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The Dwain Chambers story is a circus I know. Too many people getting hot under the collar, but love the fact that after Lord Coe called Chambers a cheat, his retort to the 2012 tsar was 'yeah?, well you had an affair with another woman, who is the cheat now' hmmmm, hmmm!!? Childish...

Anyway, it seems that Dwain is still working with the good Dr. Conte http://www.insidethegames.com/show-news.php?id=5190 (all clean now of course) with the use of a hypoxicator (pictured in case you were wondering what it was), and its the choice of many a pro cyclist.

Is it polite to leave a little heartfelt "OIL ME!!!!" note on the bike you've locked yours next to? Or merely righteous and just plain rude?

Yes spring has definitely sprung. The milder temperatures have seen home brewed corrosion inhibitor liquefy, belching from both the Univega and tag-along’s bottom bracket shells upon our return from a mid morning saunter through the lanes.

If I am going out on a Saturday night, a rare occurence, for 8.30pm then I can get out of my chair at 8.00pm have a shave and a shower and grab something to wear and out the door.

Going out for a ride always takes longer. Always a bit of making sure I take precautions and have tools, bars, pump etc and then what to wear! Will it cover the likely weather conditions, does it all match up, no clashing of logos's and colours. Helmet has to match as well.

I have just discovered Oury grips from the States, introduced to me by my fixie riding American "buddy". If you are riding flat bars, riser or are a singlespeed  / fixie rider, then these could be the grips for you!  They are better for those with larger hands as they are thick, so much so that it actually feels like a small amount of suspension at the end of the bar. They are very comfortable and come in a massive range of colours from baby blue to shocking pink. There is even a "day glo" set, I shall have to get some for summer dusky rides.

Well I knew that track pump left at work would prove useful! Today it was used by another rider, who also has a like for coloured tyres!

It's been a quiet few days commuting the only notable thing apart from the great weather was being sprayed with car windscreen wash! I really must take more care when overtaking traffic.

Flo K

Yep, my fire for the sport is burning yet again.

Why? Well after the circus of the last few years and books like Bad Blood, my mojo hasn't been working. But the Cervelo boys in black have stirred my soul.

Some facts:

1. Their team has no egos
2. They ride one of the best bikes in the peloton
3. Their kit is coooool
4. They have a finely balanced team
5. They have Brit good-eggs Dan Lloyd, Roger H and Dan Fleeman, plus Emma P one of the nicest and most unassuming cyclists on the planet!
6. Their ethos is all about development, unity and honesty

The growth of cycling is a hot topic in the Pacific North West of the US of A. The proposed solutions to the problems of global warming and falling fuel prices include taxing bicycles and a new fuel tax that manages to combine the worst aspects of socialism - protection of inefficient and failing industries with the worst aspects of free market economics - imposing a tax that doesn't take account of people's ability to pay it and which rewards the rich, and the inefficient. Oh, and it's rather enviormentally short sighted too. Genius.

Trying to keep up with the constant flood of cycling information that flows through road.cc towers is a bit like trying to paint the Forth Bridge (except they are actually going to finish that now apparently). Anyway here's some of the stories, pictures and websites that caught my eye in the last few days that we haven't mentioned on the site…

Interesting video making the case for getting rid of all traffic lights, everywhere, forever... or at least for a bit, in Devon

thoughts?

Thanks to Carlton at BikeBiz for the link