Category Archives: Cycling Mumblings
Ride with Wiggo
After starting cycling when Team Sky formed the chance to “Ride with Wiggo” in a sportive was too much to turn down – at the time I signed up Brad was on track to go well in the Tour so … Continue reading
Safety…Did it, done it, doing it tomorrow
“Safety is something that happens between your ears, not something you hold in your hands.” – Jeff Cooper : The father of the Modern Technique” of handgun shooting Its the hot topic at the moment, everyones talking about it. Its … Continue reading
My first club ride
When I started riding 18 months ago I read a lot of forums about getting started. There seemed to be a 50/50 split on joining a club, some were all for it extolling the virtues of group riding, making friends … Continue reading
Book Review – Sky’s the Limit
As a Team Sky fan, Richard Moore’s latest publication was eagerly anticipated. An esteemed writer and cycling blogger, Moore’s previous offerings, the excellent ‘In Search of Robert Millar’ and ‘Heroes, Villains and Velodromes’ have set the bar high. ’Sky’s the … Continue reading
Book review – “How I Won the Yellow Jumper”
With no likelihood of attending a live race between the 4 Jours de Dunkerque and the Tour of Britain I thought I would keep my hand in by writing my first book review. On Thursday I took delivery of “How … Continue reading
Summer Grand Tour Plans – Part 1
Well, my blogging has been rather poor … sorry about that! However the summer is suddenly looming and I think it’s about time I took my training a little more seriously. It has to be said that with the pressures … Continue reading
Cheshire Cat Sportive – my experience
So to my personal experience of the Cheshire Cat, the opening spring sportive. This point was rammed home as due to clocks going forward the night before I climbed out of bed with my alarm clock reading 5:30am asking myself … Continue reading
My 5 point plan to reinvigorate cycling
Earlier this week Garmin boss Jonathan Vaughters came up with his ten point plan to “reinvigorate” cycling. His ideas range from automatic qualification to certain races, along with technology developments. My thoughts on his ideas below. 1. More races of … Continue reading
Cavendish – The argument for sitting on the fence.
Last night I received a text message from Dim advising that a big rumour was breaking which suggested Mark Cavendish had signed a pre-contract agreement to go to Sky when his current deal expires at HTC-High Road. Having consumed a … Continue reading
Cavendish – The argument against
For the argument for “sitting on the fence” click here Barely a month or so gone of the season, nearly 6 months before riders are free to negotiate contracts with new teams, and already, the rumours have started of Mark … Continue reading