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a one-way track
simon warren, he of the 100 climbs series of books, recently tweeted that he had finally been able to write the feature he claimed was one he had long wished to write, apparently published in a recent issue of 'the comic'. it transpired that this long-awaited article concerned the possibilities offered by fixed-wheel gravel riding (assuming i understood him correctly). in response, i was moved to enquire just why he found such a prospect an essential likelihood of velocipedinal delight. every bit as brief, his reply added the word 'not' to my original interlocution of 'why?
i'm not about to pretend that such a discussion is likely to challenge the big question posed in 'the hitchiker's guide to the galaxy', answered by the number 42, but it did fill a few moments of our respective days. my response to his response bluntly suggested that gears and freewheeling were two of the principal joys to be gained from the act of cycling. it's a response, however, that would probably find little favour with the likes of jason kenny, sir hoy (pertinently, a lotus cars ambassador) and victoria pendleton, three of britain's track stars and possibly more familiar with the track meme than many of us.
fixed wheel cycling is not one with which i have much in the way of experience. i do recall once receiving a fixed-wheel review model from the late-lamented mosquito bikes formerly of islington in london. the pre-despatch arrangement had been that mosquito would send the independent fabrication steel bicycle outfitted with a single-speed freewheel, allowing me the luxury of persistently pedalling when in plain sight, but indulging in a sneaky freewheel when no-one was looking. a win-win situation craftily concocted to protect my imaginary street-cred.
unfortunately, the gent with which the tentative arrangement had been made went on a skiiing holiday; his second in command knew nothing of the freewheel scenario and i ended up with a ludicrously over-geared fixie that threatened to separate me from my kneecaps on even the most benign of gradients. and, bereft of the ability to clip in or out while pedalling, i had to rely solely on there being an appropriately sized wall at each end of any journey to allow yours truly to come to a halt without embarrassingly falling over. negotiating stupidities of sheep en-route was not a pretty sight. for all of those reasons, i would never even consider purchasing any type of fixed wheel bicycle.
in order that i might appraise myself of the incessant progress of this technological world, i have a monthly order with my newsagent for a copy of wired magazine. in fact, at one time, so enamoured was i with the publication, i was in the habit of receiving both the american and british editions, until the price of the former became somewhat unpalatable. aside from the long-form features discussing the rise and rise of chatgpt, the trepidation created by a possible myopia epidemic and the annual listing of european start-ups to watch, wired magazine also regularly features items of reputed interest to pursuers of various indoor and outdoor activities.
i will set the scene of what will soon follow, by identifying an advert published in the most recent edition on behalf of kef speakers. akin to hope bicycle components, the speaker manufacturer has partnered with the lotus car company (nope, me neither) to promote a lotus edition of their wireless speakers. though it transpires that one retailer was offering a substantial reduction in its black friday sale, the recommended retail price of a pair of these hi-fi speakers is an eye-watering £6,000.
if you'd care to take a brief moment to catch your breath, i will move onto the velocipedinal section, one which features a number of cycle-related accoutrements for the well-heeled cyclist. this includes an item also being given space in the current edition of cyclist magazine; the oddly-named posedla joyseat 3d which justifies its almost £500 price tag (interestingly, cyclist magazine lists the price at £100 less than does wired magazine) by commencing with receipt of a squishy box on which the purchaser sits, before returning the resultant bum-print for a wholly unique 3d printed saddle. no doubt there are those who feel they might benefit from such posterior cossetting, but i seriously question just how many of us would find it necessary to acquire a carbon track bike.
no doubt there will be many eager to point out the fallacy of my supposition, but bear with me. the text accompanying the bicycle in question is keen to point out that the 8.24kg track bike has been two years in the making, including "...442 supercomputer runs, 312 wind tunnel tests, and 155 hours of track testing." i realise as i type all this, that the impetus behind this particular machine could well be a strategy to prove the saleability of such advanced technology, thus preventing the bicycle falling foul of any uci regulations regarding possible restrictions on its commercial availability.
and while this may fulfil any potential technicalities, it would surely be a particularly wealthy wannabe track star with £18,999 (six instalments of £3,166.50 per month if you'd prefer) to spend on canyon's speedmax one-trick pony. if we not unnaturally suppose that wired's readership differs substantially from that of cyclist magazine or, indeed, thewashingmachinepost, i'm not altogether sure that items or bicycles such as this would convince regular members of society that cycling is an economically approachable sport or activity.
canyon speedmax tack bike
friday 1 december 2023
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build it and they might come
i'd prefer that you thought of me as just a plain old cyclist, or at worst, a cycling obsessive. i have strenuously attempted to evade categorisation as some sort of cycling activist. fanaticism is not a good look, no matter to which strain of life it is attached; blindingly believing only the purportedly positive aspects of political or philosophical belief makes the true adherent little better than sheep. and that's an animal the mentality we have previously dealt with at length.
therefore to portend that life choices we have voluntarily made for ourselves, are every bit as pertinent for others, is a naive and possibly dangerous stance to take. in much the same way that sounding your horn at another's motoring infraction simply appears to validate their annoying error, impressing upon others that their own life choices are definably wrong, is the very way not only to fail to win new friends, but possiby lose the ones you already have.
therefore, i have artlessly concluded that simply riding my bicycle in all weathers across islay's entire road network, will point out to the great unwashed, the vacuousness of their empty lives. if only they too were to adopt the way of the saddle, surely it's obvious that the world would become an infinitely better place? vocally pointing this out rarely leads to a similar conclusion, even if folks truthfully think i'm only joking.
however, it is possible that the relentlessness of the self-righteous does actually result in a change of heart within those who were previously convinced otherwise. and what's more, i have tangible evidence of my contention.
in the guardian newspaper of tuesday 28 november, columnist, yvette caster, penned an article in which she freely admitted that her once archaic views had morphed perilously close to enlightenment. in her opening paragraph, she admitted to writing a somewhat contoversial article in 2015, with the appended headline, 'cyclists are a menace and should be banned from the roads'. it's not hard to see from whence arose the controversy, particularly when said article (published online) was aimed squarely and unfairly at mamils (middle-aged men in lycra), attacking them for being stupid enough to ride a bike on roads plainly meant purely for large 4x4 suvs.
she admits that the backlash was 'caustic', accusing her of 'stirring up hate' and making the roads potentially even more dangerous for inner-city and urban cyclists. ms. caster confessed that, with the benefit of hindsight, she more clearly understood the rage heading in her direction, citing statistics from the department of transport showing that over 100 cyclists are killed on the roads annually, with 4,056 seriously injured last year, and 11,546 slightly injured.
leaving aside yvette's reputed surprise to find herself on the receiving end of pro-cycling vitriol, it appears that she has now become a convert, not necessarily resulting in a future career as a female cyclocross star, but one who can see why so many appreciate any reduction in motor vehicles on britain's streets. during lockdown, "...instead of traffic outside my window, I heard birdsong. A strange kind of peace descended. Nature grew louder."
as a result, she is no longer the owner of a car and, "I went from disliking cycists, to wishing there were more on the roads." admittedly, ms caster is more in favour of travelling by public transport, rather than investigating a life on two wheels, but as pointed out in my opening gambit, just because it works for you and i, doesn't mean its a shoe-in for everyone else. but i'd like to think that because there are you and i, riding here there and everywhere on our bicycles, the stage has been set. cycling by osmosis?
"I wish my town, and Britain, could repay cyclists' and pedestrians' efforts with an infrastructure to help them go everywhere, safely."
thursday 30 november 2023
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the seat of power
right at the back of thewashingmachinepost bike shed, lies a rather forlorn, taurus corinto, an italian steel sit-up-and-beg bicycle featuring a sturmey-archer three-speed hub gear and old-school rod operated rim brakes. sadly, it appears that its italian builders may have been a tad free and easy with the chrome, slathering it over the spokes with wild abandon. as many will be aware, chrome is a porous material, and the rust that usually punctuates its surface, particularly in the prevalent climate of western scotland, is actually a sign of the steel, to which it has been applied, rusting.
it should, therefore, have come as little surprise to have been regaled with a concentrated pinging sound several years ago, as the majority of spokes snapped in the middle when setting out on a journey i had hoped would have lasted a bit longer. though i have harboured plans for many a year to strip the wheels down to hubs and rims before shipping them off to wheelsmith's derek mclay to have them rebuilt with proper spokes, disappointingly, thinking about doing so is as far as i've made it so far.
however, more pertinent to the discussion we're about to have, the seatpost installed on the taurus is what i'd most likely refer to as a dumb seatpost. this is no reflection on its purported intelligence, but more a comment on the fact that it bears no integrated clamp. the heavily sprung brooks leather saddle that sits imposingly atop said seatpost, attaches by means of a 'u'-shaped clamp adjusted via a nut and bolt arrangement. remove the seatpost from the seat tube, and its easy to see not only the maximum height mark, but the numbers 27.2, the number of millimetres describing the diameter of the frame tube.
at one time, in the dim, distant past, all seatposts were fabricated to this, or a 27mm diameter, the former having been deliberately reamed beyond their natural size. however, so far as i'm aware, the more common size was 27.2. and just as a perhaps relevant aside, why is the diameter stamped on the section of the seatpost concealed from sight? would it not be more practical to display this information somewhere it could be seen without the faff of having to remove the seatpost from the bicycle frame? just saying.
campagnolo is arguably the originator of the single bolt micro-adjust seatpost clamp, an invention that made fitting and removing a saddle simplicity itself, yet one continually undermined by virtually every other seatpost on the market. whether this is as a result of vicenza demanding royalties for the licensing of this technology, i know not, but it has resulted in several inordinately complex and fussy means of saddle fitment. and, as most of us are aware, anything on a bicycle that is more complex than it needs to be, is almost certain to cause problems at some point in its life, whether mechanical or simply a source of impossible to trace noises, all of which appear to originate from the bottom bracket.
just such an extremely irritating creak persisted for several weeks this past summer, on my ritchey logic, which, after hours of faffing with almost every component on the bicycle, was effectively narrowed down to the carbon post seatclamp. i tried darned near everything i could, from greasing every part of the clamp, to cleaning every square millimetre, even changing saddles, but without any deterioration in the irritation of the unsourced noise. then, without any forewarning, it disappeared.
dispiritingly, that noise appears to have garnered a second wind; last weekend it appeared to have returned with a vengeance.
now, to hark back to my original, if somewhat obscure point, the ritchey's steel seat tube is reamed to the once common 27.2mm, presenting the opportunity to remove the ritchey carbon post and replace it with a steel campagnolo chorus seatpin of identical diameter. come this weekend, i'll be able to figure out if the ritchey post is indeed the source of irritation, or if i need to look elsewhere. meanwhile, i once again bemoan the industry's endless need for change, often for no appreciable reason. seat tube diameters only increased at the behest of a change to aluminium tubing, a material that demanded an increase in diameter to live on a par with the tensile strength of steel. why the aforementioned industry could not have made do with retaining the diameter of probably the only tube that had little need of an increase, or simply resorted to using shims, i'm unqualified to say.
so now we have a wide variety of seatpin diameters which can only be ascertained by removing them from the frame, along with adjustable brackets that seem to revel in their unnecessary complexity. i can fully attest to the inherent annoyance of this state of affairs.
wednesday 29 november 2023
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drop-in meeting
during one of my admittedly successful attempts at rapha's festive 500, i opted to ride a ridley cyclocross bicycle, both for a review opportunity and as an admittedly tautologically obvious experiment to investigate whether there may have been the possibility of improved comfort to be gained from a change to more relaxed geometry and comfortably 33mm tyres. this so-called experiment was as a result of disappointing discomfort during the previous year's festive outing.
due to weather-related difficulties, i was in the habit of shelving at least one day, calculating my daily distance across seven days, rather than the prescribed eight. if you take into account a minimal distance on christmas day, in order that mrs washingmachinepost would refrain from locking me out the house, then you're looking at a daily average of close on 80km. leaving the house at 9am and returning around 1 or 2pm, depending on the weather, it wasn't quite the christmas holiday i may have had in mind, effectively turning her indoors into a cycling widow, and engendering a cumulative tiredness that somewhat belied the description holiday.
