An interesting aspect of blogging is finding out which keyword searches people use to come to your blog. In the past 2 months, the most popular keyword search by far is – Victoria Pendleton. If google searches are anything to go by, Victoria may have a chance with Sports Personality of the Year On the […]

Amidst all the glory of Olympic Golds, these are some of the worst cycling Moments. Tony Rominger with the runs. Miguel Indurain was asked his worst moment of his procycling career. You might have thought he would have replied suffering in the mountains, getting dropped by Bjarne Riis – No, Miguel Indurain replied the worst […]

The sideways bike. Somewhat counter intuitive, nevertheless it still has it’s adherents. – The Sideways bike Electronic gears. Once touted as the next big thing, electronic gears have always struggled to catch on despite, frequent attempts by manufacturers. The one piece aero hat / suit. Well, it looks pretty cool, but, the average commuter couldn’t […]

Quite a common argument is the idea that cyclists should pay road tax because they use the road. From the perspective of an economist, you could make a convincing argument that people who cycle to work should not pay tax, but be given a subsidy by the government. This is why. Cycling creates positive externalities […]

If you commute, a cycling bell is a good investment. Pedestrians and cyclists often cross the road or change direction without looking.  A bell can be useful for avoiding potential accidents. But, since we share the road with cars and buses, should we not be equiped with a horn to alert motorists to their dangerous […]

Chris Boardman – averaged over 56 Kmph during his World Hour Record The new 4km team pursuit world record set a mark of 3 mins 53 seconds. To put it into perspective, – that’s very fast. It is over 61kmph. It approaches 40mph. It is pretty difficult to sprint at 40 mph. in the 500 […]

The 4Km Pursuit The 4Km pursuit is one of the blue rib band events of track cycling. It has been in the programme for many years. I will never forget the excitement of Chris Boardman winning Olympic gold in Barcelona in 1992. In those days a track gold was a bit of a rarity. A […]

List of Track Cycling Events Men Track Cycling Individual Pursuit 4Km 4km Pursuit. Winning time around 4 minutes. Race also won if the other rider is caught during the 4Km. Keirin Men 2Km race. Riders race behind motorised bike for 1.4km, before being released for last 600 meters sprint. Madison 50Km race. Involves a team […]

Victoria Pendleton aiming for Olympic Gold in 500m sprint. British cycling has often been the butt of jokes on the continent. If Britain had any real success in cycling, it was because either: A rider moved to the continent e.g. Tom Simpson, Barry Hoban, Robert Miller Were completely unique e.g. Greame Obree However, in recent […]

I’ve noticed that if you mention to cyclists any problems about people cycling, quite a few will respond in a very defensive way. Rather than admit cyclists may fail to follow the rules of the road, they will respond by attacking motorists or the state of roads or thinking of some excuse. I think there […]