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Tips for Recovery After Cycle Ride

By on June 20, 2012 in cycling, training

(advanced recovery position) When we are training hard, we are stretching the muscles. Improvement comes when we allow the muscles to recover and grow stronger. Recovery is equally as important as the stress of training. After a particularly hard cycle ride, it’s tempting to shower, sit on the couch and stuff the closest and most […]

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Dahon Vitesse Review

By on June 20, 2012 in bikes

  My search for a suitable foldup bicycle took me to try a Dahon Vitesse at a local shop Warland cycles on Botley Road. The first advantage of a Dahon Vitesse is that it is relatively cheap – only £400-430. This makes it half the price of the cheapest Brompton foldup. For a relative occassional […]

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Obsessive Compulsive Cycling Disorder – Review

By on June 19, 2012 in articles, books

I was writing a piece on cycling – ‘obsession, passion and enjoyment’. (This will be published soon), when I came across ‘Obsessive Compulsive Cycling Disorder‘ by Dave Barter. I initially bought the book for 99p in e-book form, but could never be bothered to download it to iPhone so I ended up buying hardcopy for […]

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Altura Ergofit Leg Warmers Review

By on June 19, 2012 in products

I spend most of the cycling year in leg warmers. They are one of most important pieces of cycling clothes, and I’ve tried quite a few other the years. I wanted to test these Altura ergo fit leg warmers because it sounded intuitive to make leg warmers to the shape of your legs, rather than […]

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Two Wheels Good

By on June 18, 2012 in commuting, cycling

This bike park is always crammed and busy. There are often 15 parked bikes here in the space it takes to park one car. (On the left you will see two empty disabled car parking spaces.) More car parking spaces behind bike rack. On this street, bike parking is pretty limited compared to car parking. […]

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Chris Hart 10 Mile TT

By on June 17, 2012 in tejvan, timetrials

Sunday 17th June was the Chris Hart Memorial 10 mile TT on the H10/2 course (Knowl Hill on the A4). Chris Hart was a very enthusiastic and skilled district secretary for London West from 2007 until his untimely recent death from prostate cancer. I’d known Chris Hart since I began cycling with the Oxonain CC […]

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F11/10 – 10 Mile Time Trial

By on June 16, 2012 in cycling, tejvan, timetrials

Saturday was a 10 mile time trial promoted by Hemel Hempstead CC on a relatively new 10 mile course (F11-10) using the A41 Aston Clifton bypass. The course is quite close to Oxford so I entered. I set a pb of 20.00 Course record: Steve Irwin 18.39 May 2013 The course turned out to be […]

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‘Look Mum No Hands’ – Cycle Photos

By on June 15, 2012 in cycling photos

I’m not sure the health and Safety elfins would 100% approve. Maybe it will bring England good luck tonight. no hands   Banana is good energy source   Checking mobile phones Having a nice cup of tea Carrying books. On way to town zipping up jacket

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What Should a Cyclist Look Like?

By on June 14, 2012 in cycling

Whilst in hospital with blood clot, I snapped this well meaning poster about cycling in the hospital waiting room (with 4 hour wait, there wasn’t much to do apart from look at this sign.) It’s not the best quality iPhone photo, but it kind of epitomizes the ‘health and safety approach’ to cycling. It was […]

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Confessions of an Amateur Bike Mechanic

By on June 13, 2012 in articles, bike maintenance

You wish there was some kind of natural law which meant that when you increase your cycle fitness, automatically your mechanical competence increased in equal measure. You feel that if you can cycle 50 miles in under two hours, the gods of cycling should, at least, give you the capacity to change a tubular or […]

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Assos Chamois Cream Review

By on June 13, 2012 in products

Fortunately, I haven’t experienced too much saddle sore over the years. But, a painful posterior can be one of the big drawbacks of cycling long distances. I don’t apply a chamois cream every ride, but for longer ones, it helps to prevent chaffing and makes for a smoother ride. Quite often I forget to put […]

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