March 28th, 2008
3 Years and Counting
Fan
I celebrated (?) the third anniversary of the theft of Fan by putting my old Turner Burner back together.
Cross-country-tastic.
gears Archives
March 22nd, 2008
History II - Tandems Rock!
Eston, 1997
Uncle Peter captains the tandem of doom at Eston in 1997. There’s actual air under that rear wheel.
February 18th, 2008
Brutal Calderdale
Photo Copyright © and Courtesy Chris
Over to Calderdale to gatecrash Chipps’ 40th birthday I was pleasantly surprised by my fitness this weekend. Usually a trip to the valley is a chance to ride the latest Singletrack test bike. Last time I ended up on the very nice but wibbily-forked Kona Hei Hei. Nice, but I […]
November 11th, 2007
A Belgian Mix…
…of skinny tyres rural roads, cobbles and mud this afternoon. My legs look like the topping of a cheap cappucino and the Lemond had to be properly hosed down.
Yes, it is upside down.
Very good.
No Belgian beer in the house, I hope drinking red wine out a cheap pyrex-tumbler is sufficiently Gallic.
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 […]
July 26th, 2007
F-F-F-F-Fashion
Man In Black
This from Tom Boonen made me laugh…
Boonen further claimed that Vinokourov was indeed one of the so-called ‘Men in Black’ - a term used to describe professional riders training in plain colours to avoid detection. “I saw him myself, wearing black,” said Boonen.
[Cycling News, 26 July 2007]
I’m not sure the “Men […]
July 25th, 2007
Can’t Keep Up
Wow.
It’s hard to keep up with who’s still left on the Tour right now…
First this…
Rasmussen pulled out of Tour
[http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/tour07/news/?id=/news/2007/jul07/jul26news]
Then this…
Leader Rasmussen pulled from Tour
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/6916698.stm]
Say what you like, but this years Tour is anything but dull.
July 25th, 2007
The UCI Needs to Get It’s Act Together Too
While targetting the “Men in Black” Anne Gripper, director of the UCI’s anti-doping program made a statement that appeared to respect the process for dope-testing.
“we have to respect the process, the analysis of the B samples, before we can make any announcements.”
UCI goes after the “Men In Black” [cyclingnews.com, 21 June 2007]
Sadly, that all goes […]
July 24th, 2007
Disappointed But Not Surprised
My wife and I (grammer) had been commenting on how this tour resembled those of the 80s and early 90s than any after, say, 1995. A proper duel between climbers and not something that is going to be decided entirely by time trials.
Lots of riders just didn’t seem to be doing as well as they […]
July 3rd, 2007
Cotic Hemlock
Photo © and courtesy Niall Flinn
We may be a few days behind the official launch of the new Cotic Hemlock, but as we blew the gaff almost a year ago now we see no shame in that.
It’s a true four bar design, and a lot of thought has gone into the rocker options and setup […]
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