ever Been Knocked off the Bike?
According to a recent survey 1/3 of all cyclists have been knocked off their bike by other road users. In London, this rate rises to 42% - the lowest proportion is in Wales, at just 25%. (Road CC) I have been knocked off my bike twice by pedestrians. Fortunately, neither was serious. The first occasion […]
Dilemma’s of Winter Cycling
One of the great dilemmas of winter cycling – when to stop riding your summer bike. On a long ride, you prefer having your fastest, lightest road bike. So as long as possible, I try riding my summer racing bike. The problem is that: It’s painful to see your best bike terribly splattered with mud. […]
Cleeve Hill
Sunday was a great day for November. 8 degrees, sunny, little wind – about as good as it gets at this time of the year. The first two hours were a little on cold side as the sun slowly appeared to warm up the clear day. I felt pretty slow plodding along, being more concerned […]
Winter Mileage Club
I’ve decided to start a winter mileage target plan. – 7,000 km by the end of February 2013. About 400km per week. That would be a lot of miles. And unless the weather stays as nice as in the past two weeks, it’s quite unlikely. But, having a target is something nice to aim for. More […]
Photos of Cycle Commuters
Cycling news has been overshadowed this week by two crashes to famous cyclists – first Bradley Wiggins knocked over by a van, then Shane Sutton in an accident on the A6. I can’t think of much to add apart from I hope cyclists get better, and I hope people become inspired to take more care […]
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Cat & Fiddle hill climb 2013
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Cycling in Oxford Photos
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Best Puncture Proof Tyres
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