Make no mistake. To ride in the ProTour you have to be good. No just good – the best of the best. At this elite level, every detail outside of riding your bike is taken care of for you and getting dressed is no exception. So when a certain ProTour rider rocks up to the [...]
What a week it’s been. The LBS discussion was one that people apparently feel quite strongly about. It was almost as if there was a lynch mob forming outside my house. What a bloodbath!
I think that if some bikeshops read through the comments with on open mind they’ll find some extremely valuable customer feedback in [...]
I’m more of a GC rider but I thought I’d try my hand at one of the legendary Spring Classics this autumn -The Melburn-Roobaix, Hell of the Northcote. As usual these days, I lugged around my 30kg helmet cam clearly endangering everyone around me looking like a complete idiot. However, it’s all in the name [...]
Congratulations on the Milan – San Remo win Cav. Absolutely incredible. 289kms and having a finish like that! BUT, you could have done better on the victory salute. You obviously didn’t read the rules on this.
UPDATE: Actually, as one commenter pointed out, Cav evidently DID read the rules. Zabel would have advised him of the [...]
Bike racing and cycling is filled with unwritten rules and etiquette. Above all, style is paramount. All else is of little importance. You’re only as good as your last race. I regularly get ridiculed for all my unwitting blunders. However, I know full well that it’s part of the Cyclists’ Code to mock the ignorant.
For [...]
I’m sure that I’m not alone here when I state my conundrum. I go to a bikeshop and make a impulse purchase on a new set of wheels or whatever my cycling related need of the month is. The problem is getting that bike part that you got a such great deal on home and [...]
