Since the icey winter weather many of our roads are resembling dirt tracks from a pre-industrial age. Potholes have sprung up all over the place, making cycling a pretty tough business. Oxford city council does get round to filling in some holes. But, at the moment, some roads are in a pretty rough state. It’s […]
Pics From Weekend
Decorated Bike Flying the Flag on small Bike A lone cyclist on Oxford High Street. No buses so it must be early Sunday morning.
First Interval Sessions of the Year
The ice has finally left here in the UK, and the racing season suddenly looms around the corner. The idea of racing at the moment always gives a certain dread so I’ve been doing my first hard riding of the year to remember what it’s like to race. Today I did my traditional 10 mile […]
Cycling Video
A good cycling video. This week the weather has been pretty good for cycling. Roll on summer….
Lance Armstrong and Paul Kimmage
I have great respect for Paul Kimmage. He was one of the first professional cyclists to ‘lift the lid’ and speak about the culture of doping. For his efforts he was widely condemned and ostracised by the procycling community who closed ranks and denied doping was a problem. It’s taken innumerable doping scandals, failed dope […]
Rusty Chains
Rusty Chain. I couldn’t help noticing her chain was a similar colour to her hair. Keeping warm in the weak winter sun Two men Having a Chat whilst cycling on different bikes Two cyclists looking the other way Dealing With Rusty Chains At the risk of being patronising you can easily deal with rusty chains […]
Top 10 Pro Cyclists
The Virtual Museutte has produced an authoritative list of the great cyclists of the modern era. Using a certain points scoring system, he came up with a top 25 list here: I’ll just mention the top 10, but, you can see the rest on his site: Eddy Merckx “The Cannibal”, Belgium (1966-1978) Total points: 410.50 […]
Cycling Back to Happiness: Book
Cycling back to happiness by Bernie Friend has received many excellent reviews. It tells one man’s story of how a bitter life was drastically improved by taking a long cycle tour. I skipped through some of the early passages as I didn’t particularly want to read all his rants and depressing observations. But, when the […]
Tough Time for Cyclists
It’s a tough time to be a cyclist at the moment. Every morning, we seem to be faced with either ice or snow. Since coming off early in the year, I’m reluctant to go out when I can see patches of ice still on the road. I did manage to cycle into work last Friday […]
Winter Cycling Pictures
Bike on Railings- a novel way to park a bike ~ Cycling past Bridge of Sighs ~ The Buses following the bikes at corner of Broad Street ~ Young lady crossing Magdalen Bridge ~ Cycling into the winter sun ~ Cycling and speaking on mobile Looking ahead Old Man on Bike in grey coat Tricycle […]
Visiting a City by Bicycle
If you enjoy touristy things, what better way to explore a city by bike? With a bike you can meander through the labyrinth of streets without worry of getting lost. If you go 4 miles in the wrong direction, it’s not a problem on a bike like it would be if you are walking. With […]
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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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