I wondered why no one had left any comments in the past two weeks. What with hobbling around on one leg, I half expected a flood of sympathy, or at least a few peg leg jokes from my 26.5 global visitors. Anyway, I found out it was due to an anti-spam plugin, which was overly […]
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Tips for Buying Best Value Road Bike
When buying a road bike, these are some tips to make sure you get the best value. Colnago – probably not best value. But, sometimes you just want to get the best. Buy Last Years Models. A good time to buy bikes is in the autumn as manufacturers are introducing their new season bikes. The […]
Do I Need a New Bike?
Part of being a cyclist is the big question of when to splash out and buy a new bike? How much should we invest in buying a new bike, and how much time should we spend pouring over magazines / t’internet in looking for our next pride and joy? Do we actually need any justification […]
Going Back to the Very Early Days of the Bicycle
‘Running Machine’ or Hobby Horse invented by the German Baron Karl von Drais in 1817. (see: History of the bicycle in photos) Great things often start from small ideas. This hobby horse, is not exactly a bicycle, but it an oft-sighted example of a forerunner to the bicycle. It is the first invention which really […]
Why Do Cyclists Shave Their Legs?
It Looks Good. It looks silly if you don’t. Lycra and hairy legs is not aesthetically pleasing. Cyclists’ vanity Easier to have a massage with shaved legs. Easier to clean gaping wound when you fall off your bike. More aerodynamic. To be part of the pro-cyclists club. The masons have their handshake, we have the […]
In Praise of Clipless Pedals
Since an accident last week, I’ve been unable to stand on my leg. It makes it pretty inconvenient for travelling around. With one leg, you can’t really walk or drive. Cycling is OK going downhill, but pretty difficult on any incline. Fortunately, in New York, I have some clipless pedals on my bike. With a […]
Hoping Around on One Leg
After racing down sweeping descents in the Yorkshire Dales and Peak District at high speeds, I came a cropper on the shortest of recovery rides a couple of days ago. I was flying off to New York in afternoon, but wanted to have an hour of spinning legs after race before the long flight. Out […]
Best Supplements for Cycling
In the past few years, I’ve taken some supplements to try and improve cycling performance. This is a short review of the ones I’ve tried and the ones I’ve avoided for various reasons. Beetroot Juice – Tests have shown that taken beetroot juice can help increase stamina. The secret is the high level of nitrate […]
Enjoying the Views for a Change
Last week, in between a few races, I was able to take it easy cycling through the Yorkshire Dales with enough time to enjoy the view. There are sometimes, when cycling takes a definite backseat and you want to just enjoy the scenery. Last week, I had no specific training plan, just trying to recovery […]
Buxton Mountain Time Trial
The Buxton Mountain time trial is a hard 33 mile time trial with over 1,100 metres of climbing. It is based on an 11 mile circuit starting in Longnor, climbing up to to Axe Edge before long descent back into Longor. After riding the Circuit of Dales last Sunday, it didn’t do much hard training […]
Super Foods for Cycling
In the past few decades, some clever marketeers decided to call some types of foods ‘super-foods’. It appeals to that part of us, which thinks we can make ourself wonderfully healthy and faster cyclists, simply by eating some Peruvian waterbeans grown in moss-covered peat. Of course, it’s not as simply as that, but a good […]
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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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Graham Wilkinson: Thanks for the article. I have cycled for many...
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Laura: Agreed: slow down! Having fallen off my bike sever...