however, the discomfort arose not entirely from age-related over-exertion and a possible lack of sleep, christmas pudding and home-made christmas cake. as we've previously discussed, any islay related parcours is almost certain to include a good few kilometres riding across the single-track road network that lies behind the two-lane main roads. since many of those single-track roads are frequented by agricultural traffic, the bulk of which is predisposed to not only dropping considerable quantities of hebridean toothpaste on the surface, but concomitatntly playing havoc with that surface. in common parlance, potholes.
this is not to discount the fact that there are a myriad of potholes peppering the main roads, but it cannot be denied that it's simpler to avoid those, than on single-track roads if faced with following or oncoming traffic. riding roads such as those for seven or eight days had an unfailing habit of affecting one's upper body, particularly the neck and shoulders, entirely due to the constant buffeting. thus, went my reasoning, if i swapped the narrow-tyred road bike for a genre of bicycle ridden across far less amenable surfaces in the heat of cyclocross battle, my neck and shoulders may benefit from a festive change.
as it transpired, the result was a case of swings and roundabouts; the comfort factor most definitely improved, while the average speed declined, as you perhaps might have expected. was it worth it? i'd tend to say yes, unless i found myself in the company of others on bona-fide road bikes, in which case i either fell behind, or knackered myself attempting to keep up. i still ride my cyclocross bicycle every saturday; i am generally flying solo and i do appreciate the comfort factor. if i could only dissuade myself from attempting to equal the velocities experienced on the ritchey logic. one of these days.
however, on the whole, the majority of us in the velo club tend to ride road bikes, on a mixture of 28mm and 25mm rubber, despite recognising the seasonal likelihood of a mud/fertiliser mixture on the surface, and the inevitable onset of winter potholes. i have frequently been queried by island motorists as to how i fare riding such narrow tyres across lunar-like surfaces, to which i have usually pointed out that it's probably easier for cyclists than it is for the driving majority. on single-track roads, avoiding potholes on four wheels is always going to be harder than on two.
however, this is only possible due to islay's relatively sparse traffic. rarely are we surrounded by so many motor vehicles that it becomes impossible to make a quick lateral avoidance movement. cast your eyes towards urban and inner-city areas, and i figure so doing is all but impossible. thus, while it would still be ideal if the council were able to find sufficient funding to create a network of billiard flat roads, i tend to think the need is greater away from civilisation. and since we're on the subject, while much of this might seem like mere inconvenience, cycling uk calculates that over the past seven years, at least 255 cyclists have been killed or seriously injured due to poorly maintained roads. and this as westminster announced £8.3 billion to repair roads south of the border.
(road maintenance in scotland is devolved to holyrood, which, we hope, might find it within their edinburgh coffers to set aside a comparable amount.)
and while £8.3 billion might sound like a substantial amount of money, divided amongst 48 english counties, it equates to almost £173 million per county. overall, england features 254,000 miles of road; divide that into the £8.3 billion and we have about £32,600 per mile. at an average cost of £48 to fix a pothole, each county can soon afford to repair around 700 potholes per mile. that is still welcome alleviation from pothole hell, but probably not quite for which the english cyclist (or motorist) was hoping.
repairing the little (or large) blighters is akin to painting the forth rail bridge - as soon as you complete the job, it's time to start over. perhaps goverments north and south of the border need to invest a similar amount of money on an annual basis to encourage the motoring population to seriously reduce the number of driven kilometres. after all, it sure as heck isn't the nation's cyclists that are causing so many potholes.
tuesday 28 november 2023
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megmeister drynamo long-sleeve baselayer
a baselayer fulfils at least two important functions: firstly, with a bit of luck, it keeps you warm, fuzzy and as dry as conditions will allow. and secondly, and arguably more importantly, it fulfils a similar purpose to that offered by the mips liner in several contemporary cycle helmets. in other words, if, for any unfortunate reason, you hit the deck at speed, the baselayer forms a middle-man (so to speak), between your jersey and skin, possibly saving you from highly uncomfortable road-rash.
the latter, however, is probably not the garment's primary purpose, and possibly not at the top of the design list.
it has long been common advice to those indulging in adventurous outdoor activities, that the most pragmatic means of dressing for the weather, is to layer one's garmentage. working from the inside out, commencing with a thermal baselayer, under a seasonably appropriate jersey, topped, if conditions demand, with a windproof or waterproof breathable outer shell.
the theory behind so doing is the ability to add or remove layers as conditions demand across the course of a day and trapping warm air between each layer. in practice, it tends to work better for hillwalkers or hikers, who probably have a backpack capable of accepting an outer shell. the three rear pockets on a cycle jersey are usually found wanting when wishing to stow a full-size outer jacket. who hasn't found themselves in that situation?
however, for the purposes of today's discussion, we're looking specifically at the humble (or, in this case, not so humble) baselayer, a garment i confess to wearing at every point of the year. in summer, that will most likely consist of a short-sleeve and relatively lightweight item, either of merino wool construction or some blend of polyester. merino is often the preferred fabric, if only for its odour-free demeanour, but the primary function in summer is to wick sweat away from one's personage and pass it on to the jersey and subsequently to any outer garment worn as a barrier to wind or rain. even in a hebridean summer, keeping warm is of a secondary consideration.
an erstwhile cycling colleague of mine swore by the cotton t-shirt as the finest of base layers, a recommendation with which few of us would find favour. when cotton gets wet, it tends to remain so, and there's no denying that you'll be perfectly well aware of that propensity both during and after the bike ride. perfection in a baselayer is either one that conceals its saturation, or, better still, passes it outwards, leaving itself in a most amenable state of dessication. megmeister's branding of this particular baselayer as drynamo probably gives some indication as to where it lives on that sliding scale.
it is rare that i find myself requiring a long-sleeve baselayer, even in the depths of winter. the hebrides are renowned for vast quantities of rainfall at this time of year, but unlike scotland's east coast, our climate is reckoned to be of a more temperate constitution. climate change, however, might be in the throes of altering this; over the past year or so, the prevailing south-westerly winds appear to have changed tack, and we are on the receiving end of easterlies far more than was once the case. easterlies are, by definition, colder. and on the first day of the review period, islay was on the receiving end of a north easterly blast, dropping the temperature display on my garmin to marginally in excess of three degrees (excluding wind chill).
day two was a tad less onerous, but still an excellent opportunity on which to check the veracity of a seamlessly constructed baselayer. to return to my original mention of merino wool, it comprises 68% of the garment, aided and abetted by 4% regenerated lycra, and 28% amni-soul. if the latter is new to you, it's also new to me. it is, apparently, a soft to the touch, biodegradeable polyamide fabric, meaning that, when the baselayer reaches the end of its useful life, it will naturally decompose, unlike many modern, man-made fabrics that tend to last, and last, and last.
if you will allow me to be quite blunt, this is possiby the finest baselayer in which it has been my good fortune to be cossetted. as previously mentioned, a long sleeved baselayer is something i'd be inclined to keep in storage for special occasions, perhaps better known as january. however, the combination of cold weather (though relatively windless) and the second-skin feeling as described by megmeister on their website, meant that it was remarkably cosy, and all but invisible in use. and despite wearing a long-sleeve winter jersey and thermal jacket, comfort, in every sense of that description, was undoubtedly the watchword following my return to the croft.
the lack of seams undoubtedly played a part in that situation. the sleeves are well judged in length, featuring thumbholes at the cuffs, either to ward off any untoward draughts when riding, or keeping the sleeves just where you want them while donning a tight-fitting long-sleeve jersey over the top. and though it would be naive to expect the layer to be 100% dry at ride's end, it kept that pretty much to itself.
if i have any complaint, and it's a relatively minor one, i'd have preferred a higher neckline. i tend to wear a richard sachs monogrammed colsino over all my jerseys, so in practice, it's a moot point, but i would have liked it to have been a smidgeon higher. that said, megmeister also offer a turtleneck version to suit those of us with wimpish tendencies. if winter weather is about to, or already afflicting your riding, this might just be the very solution for which you seek.
the megmeister drynamo long-sleeve baselayer is available in small/medium (as reviewed), or large/xl at a cost of £90. colour of the review garment is focus olive. however, if you're quick, it's currently on sale at £72, if you're interested.
megmeister
monday 27 november 2023
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a stupidity of sheep
the collective nouns applied to gatherings of particular animals or birds, rarely seem to pay a great deal of relevance to the animals themselves. how else, would you explain why several crows are referred to as a murder, or a murmuration of starlings? and though i confess i've never actually come across a ptarmigan, it seems i'm even less likely to find them in numbers, given that their collective description is an invisibleness.
of course, for every bizarre apellation, there is a corresponding ordinariness, such as a herd of cows. that seems quite logical; only a couple of weekends past, as i thundered along the abhainbhoggie (aven-vogie) road on my way to mulindry, i met with a large number of highland cattle being driven in the opposite direction. the farmer kindly advised that my flashing front light, about which i had forgotten, might be likely to startle the beasts, and for my own safety, i should probably conceal myself behind a nearby woodchipper.
such happenstances are not uncommon around these here parts.
highland cattle, the very beasts beloved of artist, steven brown, who, for reasons best known to himself, paints them in a multitude of colours, are relatively docile beasts, but equipped with rather wide and fearsome looking horns. on the basis that they might be less aware of the damage those horns can inflict than am i, removing myself from their onward path seemed like the sensible thing to do. however, the fact that they tend to stick together while being directed from one field to another, seems most aptly described by the word herd.
sheep, on the other hand, bear no logic about their person whatsoever. they are, and i have complete agreement from numerous sheep farmers on the isle, predictably the most unpredictable animals on the planet. a farmer's wife of my acquaint has often said that, if they can find a stupid means of dying, they probably will. at lambing time, when plying the route between loch gruinart and loch gorm, on the descent it is not uncommon to see mum and one lamb on one side of the road, while sibling number two is on the opposite side. you know that, despite them being in no danger from the peloton whatsoever, one or other is going to move; the difficulty is in guessing which.
on yesterday's solo bike ride, as i headed past carnduncan, overlooking loch gorm, two sheep at the side of the road found it necessary to interrupt their munching of grass, in order to run in front of the bicycle for several hundred metres, causing an oncoming vehicle to have need of pulling into a passing place to avoid running them over. only a matter of half a kilometre further on, neilan passed me in his skoda estate running close to a sheep on the roadside verge. despite the possibility of the car causing untold harm to the woolly beast, should either have moved but a few centimetres in either direction, the sheep continued munching undisturbed.
yet when i passed moments later, on the opposite side of the road, it ran away in a panic, despite my posing very little risk to fleece or animal. and only a few hundred metres up the road, despite my cycling on the opposite side, and separated from several sheep by a sturdy wooden fence, as i neared, they rose up en masse and ran away. this aberrant behaviour was similarly underlined by sheep in a field between coullabus and uiskentuie. once again, despite the existence of a fence and grass verge between me and them, the entire crowd ran willy-nilly into the corner of the field. had i, in fact, had designs on causing them any physical harm, their agglomeration would have made life so much easier by their crowding into a corner from which there was no obvious retreat.
i would humbly suggest, therefore, that the collective noun applicable ought best be a stupidity of sheep. mind you, the hundreds of barnacle geese on gruinart flats weren't much better.
image: © ron steenvoorden islay.scot
sunday 26 november 2023
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ignored
the recent release of a carbon e-bike by one of the progenitors of british cycling's advanced track bike, appears to have been welcomed by not only the cycling media, but also certain corners of the motoring world. of course, a limited edition £20,000 e-bike will, by definition, appeal only to an appropriately limited audience, presumably one that has no qualms over dropping a not inconsiderable amount of money on a road bicycle that is probably incapable of completing even the shortest of sportive events without being plugged in at some point(s) along the parcours.
despite its claimed extremely light weight (for an e-bike), and possible concomitant lengthy battery life, there's no legitimate denial that at various points throughout its future life, it will require to be fed with electricity sourced from the national grid, not all of which, in all locations, will be derived from renewable sources.
