Opinion

Thu, Feb 20, 2025 18:06
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Test Blog

of the printing and typesetting
Wed, Feb 19, 2025 12:02
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Test Blog

of the printing and typesetting
Wed, Feb 19, 2025 12:02
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Ripping it up in the year 2000 — the bikes I was riding 25 years ago

Steve takes a ride back to the dawn of the new millennium and recounts what bikes he was riding back then, looking at how his bike collection and cycling tech in general has evolved in the last quarter of a century
Sat, Jan 18, 2025 15:00
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Ripping it up in the year 2000 — the bikes I was riding 25 years ago

Steve takes a ride back to the dawn of the new millennium and recounts what bikes he was riding back then, looking at how his bike collection and cycling tech in general has evolved in the last quarter of a century
Sat, Jan 18, 2025 15:00
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24 hours in Roubaix: tales from a top secret cycling launch

Rebecca headed to Roubaix for the Van Rysel Roubaix Team launch and was back in Yorkshire 24 hours later. Here’s what went down
Tue, Jan 14, 2025 11:09
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24 hours in Roubaix: tales from a top secret cycling launch

Rebecca headed to Roubaix for the Van Rysel Roubaix Team launch and was back in Yorkshire 24 hours later. Here’s what went down
Tue, Jan 14, 2025 11:09
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A long way to ride for a cloth badge

400km on your own is fun until it isn’t
Mon, Jan 13, 2025 14:25
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A long way to ride for a cloth badge

400km on your own is fun until it isn’t
Mon, Jan 13, 2025 14:25
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Adrian Chiles’ Panorama episode on e-bikes is poorly researched scaremongering that isn’t worthy of your attention

It has happened, the day we as cyclists dreaded. If the otherwise affable and inoffensive Adrian Chiles isn’t on side, what hope is there?
Wed, Jan 08, 2025 12:29
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Adrian Chiles’ Panorama episode on e-bikes is poorly researched scaremongering that isn’t worthy of your attention

It has happened, the day we as cyclists dreaded. If the otherwise affable and inoffensive Adrian Chiles isn’t on side, what hope is there?
Wed, Jan 08, 2025 12:29
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The best-laid schemes of cycling dads: How to get your kids into riding a bike

Modelling, referencing, racing over speed bumps on the school run… Here’s what the parenting books do and don’t tell you about fostering a love of all things two wheels in your children
Wed, Jan 01, 2025 10:30
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The best-laid schemes of cycling dads: How to get your kids into riding a bike

Modelling, referencing, racing over speed bumps on the school run… Here’s what the parenting books do and don’t tell you about fostering a love of all things two wheels in your children
Wed, Jan 01, 2025 10:30
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The rising cost of cycling and its demographic shift — should the financial playing field be levelled?

For both better and for worse, cycling as a sport has come a long way in recent times… but has the cost crushed the sport’s very soul and pushed it beyond the financial means of many?
Thu, Dec 26, 2024 09:00
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The rising cost of cycling and its demographic shift — should the financial playing field be levelled?

For both better and for worse, cycling as a sport has come a long way in recent times… but has the cost crushed the sport’s very soul and pushed it beyond the financial means of many?
Thu, Dec 26, 2024 09:00
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Hurry up Harry (Quinn) — how the beautiful electric blue steel bike I got for Christmas 1979 unleashed the racer in me

A new era is about to roar in for a cycling-mad teenage Steve as his electric blue Harry Quinn dream machine comes to life
Tue, Dec 24, 2024 08:04
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Hurry up Harry (Quinn) — how the beautiful electric blue steel bike I got for Christmas 1979 unleashed the racer in me

A new era is about to roar in for a cycling-mad teenage Steve as his electric blue Harry Quinn dream machine comes to life
Tue, Dec 24, 2024 08:04
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Why I can’t wait to be a fully evolved MAMIL

Far from being figures of fun, middle-aged men and women in Lycra are people to aspire to according to our exhausted mid-30s columnist
Mon, Nov 18, 2024 17:22
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Why I can’t wait to be a fully evolved MAMIL

Far from being figures of fun, middle-aged men and women in Lycra are people to aspire to according to our exhausted mid-30s columnist
Mon, Nov 18, 2024 17:22
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Mini Review: Ned Boulting’s Marginal Mystery Tour: 1923 and all that

A really interesting and thought-provoking show, whether you’ve read the book or not
Fri, Oct 25, 2024 09:42
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Mini Review: Ned Boulting’s Marginal Mystery Tour: 1923 and all that

A really interesting and thought-provoking show, whether you’ve read the book or not
Fri, Oct 25, 2024 09:42
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Iain Duncan Smith’s anti-cycling crusade is anti-reality

George offers his opinion on an article recently penned by the former Leader of the Opposition
Mon, Oct 14, 2024 17:02
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Iain Duncan Smith’s anti-cycling crusade is anti-reality

George offers his opinion on an article recently penned by the former Leader of the Opposition
Mon, Oct 14, 2024 17:02
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Zwift Racing League round 5: rider roundup

