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Vintage 1981 Trek Road Bike

By on September 4, 2012 in bikes

I’ve had this old Trek road bike in New York for 10 years. It was pretty old and battered, even when I bought it 10 years ago. I think it was originally made in the early 1980s. In its time, it would have been a top of the range model, used in road racing. But, […]

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Betsy Andreu

By on September 4, 2012 in tour de france

The 1998 Tour de France became labelled as the Tour de Farce. It was the year when police stopped a Festina support vehicle loaded up with doping products. It revealed the extent of widespread doping in the peleton. Two convicted Festina riders said the only rider on the team definitely not doping was Christophe Basson. […]

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Cycling Holme Moss

By on September 4, 2012 in cycling, hill climbs

Holme Moss is an iconic British hill climb used in many big races, such as the Tour of Britain and the now defunct Leeds Classic. It is also used in quite a few cyclo sportives, such as the Tour of the Peak. Because of its history and epic length, Holme Moss has become a popular […]

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Lance Armstrong Doping Issues

By on September 3, 2012 in articles

I have to admit to a certain fascination with the Lance Armstrong and the on going doping investigations. Some people think ‘well, it happened in the past, we should leave it.   But, I watched nearly all of Lance Armstrong’s seven tour victories. I watched in increasing dismay as he threw his weight around chasing […]

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Snake Pass Hill Climb

By on September 2, 2012 in hill climbs

Snake Pass: 6 Km Average Grade: 5.7% Elev Gain 348m The hill climb version is a little shorter. After two weeks in New York, it was a very different cycling experience – back to England and the start of the hill climb season. I decided to begin  the hill climb season by doing a new […]

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The Only Cyclist on the Streets

By on September 1, 2012 in cycling

By a quirk of fate, I spend quite a bit of time in a suburbs of Queens, New York.  Queens New York has many good things going for it; it is a vibrant, tolerant and accepting place. But, for cyclists, let us just say – it is the opposite of Amsterdam. Quite a few people […]

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Tips for Defensive Cycling

By on August 28, 2012 in commuting

Cycling on British roads like a battle between David and Goliath; in an accident between an SUV and a bike, there is only going to be one loser. There may be a lot of injustice, but we can cycle defensively and minimise the dangers to ourselves. Riding in New York has made me reconsider this […]

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Pashley Bicycles

By on August 25, 2012 in bikes, cycling

  Rather neat Pashleys parked outside New College, Oxford. It is alled New college because it was ‘new’ in 1143 and now claims to be the oldest ‘new’ college in the world.   Do not park on double yellow lines – unless it’s a bicycle By the sounds of the conversation, it looks like the […]

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David Walsh on Lance Armstrong Life ban

By on August 24, 2012 in procycling

I’m on holiday, so I don’t want to write an article, but David Walsh said pretty much everything I wanted to say: “I’m pleased that it’s come to this and that he’s accepted the charges against him. I’m disappointed that it didn’t go to arbitration because that would have given us the details as to […]

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Hill Climb Training

By on August 23, 2012 in training

In the UK, hill climbs are generally short time trial races up hills. They can last from anything between 2-10 minutes. Though there are also longer hill climbs of 10+ KM. Some races, like up Mount Washington, Alpe d’Huez can take over 30 minutes. Training for hill climbs requires getting fit to race at this […]

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Cycling and Simplicity

By on August 22, 2012 in cycling

One of the attractions of cycling is its inherent simplicity. As is often remarked, the basic shape and frame of the bicycle has remained unaltered since the first ‘safety bicycles’ of the 1870s.     Cycling is big business (one of biggest sports in world) so we have a whole industry catering to offering technological […]

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