Lemond v Hinault v Cheney
Gun violence, in my little corner of Lancashire, is rife. As far as I can tell it’s largely gang-related. TheContinue Reading
Category: real life cycling
Massive calorie deficit
I rolled down the hill and home, and sat at the kitchen table seeing stars. The hollow stare of a (hungry) Vietnam vet. I inhaled a cheese sandwich without chewing. Slurped a cup of tea without pause. Slowly, the creeping kilojoules soaked into my system and I returned to something resembling life.
Cycling sabotage!
As I was wrestling with the neoprene of my ineffective autumn gloves, he’s let me flippin’ tyres down. It’s not logic and science, and nor is it the puncture fairy. It’s secret option number three: sabotage! What other explanation can there be?
Greg Lemond was wrong
They say it never gets any easier, cycling. That it always hurts, you just get faster. By they, of course,Continue Reading
Cycling overshoes: I hate them, and they hate me
Overshoes. The ugliest, least desirable, and most practical piece of kit in any cyclist’s wardrobe. Only the helmet (aka theContinue Reading
