Don’t buy upgrades, ride upgrades
“Don’t buy upgrades, ride upgrades” – Eddy Merckx Wise words, of course, from perhaps the greatest bike rider of allContinue Reading
Category: real life cycling
Tick follows tock follows tick…
The clock is ticking. It’s a clock of my own making, but a clock nonetheless. It will count down untilContinue Reading
The times they are a changin’
There’s one ride each year when everything has changed. It’s a smell in the air and just a hint, that’sContinue Reading
Vacancy: Dutchman wanted. Full training given. Belgians need not apply.
There is only one additional training aid I think could make use of: a Dutchman. A straight talking, no-nonsense, niceties-lost-in-translation, dweller of the Low Countries…
Talk to the caveman ‘cos the cyclist ‘aint listening
I’m ravenous and I have to eat. It’s primal, it’s prehistoric… the wolf is already in the house and if it doesn’t move fast I’m going to scoff it.
Cycling needs to ban these things!
The latest iteration of Oakley Jawbreakers, for example. To wear them here in the UK requires planning permission. You are a cyclist; you are not Boba Fett from Star Wars.