at the time of its launch at this year's rouleur live, i did indeed comment that i found its existence something of a conundrum. all roadies of my acquaintance subscribe to the paradigm that followers of velominati are in this for the challenge, testing their mettle against the vicissitudes of the open road, meteorological conditions, and their own tenacity in the face of velocipedinal adversity. not for nothing does rule #5 advise us to have more of a backbone when pursuing the way of the saddle. to mitigate all of the above with a motor (albeit one that is arguably of tiny proportions) and battery is scarcely something that might have you described as one of the activity's hardmen/women.
however, i take into account the observation of one of my work colleagues, pointing out that not everyone with a bicycle embraces a similar approach, that the bicycle is a means of undertaking sometimes intensive exercise in occasionally challenging circumstances. many more are quite content to take a more leisurely approach to a sunday bike ride, happy to observe their surroundings without recourse to wout van aert impersonations.
i understand why modern representations of the human race are keen to follow their socialised upbringing and resort to the easiest means of resembling a cyclist. currently (pun intended), that would be on an e-bike. and according to bike industry statistics, the e-bike is likely to be seen as the successor to the mountain bike of the early 1980s, bucking the trend of diminishing sales and helping save the industry from post-pandemic doldrums (depending, of course, on which statistics to which you pay attention). that would tend to suggest that it is the acoustic bicycle that is in need of resuscitation, particularly given its credentials as an efficient and totally environmentally benign means of transport.
which is why i am once again confounded.
in mid-november, the bicycle association, with support from investors in cycling and chairman of active travel england, chris boardman presented westminster with a manifesto focusing on jobs and the economic growth potential of greater adoption of the bicycle within the nation's transport infrastructure. in essence, this is not only to be welcomed, but congratulated on the basis of its almost entrepreneurial stance. however, according to my opinion, one of the three succinct demands encapsulated by the manifesto veers a tad close to controversy.
in order to present a simplicity of message and target as wide a range of parliamentary interest as possible, the association précised its suggestions in three main points, namely, a national uk e-bike subsidy scheme, zero vat on children's bicycles, and funding innovation in the uk cycle industry to increase employment. my problem, you will be unsurprised to learn, is with the first of the three.
why is it there are these regular demands to subsidise the only genre of bicycle that seems not to require any subsidy? and if, for whatever reason it is found appropriate so to do, what of those who might prefer to ride an acoustic bicycle? since bicycles of every hue essentially accomplish the same objective, why would any subsidy not apply to bicycles as a whole? and given that the alleged average price paid for an e-bike approaches £3,000, is it not possible that any subsidy will disproportionately benefit the well-off? a bit like offering a 5% discount on a ferrari.
i truly do not comprehend why there is constant suggestion that e-bike purchases be subsidised by government to the exclusion of the acoustic bicycle. the latter is undeniably more environmentally sound, and if the government is truly invested in improving the nation's health, surely the e-bike is a less effective means of doing so?
does anyone else feel ignored?
saturday 25 november 2023
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big bobblers
at the turn of the century, islay was paid a visit by two fellows from ibis cycles who had recently exhibited an ibis single malt at one of america's premier cycle exhibitions. this particular bike, as long-term post readers may remember, was an all steel, single-speed mountain bike painted in lagavulin green, and when exhibited had featured a custom made bottle cage capable of safely carrying a bottle of lagavulin malt whisky (apparently the favoured tipple of ibis chief, scot nicol).
perhaps unsurprisingly, as a famous memmber of the cycling media, the two gentlemen not only contacted me directly to allow an afternoon of fun and frolics on the single malt, but indulge in earnest conversation, augmented by the presentation of a few ibis monikered trinkets, one of which was an ibis baseball cap. i freely admit that this is a mode of headgear with which i find little affinity, predominantly on the basis that the majority tend to make me look like a complete dork (no sniping from the back row, please). however, the cap with which i was gifted, by common consent, undermined that particular disadvantage by almost suiting my general demeanour.
however, though there is little to deny that a baseball cap merges well with the offroad crowd, in road circles, it has taken a re-naming of the style as the podium cap in order to gain tangential acceptance from the casquette brigade. it might be possible to wear a podium cap under a cycle helmet, but that scarcely makes it a pragmatic or worthwhile idea. rapha's subsequent popularising of the casquette effectively put paid to roadies wearing the podium cap anywhere other than upon the podium. but then there is velominati's rule #22, which helpfully points out that 'cycling caps are for cycling'. this dogmatic statement is qualified by "cycling caps can be worn under helmets, but never when not riding, no matter how hip you think you look."
fearing any form of public ridicule, i have thus abstained from the wearing of either a podium/baseball cap or casquette, in favour of a black, woolly, king crimson embroidered beanie, purchased from the merchandising stand in glasgow's royal concert hall, prior to witnessing that particular tour's crimson extravaganza (any gig featuring three drummers, tony levin and mel collins, surely deserves such a description). however, so doing hardly advertises my predilection with cycling.
that particular problem, however, seems to have been solved in ways i could scarcely have imagined. watching a european cyclocross event last season, i noted a trackside banner proclaiming big bobble hats. further investigation revealed that not only does the company offer a particularly wide range of woolly hats decorated with indeed, a very large bobble up top, but on a more parochial level, it transpires they are based in east kilbride, a town barely a stone's throw from glasgow. given their legitimate association with the union cycliste internationale (uci), i opted for an official uci world cup cyclocross bobble hat.
though a tad self-conscious about wearing it amongst the great unwashed, it turned out that a substantial number of the village population commented on just how fabulous a hat it truly was, completely oblivious to its cyclocross heritage. in fact, it's possibly worth my pointing out that, to my knowledge, only one other village resident has the faintest idea just what cyclocross actually is. to perhaps underline the immensity of the big bobble hat's magnificence, i have taken to pointing out, in a rather juvenile manner, that it is a professional hat, the wearing of which is confined solely to the fully-qualified individual. and delightfully, they offer the possibility of custom designs, currently under consideration by the velo club in debbie's livery.
and if you promise not to tell anyone, i'll admit to wearing my uci big bobble hat while watching each round of the cyclocross world cup series on eurosport. next target will likely be the ronde van vlaanderen big bobble hat.
big bobble hats
friday 24 november 2023
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oh, no you can't
in 2009, i paid my first visit to portland's fair city, during which i had the good fortune to visit a number of cycle practitioners in some of the more obscure corners of the town. one of those with whom i was keen to make contact, was a young lady by the name of jude kirstein (now jude gerace), who had only recently commenced with a wheelbuilding business entitled epic wheelworks. her workshop (and i use the term in its loosest sense) was scarcely any bigger than the elevator in which we reached her first floor premises. though she had a wide array of the componentry required to build wheels, along with a workbench on which to carry out her skilled practice, with three of us in the room (chris distefano was my tour guide), there was very little room to move.
jude had spent the weeks and months leading up to opening the business and staking her claim within portland's burgeoning cycling culture, by visiting those whose work she admired, determined to learn as much as possible. the built wheels sitting under the window sill were testament to her ability to learn quickly.
however, only a few weeks following my return to civilisation, i learned that she had been served with a cease and desist order from the legal department of specialized bicycles. it transpired that they had registered the word epic as a trademark, and took exception to her adoption of the name for a wheelbuilding concern. i confess this seemed particularly heavy-handed, considering the extreme unlikelihood of anyone confusing her broom cupboard of a workshop, with one of the world's largest bicycle manufacturers. however, well aware of her meagre resources, both legal and financial, in comparison to those possessed by specialized, she capitulated and altered the name of her wheelbuilding to sugar wheelworks, an enforced change that winningly provided not only a better name, but a far better logo in the process.
i can understand her disinclination to take on the might of the merida-owned cycle behemoth, but it seems quite possible that she would have won her case. for starters, her epic logo differed greatly from any use specialized had made of the word and it seems highly unlikely that anyone would confuse her handbuilt wheels with that of a carbon bicycle, particularly when specialized's own wheel brand is known as roval. and though i believe it pertains solely to legal matters in north america, the reliance of the judiciary upon the so-called dupont factors would appear, from my cursory investigations, to have sided in her favour. of course, it's now all water under the bridge, but the big boys seem still to spend what might be considered an inordinate amount of time worrying about potential trademark infringement.
the most recent case of which i'm aware, this time concerned the other manufacturing monolith, the trek bicycle company. an application to register ranger trek as a trademark for use on products (not bicycles) sold throughout america's national parks had been challenged by trek bicycles on the basis that they too sold backpacks, sports bags and the like, and there was a high possibility of the two being confused by potential customers. however, the trademark trial and appeal board, upheld the ranger trek registration after careful consideration of the previously mentioned dupont factors, a link to which i have posted below in case you're as intrigued as was i.
the applicant for the ranger trek trademark, having spent the past six years defending her application, has stated that had she realised trek bicycle was likely to be quite so belligerent, she'd never have included the word 'trek' in the first place.
it turns out that trek bicycle ranks at number four on a list of trademark bullies, sitting in line behind kellogs, apple and monster energy. legal experts have explained that trek has to continually to protect its trademark due to the common use of the word in many different situations. it reminds of mick and andy at prendas who, after years of research, offered a reproduction of the colnago casquette as worn by wesley snipes in the movie 'white men can't jump'. only a matter of days after placing it online, colnago came a calling with their own cease and desist order.
somewhat naive and confused about the situation, i contacted windwave, the uk colnago distributor, to enquire as to what the problem might be? surely the worst that could happen was that more people bought a colnago? the qualifying response pointed out that, while colnago had no particular problem with the prendas cycle cap, if they were seen to grant clemency to mick and andy, it could prejudice any future situation where more serious infractions of trademark law could prove harder to defend based on their previous leniency.
it's a funny old world.
dupont factors
thursday 23 november 2023
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stating the glaringy obvious
when i was young, oh so much younger than today, one sunday afternoon, my father took the family to a strip of tarmac somewhere near turnberry hotel in ayrshire, to participate in an advanced driving event curated by the local traffic police. i confess that i recall very very little of the afternoon, other than the car weaving in and out of traffic cones and similary carefully placed obstacles. whether this made my father a better driver, i honestly have no idea, though he did end his career never having suffered a motoring accident, unless you count one or two speeding tickets within that category.
of course, so-called advanced driving courses are scarcely the sole preserve of the constabulary nowadays, though several are led by former or current police instructors. while i don't doubt the efficacy of such techniques, casual observation of driver behaviour on hebridean roads would tend to suggest that there are many hundreds, if not thousands, of prospective clients, the majority of whom have likely assured themselves of their proximity to formula one fame and fortune.
while i do possess a driver's licence, i effectively gave up driving over a decade ago, partly because i dislike driving a car, but predominantly due to the realisation that i really wasn't very good at it. better, i thought, to desist from driving in order to safeguard not only yours truly, but every other driver on islay's roads. my regular transport demands are met predominantly by bicycle, shanks's pony (walking) or the occasional lift from my son. i should, conscientiously, point out that this is made considerably easier by living in the principal village on a small island.
and though i might be lacking any confidence whatsoever when behind the wheel of a car, there's a solid argument to be made suggesting that i might be a tad over-confident when on my bicycle. i beleve that a mitigating factor preventing the latter from providing ill-advised bragging rights is the salient fact that i am no longer young or fit enough to squander this misbegotten confidence by riding insouciantly at speed. i have, along with many others, learned to stake my claim to roadspace, riding in the centre of the road on blind corners to discourage any following vehicles from attempting to overtake, and though quick to disapprove, i am rarely unnerved by cars or trucks which fail miserably to allow me the required 1.5 metres.
i did, at one time, own one of those triangular enamel badges signifying my passing of the national cycling proficiency exam, though given the amount of time that has elapsed since my senior primary school days, i honestly doubt so doing has any direct influence on my current professed superiority in the saddle. however, given my apparent obsession with riding my bicycles, i have carefully observed the professionals on the road and in cyclocross and attempted to adopt relevant approaches that would make me a better cyclist.
