August, 2007

August 19th, 2007

Industry Gossip

Scurrilous gossip and rumours…
Kona are dropping their sponsorship of Sleepless In The Saddle in favour of the Bristol Bikefest. Meanwhile SITS itself is moving away from Catton Park to a new venue.
Future Publishing have handed control of their cycling publications to the man previously in charge of their Mickey Mouse, sorry, Disney, magazines. That explains […]

August 15th, 2007

Let Me Count The Ways I Hurt Thee

Hurty Bike
Well, you can’t go 24 hour racing on a singlespeed after a six week layoff and expect it not to hurt can you?
I’ve traditionally treated SITS as a less serious race than other 24 hour races on the calendar - even running suspension and gears. I think that part of this comes from the […]

August 14th, 2007

Night Lap

Dusk*
I’m not normally one for technology but the iPod/last.fm combination acts as some kind of external memory, aiding recall.

Artist
Track
Date/Time
Where

The Charlatans
One to Another
11 Aug 200721:57
Start the lap. Can’t sit down yet ‘cos my arse feels like I’ve spent a week in jail with Mr Big

Depeche Mode
Halo
11 Aug 200722:02
Round the field.

Curve
Doppelgänger
11 Aug 200722:06
Twisty wooded singletrack

Depeche Mode
I Feel […]

August 13th, 2007

Sleepless In The Saddle

Teasing The Puncture Prone*
Was hard. Was good. No, make that fantastic.
I’ll say more later.
The Litter Louts should read this in the meantime.
* Gears courtesy Mark.

August 11th, 2007

“501 103, 33 17, 65 66″


August 10th, 2007

Lakeland Lugger 150

Riding Into Cumbrian Weather
If ever I needed a reason to put the Turner Burner back together then this is it.
Though all this girly talk of .gpx and .trl files smacks of emasculated navigation by GPS bollocks.

August 9th, 2007

Son of Szazbo

Bike Not Shown on Grounds of Taste
They say: “This puppy’s got even more travel than its pappy: 130mm in front and 6” out back.“
They mean: This stupid mutt can’t decide whether it’s metric or imperial(ist). Bad doggy.
They say: “A 26 x 2.5 is actually 27” in diameter, so that makes it more like a 79er.“
They […]

August 4th, 2007

Spécial

602 cc of mayhem. 300kg lighter than a Lotus Elise with no use of carbon fibre.

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