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  • December 16, 2010
    Last week I wrote a post that listed a few of the subtle things that PROs do that make them who and what they are. I thought it would be fun to take it a step further and dig deep...
  • November 30, 2009
    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...
  • November 6, 2009
    I had a great question from a reader last week on how to look PRO. Q. Having formally been a fairly keen golfer who started as a hacker and progressed to being a fairly decent low marker I know the...
  • August 24, 2009
    After being snubbed from Cervelo’s TdF squad, Gerro showed them who’s boss yesterday. Coincidentally I took this photo yesterday on a well known training road in Melbourne where he won the Herald Sun Tour a few years ago. I had...
  • April 24, 2009
    Our overseas PRO tipster, Chris  D’Amelio, racing for Cinelli gives us the inside scoop for Sunday’s classic – Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Well the early season classics are truly into full swing! The cobblestone battles produced some exciting racing and amazingly we saw...
  • March 23, 2009
    Yesterday was a special day for Mark Cavendish with his big win in San Remo.  It was also an exciting time for my good buddy and massage therapist Andy Naylor.   Why Andy?  Because Andy has worked on Cavendish’s legs for...
  • February 9, 2009
    Over the past week PRO cyclist Daniel Braunsteins and his Drapac Porsche team have been slugging it out at the Tour of Qatar.  Daniel being the great bloke that he is brought us back some invaluable Cycling TIPS from Qatar...
  • February 5, 2009
    No…I didn’t forget about the women.  I wanted to post this one separately so you could get some discussion of your own since I know how passionately you feel about the UCI’s pathetic position towards Pro Women’s cycling. Pro Woman...
  • February 5, 2009
    Have you ever wondered how the whole pro and amateur team structure worked within professional cycling?  ProTour, Pro Continental, Continental…what does it all really mean?  I looked into it and here’s the scoop… The UCI puts road teams into three...
  • December 30, 2008
    The true hardmen of cycling leave the leg warmers at home in 5C and lather up with embrocation to cover the legs.    This provides warmth for the legs and keeps the blood circulating and the muscles as supple as...