however, i live in an arguably remote location, populated by a far lwer density of motor vehicles than the vast majority of mainland locations. add to that, many of the vehicles encountered during my perambulations, are driven by people i know and who know me, making the whole process more enjoyable and considerably safer. for those cyclists not living in the hebrides, you have my sincere condolences; your traffic experiences cannot hope to approach those of my own, so it would seem prudent to spare a thought for those embarking upon the joys of cycling we all know so well. how to gain the necessary experience while remaining in one piece long enough to put it into practice cannot be the easiest of learning curves.
however, aside from the schools which still teach cycling proficiency (none of those on islay currently do so - another article for another day), would-be adult cyclists can avail themselves of learner or advanced courses, similar to those made widely available to the motoring public. it seems tautologically obvious to point out that things can only get better for the apprentice velocipedinist, and that undertaking such a course would be for the benefit of all. i doubt there are many who do not see the logical value of so doing.
which is why my eyebrows have expressed just the wrong side of mild surprise that the bikeability trust saw fit to produce a report, pointing out that "...cycle training that meets the National Standards for Cycle Training (NSCT) can reduce the risk of a cyclist being killed or injured on Britain's roads."
one might ask if there was really ever any doubt that things were otherwise?
bikeability
wednesday 22 november 2023
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the little pictures
a number of years past, as i wended my merry way towards debbie's for saturday lunch, as i rounded the blind corner at crosshouses, a couple of kilometres or so after bridgend village, i met two japanese visitors in a hire car travelling the same side of the road as that on which i was cycling. there was a brief moment of "what's wrong with this picture?", before taking the avoiding action of making a dive for the opposite lane. unfortunately, the two gents opted for a similar course of action, and i'd to make another immediate correction to avoid any sort of collision.
to a certain extent i can understand their error, having been guilty of riding on the wrong side of the road at least twice when visiting portland, oregon. however, unlike roads in the pacific northwest, islay's roads feature frequent large white arrows painted in close proximity to the majority of junctions. obviously enough, these are to inform foreign drivers on which side of the road they ought to find themselves. by and large, they seem to have been reasonably effective, there having been no collisions, as far as i'm aware, as a result of vehicles driving on the wrong side.
however, the portent of such infractions is relatively minor, given the overall number of foreign visitors and the relatively short length of the summer season. the problem that both cyclists and motorists face on islay, perhaps to a greater degree than those of mainland drivers, is over-eager drivers on single-track roads and the numerous blind corners to be found all across the isle. physically, there is no available space for two cars side by side on one of the above mentioned back roads, but it often seems that the spatial judgment of many a motorist, both local and visitor, is somewhat lacking when adjudging whether to overtake a cyclist.
i doubt there is a single member of the velo club who has not been overtaken at least once on a narrow backroad by a driver guilty of misjudging the width of their vehicle and how much space is required by a cyclist. and where the body of the vehicle may well be capable of passing without incident, in all but the rarest of occasions, the size of the wing-mirrors (some almost approximating the dimensions of a small tv monitor) appears rarely to be taken into account.
such has been the frequency and possible effect of these ill-advised overtaking manouevres, that there have been discussions within the sunday peloton concerning the desire and efficacy of installing what the motoring trade refers to as dash-cams, devices easily affixed both front and back on almost any type of bicycle. in fact, as i write these words, i recall that i do, in fact, have just such a video camera combined with a rear light (i know, wrong direction). disappointingly, the charging cable is absent without leave, and the sd card has gone walkabout.
however, assuming we festooned cameras of this description about our velocipedes to record any traffic violations of the nature described above, what would we do with the resulting footage in order to have the local sergeant have a stern word through the driver's window? or worse.
in the majority of the uk, it would be a simple matter of downloading the footage to a computer before uploading it to a national dashcam safety portal where it could be reviewed by the police, ultmately, we might hope, to make the roads safer places in which to ride one's bicycle. the fly-in-the-ointment is that scotland has no such safety portal, despite police scotland having agreed to develop just such a facility in march 2022. and in order for just such an opportunity to proceed, transport scotland offered funding of £300,000. so far, so good, you might imagine.
however, in october 2023, scotland's justice minister, angela constance, announced that the system had been cancelled by police scotland, having decided that such a portal was not "...the optimum route" down which they wished to travel. instead, police scotland have opted to instigate a digital evidence sharing capability, currently being prototyped in dundee. however, should this proved successful, it won't be fully implemented until 2025.
the scottish branch of cycling uk has, not unnaturally, queried this decision, given the proven effectiveness of the safety portal currently in use by 37 uk police forces. reports uploaded in 2021 apparently led to successful action being taken against offending drivers at a rate of 80%. the portals have also proved their effectiveness in saving of police time, since the footage can be reviewed by civilian staff.
it may be that police scotland have belatedly adopted the 'not invented here' manual as used by last century's apple computer.
tuesday 21 november 2023
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- armwarmers, oversocks & coolmax socks
- rapha city riding socks
- rapha merino roll neck jumper
- hultra ventoux windproff softshell
- cervo rosso intermedio jacket and winter bibshorts
- endura equipe cashmere socks
- endura equipe bib-knickers
- madison stellar ii waterproof jacket
- cervo rosso armwarmers and legwarmers
- velobici ride 't'
- prendas air tunnel gloves and overshoes
- bbb mistralshield windproof jacket
- capo padrone thermal jacket
- cafe du cycliste yolande long sleeve jersey
- vulpine clothing's nick hussey, softshell jacket and merino jersey
- dromarti la grande 2 mitt
- rapha sleeveless pro team base layer
- craft active rain jacket
- vulpine epic cotton rain jacket
- rapha grand tour shoes
- de feet yellow wool gloves
- mavic hc h2o waterproof jacket
- solo retro tec jersey and armwarmers
- rapha lightweight sportwool jersey
- cervo rosso strada doppio 2.0 jacket
- rapha classic bibshorts
- rapha etape act two jersey 2012
- showers pass double century ex waterproof jacket
- endura urban range polo shirt, stretch trousers and argyle socks
- velobici van dapper road jersey and shorts
- vulpine merino polo shirt
- cervo rosso corsa s3 jersey
- showers pass skyline softshell jacket
- endura bowmore single malt s/s cycle jersey
- rapha hardshell waterproof jacket
- prendas winter hat
- vulpine long sleeve t-shirt
- le col b3 winter jacket and bibtights
- carbonaut breakaway jersey
- vulpine long-sleeve polo shirt
- vulpine lightweight harrington jacket and tailored trousers
- glacier cyclocross gloves
- prendas primaloft winter socks
- solo winter jacket, merino baselayer and merino collar
- prendas cordura oversocks
- cervo rosso ibrido jacket
- route clothing t-shirts
- cafe du cycliste, marie josette s/s jersey
- rapha team sky winter cap
- rapha s/s trade team jersey
- this is...cambridge merino cap
- prendas leisure jacket
- rapha bordeaux-paris jersey
- castelli gabba jersey & nano-flex armwarmers
- castelli gabba jersey & nano-flex armwarmers when wet
- solo kilmory jersey
- vulpine merino alpine jersey
- vulpine button merino jersey
- cafe du cycliste henriette s/s jersey
- rapha/raeburn windjacket
- cafe du cycliste cotton cycling cap
- rapha teamsky kids' wiggo jersey
- condor extreme polka dot socks
- rapha transfer trousers
- dmt marathon 2.0 offroad shoes
- cafe du cycliste loulou armwarmers
- prendas super-roubaix gloves
- aldi l/s winter jersey
- endura adrenaline race cape
- fred perry bradley wiggins range track jacket & merino sweater
- endura jetstream l/s jersey
- endura equipe exo waterproof gloves
- vulpine epic cotton raintrousers
- prendas aquatex overshoes
- showerspass outdry waterproof gloves
- castelli nan-flex bibknickers
- this is cambridge blood, sweat & gears cap
- rapha merino mesh l/s baselayer
- solo 3/4 thermal bibshorts
- rapha winter glove system
- shutt winter performance jacket
- rapha winter socks 2013
- endura luminite waterproof jacket
- rapha city riding merino gilet
- look mum no hands podium boxer shorts
- rapha transfer jacket
- shutt vr ltd edition tweed cap
- look mum no hands headwear
- cafe du cycliste heidi jacket
- showers pass crosspoint windgloves
- claret vulpine softshell gilet
- hackney gt alpine green long sleeve cycle jacket
- kora shola yakswool l/s baselayer
- this is cambridge urban sprinter cap
- showers pass crosspoint waterproof socks
- rapha & raeburn l/s henley and quilted jacket
- meccanica off-bike clothing
- vulpine/oliver spencer blazer
- rapha trade team jerseys
- endura movistar replica team kit
- tribesports gent's cycle jersey
- showers pass elite pro jacket
- endura movistar team replica l/s jersey
- stolen goat ltd ed. fausto coppi t-shirt
- lecol pro s/s jersey and bibshorts
- bits and bobs from prendas ciclismo
- rapha lapelled jacket and s/s polo shirt
- proviz nightrider jacket and waterproof trousers
- rapha commemorative pantani jersey
- tic panache fluoro dots cycling cap
- cafe du cycliste antoinette bibshorts and baselayer
- ardbeg's new retro jersey
- rapha king of pain jersey
- this is cambridge sunflower tdf cap
- santini peugeot retro bibshorts
- rapha climbers jersey
- endura equipe infiniti bibshorts and helios comp jersey
- vulpine ultralight quilted thermal jacket
- proviz reflect360 waterproof jacket
- vulpine dogtooth merino silk socks
- rapha deep winter hat
- rapha long pro team socks and merino stripe socks
- this is cambridge grimpeur cap
- rapha reversible city riding jacket
- rapha crew neck merino t-shirt
- cucu barcelona s/s jersey
- prendas ciclismo leisure polo shirt
- rapha pro team bibtights with pad
- endura stealth-lite 2 waterproof bib-tights
- le col rain jacket
- hackney gt alpine bobble hat
- showers pass skyline winter cap
- rapha city range merino button shirt
- isadore merino gloves
- castelli alpha jacket
- this is cambridge omloop winter cap
- showers pass bodymapped baselayer
- mavic cosmic wind jacket
- velobici merino ribbed collar and white tip merino gloves
- rapha pro team softshell
- cervo rosso strada 2.0 l/s jersey
- portland design works 'cross beanie
- prendas de vlaeminck t-shirt
- hoy vulpine jersey and shorts
- rapha softshell baselayer
- rapha data print pro-team jersey
- ashmei softshell jacket
- ashmei merino/carbon s/s jersey
- rapha 2015 trade team jerseys
- vulpine gill waterproof jacket
