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If you’re a cycling fan it’s very likely you know your way around the terminology of performance enhancement. From brandyContinue Reading
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If you’re a cycling fan it’s very likely you know your way around the terminology of performance enhancement. From brandyContinue Reading
It’s been a great (or should that be terrible) few days for that niche area of the English language: theContinue Reading
The easy option would be to describe Alejandro Valverde as a “Marmite” cyclist. But that would be playing right into the hands of the marketing people at Unilever, who have us evoking their product every time we encounter a thing that provokes a response in people, one way or another. Those clever bastards.
We cycling fans now have a working knowledge of exercise induced asthma and a pretty good understanding of the effects of salbutamol. We even have such a deep understanding of the composition of Chris Froome’s urine that, if we close our eyes, we can almost taste it.
What can I say? I made a mistake. I’m only a simple, error-prone human. I knew, even as I wasContinue Reading
I’m quite a precise person. In a world of chaos I like a bit of order and good grammar. IContinue Reading
In the world of corporate-speak there is a phrase: “I think it might be time for us to poke theContinue Reading