Guerilla raid to San Marino (aka Giro mountain TT recce)
On a day like this there are clues. First came pristine, freshly laid Tarmac. Barely dry. Like riding on aContinue Reading
Category: real life cycling
Dromarti cycling shoes: leather and lace(s)
If you’re a cyclist who rides any great distance, chances are you have a pair of shoes of which you’reContinue Reading
Italian cycling, Emilia Romagna style
For the pro cycling fan, as we head into the final weeks of spring, the demented mayhem of the one-dayContinue Reading
Operation Tuscany
I’ve never really been a territorial, regional, parochial type. I understand that lines are required on maps and that electedContinue Reading
Romain Bardet saved my life
Some years ago I found myself sweating and struggling up the Col de Joux Plane – a high alpine pass,Continue Reading
Pro-solitude, not anti-people
I’m not against people. I mingle with them regularly with barely any ill effects. Some of my best friends, inContinue Reading
Egan Bernal and the Thief of Joy
“Comparison is the thief of joy,” said Theodore Roosevelt, the twenty-sixth American president back in the early twentieth century, beforeContinue Reading