- endura classics jersey
- café du cycliste louise s/s jersey
- rapha cima coppi s/s jersey, essentials case and cap
- house industries merino vélo jersey
- this is cambridge tom s/s jersey cap and socks
- milltag top bonk schleppers jersey and cap
- showers pass torch socks
- fat lad at the back lanterne rouge l/s jersey
- this is cambridge panache confortare cap
- wonderful socks
- ashmei bibshorts
- santini team z s/s jersey & bibshorts
- the athletic socks, jersey and cap
- prendas super roubaix fluoro gloves
- prendas aqua light fluoro overshoes
- le col hc s/s jersey
- rapha tom simpson jersey and cap
- prendas santini peugeot mashup t-shirt
- rapha long-sleeve club jersey
- showers pass cascade track pants
- rapha thermal classic bibshorts
- vulpine thermal gilet
- rapha cyclocross l/s jersey, cap and socks
- aldi l/s jersey, tights and socks
- showers pass bamboo/merino henley sport
- rapha lombardia l/s jersey and socks
- this is cambridge 1-in-7 cap
- rapha pro team gloves
- aldi l/s merino baselayer
- hoy vulpine winter bib tights
- proviz pixelite softshell race jacket
- rapha loopback trousers
- rapha cotton twill city riding trousers
- prendas aqualight gloves
- showers pass little crossover kids' rainjacket
- endura freezing point overshoes
- red dots scottish winter cycling cap
- svelte clothing s/s jersey and classic bibshorts
- this is cambridge waxed cotton cycling cap
- cafe du cycliste charlotte softshell jacket, jeanna rain bibshorts and lolou legwarmers
- mavic ksyrium pro thermo kit
- vulpine softshell gloves
- this is cambridge pink omloop winter cap
- rivelo winnats bibtights, langcliffe waterproof jacket and symonds winter gloves
- svelte long-sleeve heritage jersey
- rapha merino winter collar
- rapha pro team softshell 2015
- showers pass spring classics waterproof jacket
- rapha shadow jersey and bibshorts
- endura fs260-pro sl thermal windproof jacket
- rapha core s/s jersey & bibshorts
- rapha brevet thermal gilet
- rapha classic jersey ii
- velobici continental l/s jersey
- rapha brevet bibshorts
- svelte l/s merino baselayer
- osloh crank trousers
- rapha city riding wool jacket
- rapha brevet windblock jersey
- castelli perfetto s/s weatherproof jersey
- la passione bibshorts, legwarmers and l/s winter jersey
- snek winter cap
- lumo herne hill harrington jacket
- john smedley merino jig sweater and merino hugh sweater
- rapha 'rivals' merino cycle jersey
- galibier velo ultimate foul weather gilet
- rivelo s/s peaslake jersey and homister bibshorts
- la passione pdp summer jersey
- prendas ciclismo 20th anniversary s/s jersey
- this is cambridge hors categorie s/s cycle jersey, socks & cap
- rapha pro team windjacket
- hilltrek greenspot double ventile jacket
- magliamo merino wool molteni l/s jersey
- rapha shadow armwarmers + kneewarmers
- n+1 cycling t-shirts
- rapha core l/s team wiggins jersey
- showers pass club shoe covers
- vulpine urban cycling jeans & merino boxers
- rapha cyclocross long-sleeve jersey
- rapha mips helmet
- shutt vuelta winter jacket
- rapha merino stand collar windproof jersey
- this is cambridge s/s baselayer
- hilltrek greenspot double ventile jacket - getting it wet
- endura pro sl bibtights
- rapha commemorative peace race jersey and game
- cafe du cycliste lucette gilet
- specialized deflect reflect hybrid jacket
- rapha classic winter jacket
- cafe du cycliste mid-season gloves
- wabi woolens winter weight jersey
- rapha shadow long-sleeve jersey
- rapha festive 500 jersey and core range waterproof jacket
- dexshell biking socks
- rapha brevet thermal jacket
- dexshell thermfit neo gloves
- maratona classics jersey
- rapha classic bibshorts ii
- endura pro sl bibs ii
- rapha shadow blazer
- showers pass atlas reflective jacket
- rapha pro team bibshorts ii
- rouleur + velominati rule#5 s/s jersey, bibshorts, socks and t-shirt
- rapha packable backpack
- louison bobet softshell gloves
- louison bobet bibshorts, long-sleeve and short-sleeve jerseys
- t-labs stelvio t-shirt
- rapha fausto coppi merino jersey
- velobici premgripp and merino socks
- rapha pro-team lightweight gilet
- louison bobet porticcio 69 merino pullover and letouquet74 merino cardigan
- cafe du cycliste boubou collection zahira diamant s/s jersey
- rapha classic crochet mitts
- rapha lines pro team flyweight jersey
- shutt vr custom jersey and pro bibshorts
- arrivee intermediate l/s jersey
- hilltrek greenspot single ventile lightweight jacket
- snek merino armwarmers and lightwieght merino cycling cap
- rocket espresso s/s jersey and bibshorts
- endura movistar team issue gilet and l/s jersey
- this is cambridge men's bibshorts
- rapha colombia kom s/s sportwool jersey
- new ardbeg celtic cycle jersey
- assos r.s. sturmprinz evo waterproof jacket
- this is cambridge a bloc long-sleeve jersey and socks
- hilltrek greenspot single ventile jacket - getting it wet
- snek merino kneewarmers
- rapha ultramarine pro team softshell
- endura pro sl thermal jacket
- rapha city riding range insulated sweatshirt
- endura pro sl thermal jacket
- assos habutightsmille thermal bibtights
- rapha pro team thermal l/s baselayer
- rapha classic rainjacket ii
- giessegi redoute winter bibtights
- t-labs road riding t-shirt
- rapha pro-team insulated jacket
- rapha quarter zip reflective knit jersey
- showerspass trailhead merino/bamboo hooded sweatshirt
- pedal ed nachi waterproof jacket
- pedal ed essential jersey and team winter bibtights
- assos mille gt spring/autumn l/s jersey
- pedal ed kaido l/s merino jersey
- rapha check windjacket
- q36.5 hybrid que l/s jersey, s/s baselayer, wolf bibshorts and merino socks
- assos t-equipe evo bibshorts
- rouleur cycle clothing collection
- this is cambridge omloop l/s jersey, mesh baselayer, thermal bibshortsm kneewarmers and socks.
- rapha transfer hoodie.
- endura long-sleeve movistar team jersey
- rapha limited edition gavia collection
- haramaki - japanese body warmer
- hommage au velo bahamontes lightweight climbing jersey
- prendas/santini bordeaux-paris jersey & cap
- hilltrek hebridean ventile gilet
- dexshell ultralight waterproof socks
- endura fs260 adrenaline cape and threequarter shorts
- rapha explore range, insulated goose-down jacket
- assos mille gt hashoogi winter jacket
- prendas/santini peugeot bp inverted long-sleeve jersey
- rapha classic bibtights
- rapha milano-roma collection
- rapha tweed softshell
- prendas pro rain overshoes
- showers pass crosspoint waterproof gloves
- campagnolo c-tech winter jacket
- frahm utility field jacket
- velobici rene l/s jersey
- velobici rene thermal bibshorts
- ashmei bibshorts
- this is cambridge omloop rain/windcape
- assos equipe rs bibshorts
- endura apparel cleaner and re-proofer
- rapha core range cargo bibshorts
- endura humvee shacket
- prendas cordura oversocks
- this is cambridge omloop rain/wind gilet
- santini/prendas greg lemond l/s agrigel/adr/bottechia jersey
- prendas lisboa rain cycling cap
- rapha pro-team lightweight shadow jacket
- rapha explore winter cargo bibtights
- café du cycliste petra gilet
- rapha + gore-tex explore hooded pullover
- prendas primaloft cupron socks and winter thermolite socks
- endura pro sl primaloft jacket ii
- albion cycle clothing rain jacket
- rapha pro team insulated gore-tex jacket
- prendas/santini vetements z l/s jersey
- rapha+gore-tex explore hooded pullover
- rapha pro-team road shoes
- rapha pro-team training jersey 7 pro-team training bib shorts
- robert millar/pippa york t-shirt
- endura pro sl bibshortst
- rapha special edition belgian country jersey
- prendas ciclismo - omloop van vlaanderen
- vulpine long and short-sleeve polo shirts
- btr waterproof hi-viz waterproof jacket
- endura hummvee chino shorts with liner
- pearson cycles greg coulton illustrates s/s baselayer
- ashmei breton jersey and cycle bib shorts
- this is cambridge yellow tour socks
- prendas/santini watneys red barrel s/s jersey and cap
- ritchey cycling socks
- dexshell lightweight overshoes
- craft fuseknit s/s baselayer
- rapha core long-sleeve jersey
- prendas omloop van vlaanderen sleeves baselayer
- rapha classic winter gore-tex jacket
- rapha pro team bibshorts ii
- rapha sonic collection
- velobici cobalto thermal jersey and thermal bibshorts
- prendas shell peugeot cap
- endura urban luminite 3 in 1 jacket ii
- prendas/santini peugeot shell michelin s/s jersey
- endura xtract roubaix l/s jersey
- rapha long-sleeve calssic jersey ii
- le col hors categorie bibshorts ii
- vulpine merino alpine l/s jersey
- prendas super roubaix deluxe gloves
- sole active thin insole
- endura custom kit pro sl l/s jersey
- rapha explore lightweight jacket
- rapha gs imperial sportwool s/s club jersey, bibshorts and cap
- tic-cc hc short-sleeve jersey
- vulpine organic cotton tee
- vulpine omnia cycling jeans
- endura fs260 thermo bibknickers
- endura pro-sl three-season jacket
- quoc pham mono ii road shoes
- souke sports l/s jersey, bibtights and thermal jacket
- endura freezing point ii overshoes
- endura mt500 burner clipless offroad shoes
- endura gv500 reiver s/s jersey and bibshorts
- showers pass basecamp merino hoodie
- endura gv500 waterproof jacket
- rapha brevet s/s jersey
- rapha brevet gore-tex paclite plus jacket
- vulpine ultralight quilted gilet
- vulpine men's merino v-lux neck sweatshirt
- quoc weekend sneaker - part one
- quoc weekend sneaker - part two
- rapha powerweave bibshorts
- rapha trailwear technical t-shirt
- rapha trailwear gore-tex infinium jacket
- endura pro sl waterproof shell jacket
- rapha pro team training bibtights
- soukesports graphene l/s fleece jersey, lightweight windproof gilet, winter bibtights and padded winter gloves
- rapha men's trail merino long-sleeve t-shirt
- rapha men's explore gore-tex jacket
- showers pass cloudburst hoodie
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- tour of britain start 2006
- 2006 braveheart ride
- schwalbe ultremo tyres
- ortlieb sling-it
- catlike whisper and kompact pro helmets
- on-one il pompino fixed wheel
- colnago clx
- science in sport nocte
- srm power crank from cylepowermeters.com
- fsa ceramic bearing jockey wheels
- lightweight ventoux carbon wheels
- colnago c50 2007
- fibre-lyte carbon chainrings
- vittoria 30th anniversary shoes + vista pedals
- fulcrum racing one wheels
- eddy merckx chm carbon + wheelsbike 2000s
- fibre-lyte carbon jockey wheels
- rapha fixed backpack
- mavic r-sys carbon spoked wheels
- oval concepts r700 stem and r710 classic bars
- muc-off optix lens cleaner
- brooks swallow leather saddle
- lumie bodyclock light
- ride of the falling rain 2008
- pro-lite piemonte cyclo-cross frame
- ultimate pro-ultralight bicycle repair stand
- rebecca charlton's review: alan a-matrix
- effetto mariposa giustaforza torque wrench
- fsa k-force carbon compact handlebars & os-99 stem
- rapha musette
- chris king classic cross wheelset
- eddy merckx racing alloy
- nokia n82 gps phone & sportstracker software
- independent fabrication featherlight
- garmin edge 705 gps unit
- sportique active body products
- sportique body soap
- sportique century riding cream & deodorants
- fixie inc. betty leeds steel race bike
- bonk breaker energy bars
sportique warming up cream and cooling cream
- sportique massage oils
- vittoria revo kxs twin tread tyres
- nokon gear and brake cable sets
- knog gator front light
- chain-l no.5 - huile de chaine
- museeuw mf5 carbon/flax frame
- brompton p-type folding bicycle
- schwalbe ultremo 'r' road tyres
- alchemy goods courier bag
- mule bars
- carbonsports lightweight rd
- trp r960 caliper brakes
- colnago cx-1
- singular peregrine
- independent fabrication club racer fixed gear
- flip ultra video camera and sport mount
- miniature cyclists
- mavic race sl ti pedals
- focus variado expert
- cyclepowermeters powertap rear wheel
- chris king cielo review
