Just as a follow up to last week’s post on the 2010 BTTC. BBC news published a short video about race. You can see video here, though if you live outside UK, BBC may not allow you to see it.
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Cycling Ads
Here’s a good idea for an ad campaign. Get all the best football players in the world – Ronaldo, Rooney, Kaka, Drogba pay them tons of money and then as they shine in the World Cup, your company will look really good. Nike write the future Alas, the stars failed and suddenly ‘write the future’ [...]
Hovis Bike Ads
Here’s a thing if you want to get some good publicity for your product – feature a Bike and Victoria Pendleton. Apparently, Hovis is Britain’s best loved ad – at least according to market research done by Hovis. Victoria Pendleton Signs for Hovis and explains the benefits of cycling and eating Hovis bread.
Urban Cycling Skills Video
Really great video of Inspired Bicycles team rider Danny MacAskill video taken by Dave Sowerby. I never knew some of these things could be done on a bike. Very impressive!
Cycling Video
A good cycling video. This week the weather has been pretty good for cycling. Roll on summer….
Unusual Bikes – Cycling Sideways
I’ve never seen or heard of a sideways bike before. My first impression is that it looks rather unwieldy; at least, I can’t see it winning the Tour de France. Apparently it has the capacity to ‘veer to the left or right’ Sideways bike says : “The original bicycle has been around for 200 years. [...]
Chris Hoy
There are not many athletes who can say they have won 10 Gold medals (at World Championships or the Olympics) in the last nine years. With 3 Gold medals at the 2008 World Championships Chris has cemented himself as one of Britain’s leading contenders for Gold in the forthcoming Beijing Olympics. Short Biography and Profile [...]
Video – Victoria Pendleton in Keirin.
The Keirin is a type of track race made popular in Japan and integrated into the Cycling World Championships in 1980. A typical race involves 6 to 9 riders who set off, initially behind a motorised rider in front. With 2 laps to go, the motorbike peels off the track leaving the riders alone on [...]
Graeme Obree’s World Hour Record
in 1993, Graeme Obree, stunned the cycling community by riding 51.596Km and breaking Francesco Moser’s World Hour Record, which had stood for 10 years. Graeme used a custom made bike and a radical new position. The amazing thing about the record is that he had attempted the record the day before and failed. Despite failing, he [...]
