re: knee problems, a reader mentioned a website which might be worth a look – trainingforcyclists.co.uk. I was taken with a post about a hamstring stretch. In past few weeks, I’ve felt a mild tightness in hamstrings. I’ve picked up that hamstrings are very important for cycling. Weak / inflexible hamstrings can cause problems with […]
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Banbury Star Hardriders 2013
Sunday was second race of the season, the Banbury Star hardriders 23 mile TT. A typical early season cold hilly time trial. This year was probably the best conditions I’ve done this race in. As I set off, my car thermometer posted a balmy 3 degrees, but at least with no wind. Last year, 2012, […]
Time for the half-time oranges with stato
It’s the first of March and it’s the time for the half-time oranges after the winter’s training mile period is officially over. The dull plodding of long winter miles is over, replaced with the oncoming balmy sunny weather and fast races run at temperatures approaching 30 degrees (we hope). Despite the welcome approach of the […]
Guide to Cycle Paths
photo Joe Ahearn (link) “When Camden Council conducted research into the reasons for the success of Dutch cycle infrastructure one of the most obvious differences they discovered was that the Dutch cycle on the right rather than the left. To test how significant this is they are conducting a controlled experiment on Tavistock Place to […]
dns
It’s not the most romantic part of cycling. A dns against your name on the results sheet. For those not so familiar with the lexicon of British time trialling, dns is simply short for ‘did not start’ It could be worse, at least it isn’t bwsahib – ‘big wimp stayed at home in bed’ To […]
Bicycles as a thing of a beauty
The great poet, John Keats said ‘A thing of beauty is a joy forever’ He might have added, that with regard to bicycles, simplicity = beauty. Compare these two bikes: Rob English’s time trial bike Source: Bike Radar photo gallery I advise checking out the Bike Radar photo gallery. There’s some very nice aerodynamic design […]
Overtaking Cyclists
When overtaking cyclists, give plenty of space. You may not be able to overtake cyclists straightaway and will probably need to move into the other lane. This is particularly relevant for fast rural single carriageways. Often they have speed limits of 50mph, but this speed limits can be inappropriate. Sometimes, you may have to slow […]
Frome & District 10 mile TT on the U/A361
At the moment, the main focus of cycling seems to be evaluating the extent of knee pain – before, during and after cycling.. Every ride is trying to gauge whether I should be resting, going slow or going hard. If I train, will the knee get worse? Or is is just my mental imagination and […]
A Typical British Cycle lane video
A short journey from British Cycling on Vimeo. A typical ‘British’ cycle lane. I probably wouldn’t use the cycle lane that takes you away from the road. I don’t see how it’s safer to have to cross two lanes and rejoin a major carriageway. Related Complete guide to Cycle paths
We might not be very good, but at least we turned up
It will be 40 years ago to the day this weekend that England captain John Pullin rose wearily to his feet in a smoked-filled room in the old Hibernian Hotel in Dublin, dodged a couple of incoming breadrolls, and uttered possibly the most memorable 13 words in rugby history: “Well we might not be any […]
I want to ride my bicycle
It’s not been a good week for cycling. Last week, I went out on my bike only to turn around after 2 miles with a bad knee, and I haven’t really been out since. Google, in their infinite wisdom have taken a disliking to cycling info, decreasing search results. I found a biography of Eddy […]
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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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Carlo: There is a messenger bag that's also a pannier ba...
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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...