- mavic cosmic carbone slr
- shimano di2 review
- fsa sl-k pro carbon compact chainset
- zero g titanium brake calipers
- muvi micro digital video camera
- colnago clx centaur
- squirt dry lube
- crud roadracers mudguards
- bikefood
- hides
- 2010 colnago ace
- muc-off cleaners and dry lube
- ta specialites 42 campag replacement chainring
- reynolds assault carbon clincher wheels
- cyclo tools workshop tyre lever
- bike box alan
- garmin edge 500 gps
- chris king cielo - the story begins
- a graze box of healthy snacks
- sleepathlete pro-sound pillow
- park tools frame fit pump
- full wood fenders
- two'n'fro claqs
- bikefood carbo powder and munchie bars
- dromarti strada lugged steel frame
- a2z components campagnolo single speed convertor
- 9bar energy bars
- iphone/ipod bike doctor app
- crud roadracers mark two
- lazer helium helmet
- 2011 campagnolo centaur ergopower levers
- the legacy of john boultbee brooks part 3 - colt saddle
- van nicholas titanium skewers
- purple harry's bike cleaning products
- mavic k10 wheel/tyre system
- motorex lubricants and sprays
- sram red groupset
- clif choc chip bar and shotblok
- rapha skincare range
- purple harry's bike cleaning range
- ibis hakkalugi cyclocross bike
- high five zero tabs and 4:1 carb/protein powder
- moonlights rechargeable lights
- edge16 magnetic bottle 'cage'
- crank brothers eggbeater and candy pedals
- respro hump waterproof backpack cover
- pedros workshop vise whip
- andystand
- zimbale leather saddle and saddlebag
- lezyne floor drive track pump
- continental speed king cyclocross tyres & chris king cyclocross wheels
- bbb microboard computer
- demploi canvas belt bag
- aszure team issue carbon bike
- traitor luggernaut three-speed
- vittoria open pave cg tyres
- rapha tour de france cd
- enve 25 carbon sprint wheels
- mavic r-sys slr exalith wheels
- san marco mantra saddle
- cole c24 lite wheels
- trp 970sl brake calipers
- milani acciaio puro columbus xcr road bike
- trion-z magnetic therapy bracelet
- trp eurox magnesium cantilievers
- giro aeon helmet
- rapha seat pack
- bbb digiboard cycle computer
- colnago world cup 2.0 cyclocross bike
- garmin 200 gps cycle computer
- vittoria diamante pro radiale clinchers
- swift little dear bar-bag/saddle bag
- mavic plasma slr helmet
- ibis hakkalugi black lung
- nightrider lights
- beloved every day bicycle
- rapha race bag
- purple harry sanitising spray
- rapha summer embrocation
- shand cycles stoater
- sugar wheelworks ghisallo wooden rimmed wheels pt.1
- sugar wheelworks ghisallo wooden rimmed wheels pt.2
- colnago clx 3.0 di2
- ventoux event bag
- sugar wheelworks/chris king r45 ceramic wheelset
- nuun hydration tablets
- wheelsmith race23 wheels
- wheelsmith race23 wheels part two
- green oil white dry wax lubricant
- shand cycles skinnymalinky
- green oil eco bucket
- bike parka
- nilox 'foolish' hd action video camera
- condor bivio x cyclocross bike
- trakke mule waxed cotton messenger bag
- lezyne mega-drive headlight
- rapha post shave lotion
- morgan blue soft chamois cream
- morgan blue bike wash and polish
- morgan blue warming oil
- morgan blue chain cleaner and race oil
- kask vertigo helmet
- colnago c59 disc
- endura airshell helmet
- bakewell soap co. deep muscle relief rub
- dz nuts inheat embrocation
- rx sport prescription rudy project exowind cycling glasses
- dz nuts inheat embrocation
- portland design works bird cage
- purple harry travel pack
- ism adamo attack saddle
- purple harry wet lube
- rapha liveried pinarello dogma k
- festina tour of britain edition chronograph
- portland design works 3wrencho
- c originals sv888 helmet
- trek domane 5.9
- >colnago acr
- giro air-attack helmet
- gu energy slated caramel gel
- ursa major three musketeer traveler shaving kit
- rolf prima ares 4 carbon wheels
- protecht surface coatings
- fsa k-force cantilever brakes
- dz nuts bald shaving cream
- matrix waxy maize and scottish oats carb powder
- rolf prima vigor alpha wheels
- portland design works alexander graham bell
- ventoux gym bag
- silicon tidds
- wheelsmith race 24 wheels part 1
- 2013 cervelo r3
- unich mini-pump
- aerozine titanium wheel skewers
- mavic zxellium road pedals
- pdw aether demon tail light
- loksak mobile phone case
- a set of rouleur goodies including mark cavendish model
- wheelsmith race 24 wheels in 'cross mode
- axiom annihilateair track pump
- brooks cambium c17 saddle
- bridge street saddlebag
- green oil eco sponge
- ritchey torque key
- salsa celtica - the tall islands
- biologic pango folding helmet
- cervo rosso softshell case
- dmt vega road shoes
- poc octal road helmet
- shand cycles phat stoater
- bike repair app
- osmo hydration products
- multipower energy bars
- sugru flexible silicon rubber
- purple harry super sponge
- cielo racer stem
- kali phenom helmet
- bryton 20+ cycle gps
- secret training products
- ventoux training camp bag
- portland design works ninja pump
- honey stinger organic chews
- challenge limus cyclocross tyres
- fast forward f6 carbon clincher wheels
- brainy bike lights
- 24 bottles stainless steel water bottle and porta bottiglia
- purple harry rider care range
- shand rohloff stoater
- frog 55 hybrid kids' bike
- brooks brick lane panniers
- bellroy waterproof leather travel wallet
- green clean bike cleaner
- crunchy peanut butter clif bars
- chapeau cyclist's coffee
- anamaya meditation iphone app
- rapha cyclocross shoes
- look mum no hands stainless steel hip flask and cage
- rapha climbers shoes
- bodyglide products
- pedros yellow tyre levers
- mavic cxr helmet
- bar fly garmin handlebar mount
- cycling stars trump card game
- brooks cambium c15 saddle
- pedros synlube
- colnago c60
- pedros green fizz bike cleaner
- portland design works lars rover front light
- feedback sports velo hinge
- feedback sports velo hinge
- massif central tdf poster
- nixfrixshun chain lube
- richard mitchelson's cycling wallpaper
- manual for speed 2015
- the king of scotland's ibis hakkalugi disc
- tesco outdoor clothing wash and spray proofer
- clement las cyclocross clincher tyres
- pedros chain pig
- challenge gravel grinder 38mm 'cross tyres
- cherryactive concentrated montmorency cherry juice
- fox cycling online cycle training
- giro empire road shoes
- muc off hydro dynamic chain lube
- cyclops magnetic turbo trainer
- dromarti classic leather road shoes
- tern verge x-18 folding bicycle
- wheelsmith aero 38 wheelset
- sunwise hastings cycling glasses
- wheelsmith aero 38 wheelset part ii
- rapha/bang & olufsen h6 headphones
- flexiseq joint lubrication therapy
- muc off fabric protect
- brooks cambium c15 carved saddle
- mavic cxr ultimate road shoe
- frog bikes tadpole balance bike
- rapha sunglasses
- rapha rucksack
- giro vr90 offroad shoes
- colnago clx 2015
- portland design works owl cage
- vel components multi-tool with co2 adaptor
- ritchey classic series bars, stem, seatpost and saddle
- aldi bikemate bicycle toolkit
- withings activité pop watch
- selle san marco regal saddle
- led lenser b5r front light and b2r rear
- clement crusade pdx cyclocross tyres
- wickens & soderstrom bike cleaner
- bicycling magazine's emoji keyboard
- crank brothers candy 7 pedals
- muc off luxury chamois cream
- wheelsmith aero disc wheelset
- ridley x-ride 20 cyclocross bike
- break fluid blended ground coffee
- quoc pham hardcourt shoes
- crank brothers quattro cleat adaptor
- brooks carbon rail cambium c13 saddle
- crank brothers candy 7 pedal update
- ridley x-ride 20 update review
- specialized recon mixed terrain shoes
- specialized prevail road helmet
- axiom blastair mini pump
- specialized crux e5 x1 cyclocross bicycle
- cycliq fly6 rear light and hd video camera
- challenge baby limus cyclocross tyres
- crank brothers candy #7 pedals final review
- challenge strada bianca 700x33c road tyres
- green oil eco grease in a tube
- ortlieb6 plus, handlebar bag and seatpost-bag
- specialized awol elite adventure bike
- rapha + apidura bike packs
- portland design works bindle rack
- flexiseq active joint lubrication
- selle royal ta+too interchangeable saddle
- unior 1655fh multi-tool
- wd40 bicycle products
- unior tyre levers
- showers pass utility backpack
- lizard skins clear frame protection kit
- specialized crux elite cyclocross bike
- installing a campagnolo groupset
- campagnolo potenza groupset: the prologue
- lizard skins camouflage 2.5mm bar tape
- campagnolo potenza groupset: going for a ride
- specialized turbo cotton clinchers
- four months on a specialized crux elite
- wickens and soderstrom no.3 drivetrain lube
- wickens and soderstrom no.6 bike polish
- ritchey wcs xc clipless pedals
- restrap camouflage musette bag
- ritchey barkeeper levers
- campagnolo potenza; how's it doing?
- 100 climbs mobile app
- rearviz armband mirror
- six months on a specialized crux elite
- specialized sequoia elite
- ortlieb bikepacking bar pack and seatpack
- plan bee anti-chafe and embrocation
- schwalbe one pro tubeless tyres and wheelsmith ascent tubeless wheelset
- laura zabo's upcycled road tyre belts
- schwalbe one pro tubeless tyres and wheelsmith ascent tubeless wheelset part 2
- quoc pham 'night' road shoe
- specialized roubaix comp
- on the rivet chamois cream
- schwalbe one pro tubeless tyres and wheelsmith ascent tubeless wheelset part 3
- limar ultralight+ helmet
- rawvelo energy bars
- feedback sports bike tools
- more than a couple of weeks on a specialized roubaix comp
- veloeye bicycle theft protection
- ride skincare sunscreen and recovery moisturiser
- green oil spray lube
- campagnolo sarto carbon road bike
- hexlox anti-theft system
- chrome industries cardiel orp backpack
- fairbairn fabrication fangs
- chrome industries cinelli barrage cargo backpack
- sven cycles pathfinder light
- brooks weatherproof cambium c17 saddle
- chamois butt'r original and eurostyle
- wheelsmith pave wheelset
- campagnolo chorus groupset part one
- mavic yksion tubeless 28mm tyres
- campagnolo chorus groupset part two
- ritchey logic frameset
- neil pryde bura part two
- portland design works gravity tail light
- portland design works daybot tail light
- bicycle maintenance guide app for ios
- giro empire vr70 knit offroad shoes
- rapha classic saddle
- specialized turbo vado electric bicycle
- endura pro sl road helmet
- compass 700 x 28c chinook pass tyres
- brooks pickwick cotton backpack
- chinook pass tyres part two
- specialized turbo vado 2.0 - the real review
- crankalicious science friction chain lube
- ritchey micro road pedals
- rapha for apple macbook 13" sleeve
- coloral stainless steel water bottle
- campagnolo record twelve-speed bike build
- crankalicious pineapple spray was and frame sealant
- campagnolo record twelve-speed
- fassa bicycle protection
- rapha waterproof top tube pack and small seat pack
- campagnolo record twelve-speed
- specialized allez sprint comp disc
- ashmei domestique gin
- ritchey wcs ergomax alloy handlebar, wcs c220 84d stem and wcs pavé bar tape.
- goodyear eagle tubeles 700 x 30c tyres.
- specialized turbo tubeless tyres 700x28c.
- rapha explore shoes.
- specialized roval 64mm tubeless-ready disc compatible carbon wheels.
- ritchey classic zeta wheelset.
- specialized allez sprint comp disc, long-term review.
- brooks cambium organic light saddle.
- chater-lea grand tour pedals.
- ritchey chicane stem.
- rapha roll top backpack.
- zilfer cycling/activity wallet.
- rene herse hurricane ridge 700x42 gravel tyres.
- campagnolo bora wto carbon wheelset.
- limar air-pro and air master helmets.
- donnelly strada lgg 700x28c road tyres.
- basso diamante road bike-disc version.
- showers pass rainslinger waterproof hip pack.
- revolube bicycle chain lubricant.
- chater lea grand tour pedals - the story so far.
- campagnolo bora on and bora wto wheelsets.
- see.sense ace light set.
- revolube - part two.
