31 Jul Arm Warmers.
There are 13 pairs of arm warmers in a box beside me. All medium, each have been worn at least once. We have paid from 8 US$ to £45 for each of the collection. Each pair have a simple duty to warm the arms, whilst...
23 May The last hour.
The AnPost Ras is one of the few events in the sporting world where the 'clubman' racing cyclist, can sign-on with a streak of smooth professional bikers. The full time riders, on the hard roads of Ireland don't always get their own way. Passion explodes from...
25 Apr Late for his shit work, or early for his cheating wife.
He sounded like an ambulance of anger, the way he yelled out the window at us. All red faced and scary and wrong. “GET off the phuckinn rRr….” was all I got before his rage was lost in diesel smoke and speed. On any 100km spin...
03 Apr RVV……………………it’s Flanders weekend
A Nervous wreck. The same, distant gitters are bubbling in my belly the week before I wed. The nerves portray the full excitement of Flanders week. Tomorrow at 5am, I will board a budget airlines, pay the GDP of a rebel African state for a mucky coffee and...
20 Mar Z= 1mm/1 year.
" Dendrochronology or tree-ring dating, is the scientific method of dating based on the analysis of patterns of tree rings" The coffee stop today heralded the new theory that we could age slightly older cyclists in the same manner : (30+y)/ {x =z}F Where 'y' is the riders age over 30 'z'...
15 Feb The life of a male club cyclist.
1. Sees someone riding a bike, thinks they would like it. 2. Borrows a bike. 3. Talks about buying a bike. (Duration 1 week to 12 years) 4. Buys a bike. (If a close friend/relative cycles, jump to number 8) 5. Finds out what a head wind/ hill is:...
12 Jan A sideline view of a Cyclo cross championships.
Some of the atmosphere from a National cyclo cross championships. https://vimeo.com/116531881...
09 Jan Finally!
It has taken 15 months to source the perfect fabric. We wanted an amazing material that would protect the rider in the worst rain storms. Either racing or training: being wet, then cold, is dangerous for the body and mind. 15 months of samples and testing and disappointment....
29 Dec Riding to the top of the world.
'Old man river' is the fondly spoken tag for a local cycling legend, who decided to ride to the top of the world. He walked to the base cap of Everest for a dander, so the mountain lives within his soul. He talked a few into joining...
04 Dec “Close the gap” he screamed
It was a different kind of scream from what racing cyclists are used to. I suppose they (screams) vary. A normal scream from a ten month old, might suggest ‘feed me’ or ‘I don’t want that’. But this, O this, was a different noise. A primal cry...