I voted myself a week off, kind of
Mon, Oct 14, 2024 11:02
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Zwift Racing League round 5: rider roundup

I voted myself a week off, kind of
Mon, Oct 14, 2024 11:02
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Boris Johnson, Tadej Pogačar and Taylor Swift are the same person, apparently… the problem with calling all cyclists ‘Cyclists’

Is deploying the same noun to describe absolutely anybody who decides to make a journey by bike particularly helpful? George Hill has some hot takes
Thu, Oct 10, 2024 12:58
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Boris Johnson, Tadej Pogačar and Taylor Swift are the same person, apparently… the problem with calling all cyclists ‘Cyclists’

Is deploying the same noun to describe absolutely anybody who decides to make a journey by bike particularly helpful? George Hill has some hot takes
Thu, Oct 10, 2024 12:58
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Zwift Racing League round 3/4 – I wish I was fitter

And maybe some green shoots of that maybe happening. Maybe.
Fri, Oct 04, 2024 16:19
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Zwift Racing League round 3/4 – I wish I was fitter

And maybe some green shoots of that maybe happening. Maybe.
Fri, Oct 04, 2024 16:19
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Zwift Racing League round 2: Positives and negatives

Negatives for me, mainly. And positives for everyone else
Thu, Sep 19, 2024 13:04
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Zwift Racing League round 2: Positives and negatives

Negatives for me, mainly. And positives for everyone else
Thu, Sep 19, 2024 13:04
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Small town, big rides — exploring the rugged landscapes of Alyth in Scotland and appreciating what’s on the doorstep

Here’s why Suvi Loponen still finds so much joy in exploring more local cycling destinations
Sun, Sep 15, 2024 09:00
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Small town, big rides — exploring the rugged landscapes of Alyth in Scotland and appreciating what’s on the doorstep

Here’s why Suvi Loponen still finds so much joy in exploring more local cycling destinations
Sun, Sep 15, 2024 09:00
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Zwift Racing League. I remember now, it’s hard.

Back to the shed for the first round of the new season
Wed, Sep 11, 2024 09:17
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Zwift Racing League. I remember now, it’s hard.

Back to the shed for the first round of the new season
Wed, Sep 11, 2024 09:17
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The guilt, the danger and the dichotomy of being a cycling parent

George Hill has had to learn to love cycling in a different way since the birth of his first child four years ago
Sun, Sep 08, 2024 11:00
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The guilt, the danger and the dichotomy of being a cycling parent

George Hill has had to learn to love cycling in a different way since the birth of his first child four years ago
Sun, Sep 08, 2024 11:00
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Chaos, carnage, and confusion: Why the Olympic track cycling programme needs a rethink

The Madison and omnium events at this year’s Paris Games were both mesmerising and bewildering in equal measure – but do they belong at the pinnacle of the sport?
Tue, Aug 13, 2024 21:34
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Chaos, carnage, and confusion: Why the Olympic track cycling programme needs a rethink

The Madison and omnium events at this year’s Paris Games were both mesmerising and bewildering in equal measure – but do they belong at the pinnacle of the sport?
Tue, Aug 13, 2024 21:34
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Dirt & Druids: Taking on the gravelicious Enve Stone Circle

VecchioJo rode the Enve Stone Circle and nothing much happened (to him)
Fri, Jul 19, 2024 12:18
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Dirt & Druids: Taking on the gravelicious Enve Stone Circle

VecchioJo rode the Enve Stone Circle and nothing much happened (to him)
Fri, Jul 19, 2024 12:18
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A soggy sojourn in France: La Bikepacking at Nature Is Bike

It was a case of perfect gravel and imperfect weather as VecchioJo got his gravillon on at this popular festival-style cycling event in and around Angers
Tue, Jul 09, 2024 14:30
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A soggy sojourn in France: La Bikepacking at Nature Is Bike

It was a case of perfect gravel and imperfect weather as VecchioJo got his gravillon on at this popular festival-style cycling event in and around Angers
Tue, Jul 09, 2024 14:30
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Reflections on my latest attempt the slay the Atlas Mountain Race… and what’s next

Rich Stoodley has had a good while to reflect on his second attempt at this beastly Moroccan ultra-distance race. Here’s what went down
Thu, Jun 27, 2024 10:43
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Reflections on my latest attempt the slay the Atlas Mountain Race… and what’s next

Rich Stoodley has had a good while to reflect on his second attempt at this beastly Moroccan ultra-distance race. Here’s what went down
Thu, Jun 27, 2024 10:43
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Tue, Jun 18, 2024 16:10
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Does there really need to be a law for causing death or serious injury by dangerous, careless or inconsiderate cycling?

Specialist solicitor Mark Hambleton breaks down the stats and offers his take on the controversial recent bill amendment tabled by Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Fri, Jun 07, 2024 16:22
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Does there really need to be a law for causing death or serious injury by dangerous, careless or inconsiderate cycling?

Specialist solicitor Mark Hambleton breaks down the stats and offers his take on the controversial recent bill amendment tabled by Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Fri, Jun 07, 2024 16:22
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