- donnelly strada lgg 28mm road tyres
- basso diamante - part two
- clug bicycle storage solution
- revolube: the story so far
- bicycle quickguard
- ritchey echelon road pedals
- ritchey echelon road pedals - update
- btr waterproof saddle wedge
- kinesis jo burt signature bar tape
- btr waterproof bar bag
- bend 36 chamois cream
- kool-stop tyre bead jack
- rene herse steilacoom gravel tyres
- pirelli cycle-e wt winter tyres
- pirelli cycle-e wt winter tyres part two
- essence outdoors epicon glasses
- shapeheart smartphone handlebar mount
- mystery ranch hip monkey + in-and-out 19
- rene herse chinook pass road tyres
- jack the rack
- ritchey single-bolt carbon seatpost
- tyre glider
- hutchinson tundra 700 x40c gravel tyres
- hutchinson tundra 700 x40c gravel tyres part two
- green oil chain degreaser and dry chain wax
- green oil agent apple extreme degreaser
- condor cycles handbuilt wheelset
- squirt lube long lasting and low temperature versions
- green oil eco spray lube
- green oil bike armour
- challenge grifo cyclocross clincher tyres
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dvd reviews
- real peloton issues 1 and 2
- pantani-the pirate dvd bromley video
- the eddy merckx story - the greatest cycling champion. double dvd set - bromley video
- the brit pack double dvd set - bromley video
- scott coady's cobbles baby dvd
- cy-yo cycle yoga dvd
- battle of the bikes, obree/boardman - bromley double dvd set
- the final hour - bromley dvd
- ultimate cyclist cd/download. josh horowitz
- quest 2 dvd
- red zinger/coors classic 3dvd set
- flying scotsman - the graeme obree movie
- detour de france dvd
- 23 days in july dvd (1983 tour de france)
- le velo de ghislain lambert
- it's the tour baby! deux - scott coady
- the athlete's guide to yoga dvd - sage rountree
- the road to roubaix - masterlink films
- imperfection is perfection - richard sachs, framebuilder
- the high life - a life in the year of robert millar
- detour - the movie
- klunkerz dvd - the birth of mountain biking
- sportsfreund lotsch
- bicycle dreams - a movie by stephen auerbach
- pure sweet hell - a cyclocross dvd
- a ride with george hincapie
- d'acciaio - a film by ben ingham
- the cyclocross meeting - brian vernor
- brian robinson - an alan pascoe film
- breaking away
- cycle of betrayal - the shay elliot story
- the collective anthology
- jeremy powers cross camp
- mark cavendish: born to race
- beryl burton - racing is life
- l'ultimo chilometro
- janapar movie
- bespoken cycle music by johnny random
- pantani: the accidental death of a cyclist
- a film about coffee
- for the love of mud a film about cyclocross
- alf engers. a film by ray pascoe
- dummy jim - a film by matt hulse
- battle mountain - graeme obree
- time-trial a film by finlay pretsell featuring david millar
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book reviews
- spain - the trailrider guide
- bikie
- the yellow jersey guide to the tour de france
- a century of the tour de france by jeremy whittle
- the official tour de france centennial 1903 - 2003
- flying scotsman - the graeme obree story
- riding high-shadow cycling the tour de france by paul howard
- the ras - the story of ireland's stage race by tom daly
- bicycling science 3 - david gordon wilson
- one more kilometre and we're in the showers
- food for fitness - chris carmichael
- 101 bike routes in scotland - harry henniker
- park tool big blue book of bicycle repair - calvin jones
- roule britannia - william fotheringham
- marco pantani - john wilcockson | lance armstrong - daniel coyle
- michael barry - inside the postal bus
- a peiper's tale - allan peiper | man on the run, (marco pantani) - manuela ronchi
- the tour de france - graeme fife
- viva la vuelta - the story of spain's favourite race - adrian bell & lucy fallon
- les nomades du velo anglais - tony hewson (plus extract)
- velopress special: andy pruitt's cyclist's medical guide | lennard zinn's book of road bike maintenance | lennard zinn's book of mountain bike maintenance
- workouts in a binder for indoor cycling - velopress
- the death of marco pantani. a biography by matt rendell
- heart zones cycling - the avid cyclist's guide to riding faster and farther
- the hour - sporting immortality the hard way. michael hutchinson
- a question of balance. a collection of 24 postcards by jean jacques sempe.
- le grand pelerinage - histoire d'une passion cyclomythique. jack fournier & bruno moreau.
- cycling's golden age: heroes of the postwar era 1946-1967 owen mullholland. velopress
- ascent. the mountains of the tour de france by richard yates
- cycletouring in france - a cicerone guide
- cycling in the french alps - eight classic cycle tours by paul henderson. a cicerone guide
- the tour de france 2006 by john wilcockson
- cycling for health and fitness (revised and updated edition). ed pavelka.
- the six day bicycle races - america's jazz-age sport. peter joffre nye.
- base building for cyclists - thomas chapple
- fausto coppi - jacques augendre
- in search of robert millar - richard moore
- the beautiful machine - graeme fife
- flandrien - stephan vanfleteren
- gracie goat's big bike race
- sports nutrition for endurance athletes - monique ryan
- the racing bike book - haynes publishing
- two wheels by matt seaton - guardian books
- city cycling by richard ballantine - snowbooks
- cyclocross training+technique by simon burney. velopress
- paris roubaix - a journey through hell. velopress
- rouleur photography annual and exhibition 2007
- the tour de france - graeme fife
- cyclist's training diary - joe friel
- the athletes guide to yoga - sage rountree
- the rapha guide to the road climbs of the pyrenees - graeme fife
- sex, lies and handlebar tape - the jacques anquetil story by paul howard
- road bike maintenance by guy andrews
- roadie by jamie smith
- the eagle of the canavese by herbie sykes
- touring in switzerland - a cicerone guide
- we might as well win - johan bruyneel and bill strickland
- heroes, villains and velodromes - chris hoy and britain's track revolution - richard moore
- the tour is won on the alpe - jean-paul vespini
- blazing saddles - matt rendell
- tour climbs - chris sidwells
- riding the storm - geoff thomas
- tomorrow we ride - jean bobet
- the bicycle book - wit, wisdom & wanderings
- campagnolo - 75 years of cycling passion
- rouleur photography annual 2008
- a dog in a hat - joe parkin
- tour de france - the history, the legend, the riders - graeme fife
- cycle for life - nicole cooke
- in pursuit of glory - bradley wiggins
- ten points - bill strickland
- the full cycle - vin denson
- les p'tits velo - janol apin
- weight training for cyclists
- inside stories - a collection of rapha labels
- fallen angel: the passion of fausto coppi. william fotheringham
- paterek manual for bicycle framebuilding - tim paterek
- bicycling for women - gale bernhardt
- hello sailor - michael hutchinson
- pedaling revolution - jeff mapes
- custom bicycles - a passionate pursuit. elliot & jablonka
- graham watson's tour de france travel guide
- a racing cyclist's worst nightmare - tony hewson
- the daily telegraph book of the tour de france
- lance - john wilcockson
- cutting your car use - anna semlyen
- cyclocross - chris hinkle
- olympic gangster - matt rendell
- bicycle diaries - david byrne
- the time crunched training system - chris carmichael
- chris hoy - the autobiography
- ride with me nyc - roos stallinga
- fixed gear culture
- rouleur photo annual 2009
- the wrong kind of snow - woodward/penn
- cicerone guide to cycle touring in ireland - tom cooper
- brompton bicycle - david henshaw
- cicerone guide to traversing the massif central - alan castle
- two wheels on my wagon - paul howard
- the athlete's plate - adam kelinson
- take a seat - dominic gill
- the rapha guide to the great road climbs of the southern alps - graeme fife and pete drinkell
- it's all about the bike - rob penn
- come and gone - joe parkin
- when we were young and carefree - laurent fignon
- 100 greatest cycling climbs - simon warren
- lapize ...now there was an ace - jean bobet
- tour de lance - bill strickland
- bikesnobnyc - eben weiss
- cyclopedia - william fotheringham
- the lost cyclist - david v herlihy
- where to ride in london - nick woodford
- the custom road bike - guy andrews
- the spring classics - velopress
- the peloton - timm koelln
- pocket rocket - steve joughin
- on tour - bradley wiggins & scott mitchell
- brian robinson, pioneer - graeme fife
- ten poems about bicycles - candlestick press
- cyclepedia - michael embacher
- cycling in the peak district - chiz dakin
- vintage people on bicycles
- drink smoke flanders - chris milliman
- maglia rosa - herbie sykes
- wide eyed and legless- jeff connor
- slaying the badger - richard moore
- sky's the limit- richard moore
- the cyclist's friend- chris naylor
- the bicycle book - bella bathurst
- pedalare! pedalare! - john foot
- how i won the yellow jumper - ned boulting
- hell on two wheels - amy snyder
- racing through the dark - david millar
- shay elliot - graham healy & richard allchin
- mud, sweat and gears - ken and maureen nichols
- one man and his bike - mike carter
- cyclosportive - chris sidwells
- excerpt from the obree way - graeme obree
- a bit of an all rounder - john coulson
- salsa for people who probably shouldn't - matt rendell
- team 7-eleven - geoff drake
- the belgian hammer - daniel lee
- bicycle travel journal - nigel peake
- past present future - condor cycles
- nicholas roche - life in the peloton
- bianchi: a bicycle alone in the lead - daniele marchesini
- rouleur photo annual 2011
- the obree way - graeme obree
- the cyclist's guide to hillclimbs on scottish lowland roads
- how cav won the green jersey - ned boulting (e-book)
- richard sachs, bicycle maker - nick czerula
- unsurpassed: the story of tommy godwin - godfrey barlow
- merckx: half man, half bike - william fotheringham
- bike tribes. a field guide to north american cyclists - mike magnuson
- argyle armada - mark johnson
- eddy merckx; the cannibal - daniel friebe
- another 100 greatest cycling climbs - simon warren
- land's end to john o'groats by nick mitchell
- field of fire - jeff connor
- cycle chic - mikael colville andersen
- cycle style - horst a. friedrichs
- born to ride - stephen roche
- cutting edge cycling - hunter allen, stephen cheung
- just ride - grant petersen
- fitness for geeks - bruce w perry
- the dirtiest race in history - richard moore
- cycling in the hebrides - richard barrett
- around ireland on a bike - paul benjaminse
- cycling guide to southern england - harold briercliffe
- the bike owners handbook - pete drinkell
- the road to valour - aili and andres mcconnon
- the eagle of toledo - alasdair fotheringham
- on my own two wheels - malachi o'doherty
- 100 best bikes - zadid sardar
- velo - paul fournel and jo burt
- bike! - richard moore and daniel benson
- mud, snow and cyclocross - molly hurford
- the secret race - tyler hamilton and daniel coyle
- bike craft, design, innovation - the oregon manifest
- between the lines - victoria pendleton and donald mccrae
- raleigh 125th anniversary book
- reg harris - robert dineen
- merckx 525 - velopress
- behind the stare - geoff proctor
- made in england - sowter, feather, peshcke
- bradley wiggins: tour de force - john deering
- allez wiggo - daniel friebe
- the srampagmano tales - scarlett parker
- my time - bradley wiggins
- 21 days to glory - official team sky tour 2012
- coppi - herbie sykes
- everyday bicycling - elly blue
- the cycling anthology issue one
- the bicycle reader - jack thurston
- cycle space - steven fleming
- inside out - tom southam and camille mcmillan
- ride 2: bicycle fiction
- the complete guide to sports nutrition - anita bean
- the rhine cycle route - mike wells
- dennis horn - racing for an english rose - peter underwood
- fitter, further, faster - charlton, hicks and reynolds
- hellingen; a road cyclist's guide to belgium's greatest cycling climbs - simon warren
- paris-roubaix: the inside story - les woodland
- lost lanes - jack thurston
- maglia rosa second edition - herbie sykes
- twelve months in the saddle - john deering & phil ashley
- tour de france 100 - richard moore
- racing hard - william fotheringham
- tour de france 100 official treasures - carlton publishing
- cycling anthology volume two - birnie, bacon
