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Worth the battering!
This blog is like a bus… nothing for ages then two posts come along at once!
So I managed to talk myself into going out this morning as opposed to setting up the turbo and putting the heating on, and with the benefit of hindsight it was the right decision (for a change!).
It didn’t feel it for a start as I struggled down the A15 towards the motorway fly over. A stiff headwind into Stilton before the short sharp climb to the lip of the valley. Great views if you look back over your shoulder, but the cross wind was battering my left shoulder. The same one I have just had treatment on!
At least its as bad at the Giro…
Saturday morning in the English fens and the wind is howling whilst the rain is falling.
It was clearly a false summer during April wasn’t it? The good news is that whilst watching the Giro highlights on Eurosport I can see I am not alone in experiencing rubbish weather.
Cycle safety discussed in Parliament + international backing for CTC campaign
Cycle safety was discussed yesterday in Parliament where Transport Minister Geoff Hoon took questions on the subject during which Andrew Robathan, Conservative MP for Blaby priased the CTC’s Safety in Numbers campaign and urged the Government to take on board its cenral premise: that more cyclists equalled safer cycling as a whole and asked what … Read more
Design your dream bike.
This weekend is forecast rain. This fun website should keep you amused. You can design your own bike, well, more like choose different colours for each component. You can be a virtual hipster.click herePost your bike designs here.
Giro Stage 7: Boasson Hagen goes one better in the wet
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Columbia High Road) who bagged second on yesterday’s stage in to Austria went one better today as the Giro encountered atrocious conditions in Switzerland. The final shakedown was between five riders with Boasson Hagen and fellow spring specialist Robbie Hunter (Barloworld) the big favourites to take the win. Hunter had to settle … Read more
Friday Schwag triple! Lizards Skins + Clif + Jimi – we have a winner! 3 in fact…
It’s Friday, it’s 4pm, so it’s names in the hat (the ‘hat’ being a random number generator because we’re too lazy to print the names out) and fingers crossed! Here are the three winners we pulled out and their colours of preference (if they gave one):Orange: roadieseanPink: alisdair_smythRed: torre2409Congratulations to all three winners, commiserations to … Read more
Merlin and Litespeed at the European Handmade Bicycle Exhibition
We’ve just uploaded another gallery of pics from last weekends Handmade bike exhibition in Germany this time featuring the Merlin’s and Litespeeds on show.Merlin/Litespeed at EHBE galleryAmongst the bikes the two brands had on display were two Litespeed Archon’s one a standard road model with some very far from standard paint job hand-done by German … Read more
Just in: Salsa Pistola
In the corner of the office today, looking all shiny and cool, is a Salsa Pistola, the American manufacturer’s steel sportive and distance riding frameset. Whereas the material might be traditional the geometry certainly isn’t, with a 7cm drop on the sloping top tube, a longish head tube and 74°/72.5° head and seat angles putting … Read more
Shimano PD-M324 flat/SPD pedal
The M324 is a solidly built and dependable commuting pedal for riders who want to switch easily between cleats and flats. If you’re a big mile commuter or tourer they won’t disappoint, but there’s much cheaper copies on offer for the leisure rider.The guts of the pedal is a well-finished Aluminium body that houses serviceable … Read more