- 100 years of the tour de france - quercus publishing
- riding hard - william fotheringham
- the race against time - edward pickering
- easy rider - rob hayles
- hunger - sean kelly
- va va froome - david sharp
- the rules - velominati
- golden stages of the tour de france - allchin & bell
- haynes advanced road bike maintenance
- land of second chances - tim lewis
- the culinary cyclist - anna brones
- 30 year cycle - chris boulton
- complete road bike maintenance - guy andrews
- the waltonwood journal
- steel soul - andrew g smith
- l'album d'eddy
- 101 - bradley wiggins & scott mitchell
- cyclo cross photo book - balint hamvas
- the long race to glory - chris sidwells
- the elite bicycle - gerard brown and graeme fife
- it's all about the bike - sean yates
- classic cycling race routes - chris sidwells
- project rainbow - rod ellingworth
- life cycle - gary sutherland
- rapha city guides
- the waltonwood journal no.2
- the cycling anthology no.3
- the pain and the glory - team sky
- rouleur centenary tour annual 2013
- reading the race - jamie smith
- wheelmen - albergotti & o'connell
- pocket road bike maintenance - guy andrews
- at speed - mark cavendish
- viva la vuelta - lucy fallon and adrian bell
- the girl's guide to life on two wheels - cathy bussey
- ordinary - john bradshaw
- a bicycle ride in yorkshire - heather dawe
- the monuments - peter cossins
- racing weight cookbook - matt fitzgerald & georgie fear
- racing weight cookbook - matt fitzgerald & georgie fear
- faster - michael hutchinson
- get on your bike - rebecca charlton, robert hicks & hannah reynolds
- lanterne rouge - max leonard
- gironimo - tim moore
- the veteran's guide to gearing up for your ride - tom allen
- the road cyclist's companion - peter drinkell
- 100 greatest cycling climbs of the tour de france - simon warren
- yoga for cyclists - lexie williamson
- the complete history of the world's greatest cycle race - marguerite lazell
- reckless, the life and times of luis ocana - alasdair fotheringham
- on the road bike revised edition - ned boulting
- etape - richard moore
- merckx 69 - tonny strouken & jan maes
- shadows on the road - michael barry
- the complete book of the tour de france 2014 edition - feargal mckay
- climbs and punishment - felix lowe
- the cycling anthology number four
- amigo - nando boers & pedro horillo
- the climb - chris froome
- bike fit - phil burt
- cycle of lies - juliet macur
- eric's big day - rod waters
- kings of pain - rapha
- ocana - carlos arribas
- a clean break - christophe bassons
- the loyal lieutenant - george hincapie
- the road headed west - leon mccarron
- cyclocross 2013/2014 photo album - balint hamvas
- along the med on a bike called reggie - andrew sykes
- the race against the stasi - herbie sykes
- pro cycling on $10 a day - phil gaimon
- two days in yorkshire - pave publishing
- the moselle cycle route - mike wells
- how to be a cyclist - john deering & phil ashley
- great british cycling - ellis bacon
- the moselle cycle route - mike wells
- transport, climate change and the city - hickman & banister
- roads were not built for cars - carlton reid
- ray's mtb indoor bike park - johnathan allen and ray petro
- cycling anthology volume five
- infographic guide to cycling - roadcyclinguk
- bike mechanic - guy andrews & rohan dubash
- 101 damnations - ned boulting
- goggles and dust - velopress
- the great fatsby - elden nelson
- bicycling around the world - jeurissen & johnson
- the danube cycleway vol. one - mike wells
- eat bacon, don't jog - grant petersen
- 20 classic sportive rides in south east england
- hinault - ruben van gucht
- to hell on a bike - iain macgregor
- between worlds - andrew welch
- cycling climbs - nigel peake and claire beaumont
- eat sleep cycle - anna hughes
- bernard hinault - william fotheringham
- cyclogeography - jon day
- alpe d'huez - peter cossins
- the hebrides - peter edwards
- the grand tour cookbook - hannah grant
- kings of the road - robert dineen
- a corinthian endeavour - paul jones
- vélochef - henrik orre
- rapha's mondial magazine
- the great boffo - frank dickens
- the yellow jersey club - ed pickering
- cyclocross 2014/2015 - balint hamvas
- beyond the finish line -philipp hympendahl
- a year in the saddle - giles belbin
- the racer - david millar
- the cycling anthology volume six
- the bolt supremacy - richard moore
- the world of cycling according to g - geraint thomas
- the man who made things out of trees - robert penn
- everybody's friend - peter cossins
- shoulder to shoulder - velopress
- my hour - bradley wiggins
- journey- ben ingham
- the mamils a to z - wilson & rickett
- the danube cycleway vol 2 - cicerone guides
- cycling in the hebrides - cicerone guides
- lost lanes wales - jack thurston
- ventoux-bert wagendorp
- connected - matthias schneider
- zinn and the art of road bike maintenance - lennard zinn
- the bicycle colouring book - shan jiang
- grand tour - richard mitchelson
- lands end to john o'groats - nick mitchell
- art of the jersey - andy storey
- shut up legs - jens voigt
- africa solo - mark beaumont
- the great bike race - geoffrey nicholson
- cycling in the lake district - richard barrett
- triumphs and turbulence - chris boardman
- magnum cycling photography - guy andrews
- the cyclist's bucket list - eliza southwood
- circus - camille mcmillan
- the invisible mile - david coventry
- the cyclist who went out in the cold - tim moore
- boulting's velosaurus - ned boulting
- greg lemond. yellow jersey racer - guy andrews
- river rhone cycle route - mike wells
- reinventing the automobile - mitchell, borroni-bird, burns
- from bicycle to superbike - hadland & burrows
- crapper cycle lanes - david whelan
- brooks compendium
- walking the speyside way - alan castle
- dead reckoning: the photo book
- around the world in eightly days - belbin & seex
- the climbs of south-west england - simon warren
- the men of paris-roubaix - max leonard
- the haywire heart - case, mandrola, zinn
- bike nation - peter walker
- giro d'italia - colin o'brien
- steadfast-my story - lizzie armitstead
- giro d'italia - colin o'brien
- a man and his bike - wilfried de jong
- cycling climbs of scotland - simon warren
- giro 100 - herbie sykes
- higher calling - max leonard
- indurain - alasdair fotheringham
- the hardmen - velominati
- ask a pro - phil gaimon
- butcher, blacksmith, acrobat, sweep - peter cossins
- tom simpson - andy mcgrath
- bike boom - carlton reid
- the time crunched cyclist - chris carmichael & jim rutberg
- the cycling cartoonist - dave walker
- spain to norway on a bike called reggie - andrew sykes
- mrs flying scotsman - anne obree
- simon's cycle shorts - simon bever
- three weeks, eight seconds - nige tassell
- the descent - thomas dekker
- cycling climbs of north-east england - simon warren
- cycling the lancashire cycleway - jon sparks
- chasing the rainbow - giles belbin
- cycling climbs of north-west england - simon warren
- cycling science - cheung & zabala
- anquetil. alone - paul fournel
- rainbows in the mud - paul maunder
- woods. a celebration - robert penn
- duffs fantastic cycling gizmos - graham high
- gravel cycling - nick legan
- cycling podcast - moore, birnie & friebe
- the ronde: inside the tour of flanders - edward pickering
- sunday in hell - william fotheringham
- the all new cyclist's training bible 5th edition - joe friel
- copenhagenize - mikael colville-andersen
- full gas - peter cossins
- the call of the road - chris sidwells
- the wind at my back - paul maunder
- getting started in road cycling - guy andrews and laura quick
- american pro - jamie smith
- cartes du tour - paul fournel
- the road cycling performance manual - nikalas cook
- london to paris - mike wells
- racing bicycles - nick higgins
- the wild atlantic way and western ireland - tom cooper
- coast to coast across lancashire - rachel crolla
- around the world in eighty days - mark beaumont
- building the cycling city - melissa & chris bruntlett
- cycling lôn las cymru - richard barrett
- the theory of type design - gerard unger
- my world - peter sagan
- i like alf - paul jones
- queens of pain - isabel best
- rich mitch 'legends' takenotebook
- peaky climbers. paul mcintosh with anna hughes
- the road book - a cycling almanack - boulting, kelly
- the tour according to g - geraint thomas
- rapha handbook 02 longer rides - jo burt
- cicerone 50th anniversary - kev reynolds
- cycling the canal de la garonne - declan lyons
- pantani was a god - marco pastonesi
- cycling the camino de santiago - mike wells
- pedro delgado. a life on the pedals
- outdoor adventures with children - rachel crolla and carl mckeating
- the beast, the emperor and the milkman - harry pearson
- 100 greatest cycling climbs of italy - simon warren
- mind is the ride - jet mcdonald
- the secret cyclist
- need for the bike - paul fournel
- chasing lines - james mclaren
- rough stuff fellowship archive
- cycle touring in wales - richard barrett
- the yellow jersey - peter cossins
- one way ticket - jonathan vaughters
- magic spanner - carlton kirby
- the self sufficient cyclist - guy kesteven
- cycling anatomy (2nd edition) - shannon sovndal
- viva la vuelta - fallon & bell
- the greatest. the times and life of beryl burton - will fotheringham
- cycle touring in northern scotland - mike wells
- where there's a will - emily chappell
- the power of pink annual - rapha/blutrain
- exploring off-road - helen wyman
- navigation. techniques and skills for walkers (cyclists) - pete hawkins
- navigation. techniques and skills for walkers (cyclists) - pete hawkins
- the grand tour files 2019 - pete linsley
- the medal factory - kenny pryde
- colombia es pasion! - matt rendell
- lost lanes north - jack thurston
- balmamion - herbie sykes
- mountains. epic cycling climbs - michael blann
- the bicycle clip diaries - nick raistrick
- gears for queers - melton and cooper
- cycling hadrian's cycleway - mckeating/crolla
- northern line 2021 calendar
- mountains according to g - geraint thomas
- ride inside - friel and rutberg
- ride britain - simon warren
- raincoats are for tourists - isabel best
- la course en tete - will fotheringham et al
- being gary fisher - guy kesteven
- slow rise - robert penn
- the road book 2020 - ned boulting
- end to end - paul jones
- bespoke - tom bromley
- pennine bridleway - hannah collingridge
- a cylcist's guide to the pyrenees- peter cossins
- the art of cycling - james hibbard
- war on wheels - justin mccurry
- the midlife cyclist - phil cavell
- from a to b. a cartoon guide to getting around by bike - dave walker
- land's end to john o'groats - richard barrett
- big rides - kathy rogers/marcus stitz
- cycling the reivers route - crolla and mckeating
- signs of life - stephen fabes
- vuelta skelter - tim moore
- a brief history of motion - tom standage
- desire, discrimination,determination -marlon lee moncrieffe
- exponential -azeem azhar
- 1001 cycling tips - hannah reynolds
- more rough stuff
- the road book 2021 - edited by ned boulting
- cycling the elbe cycling route - mike wells
- god is dead. the rise and fall of frank vandenbroucke - andy mcgrath
- cycling the ruta via de la plata - john hayes
- gravel rides scotland -ed shoote
- the break - steve cummings
- jan ullrich - daniel friebe
- great british gravel rides -markus stitz
- beryl - jeremy wilson
- climbers - peter cossins
- the dot - lachlan morton
- the sound of the machine - karl bartos
- traffic-free cycle trails south east england - nick cotton & kathy rogers
- the northern line cycling calendar 2023
- britain's best bike ride - walsh & reynolds
- chased by pandas - dan martin
- two wheels good - jody rosen
- the road book 2022 5th edition - ed. ned boulting
- the brompton: engineering for change. will butler-adams
- a brief history of pasta. - luca cesari
- offroad heroes - rapha editions
- the monuments updates - peter cossins
- 100 greatest cycling climbs of spain - simon warren
- coffee first, then the world - jenny graham
- the cycling bible - chris sidwells
- bikepacking scotland - markus stitz
- sticky bottle - carlton kirby
- riding with the rocketmen - james witts
- bikepacking wales - emma kingston
- the glasgow wheelers -kenny pryde
- 1923 - ned boulting
- the bicycle wheel - jobst brandt
- peugeot classic bicycles - long & claverol
- jobst brandt - ride bike. isola press
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