The Rides

Route Finding

I have memories of my life before Cycling, but as the years wear slowly on my mind their edges become…

7 years ago

Guest Article: Black Is Not The New Black

 @kogalover is singing my song here. Bikes are beautiful. 'nuff said. VLVV, Gianni With all those posts on riding in…

8 years ago

Guest Article: An Open Letter

Dear readers, let us take a break from the almighty Tour for a few minutes. I am the least qualified…

8 years ago

The Graceful Touch of La Volupté

I get to certain parts of my training when I begin to crave his blows, especially in winter. Winter is…

9 years ago

Weight Weenies

My bike weighs about 6 kilos. It is no waify little thing either, with it having a 61cm frame and and three…

9 years ago

Short But Sweet

My lungs feel my favorite way my lungs can feel. Every breath I take tells me the whereabouts of each alveolus. They feel…

10 years ago

Cogal Report – 2015 CogAdelaide

Mikael's view It seems that getting these Cogals off the ground is never without its challenges. Last year required a…

10 years ago

California Dreaming

I'm in California this week on a family trip, from which I stole a morning and did the classic ride…

10 years ago

Guest Article: Zen and Getting Your Ass Beat

This is the kind of guest article I love. It is also the first proper report of the 2014 Heck…

10 years ago

Guest Article: The 3rd Hour

Many of us cyclist don't go out on the bike for under an hour, at a minimum. What's the point?…

10 years ago

Guest Article: Liberty, Egality, Fraternity

I was asking earlier, how do you know if you are a cyclist? One sure sign is when one brings…

10 years ago

Guest Article- An Invitation to Suffer: The Rapha Manchester to London Challenge

I have met @chris on the original Keepers Tour. He seemed like a reasonable person at the time. Then again,…

10 years ago

Urban Riding: The Sanctity of the Bike Lane

There was a time when the world was painted in hues of black and white. Right and Wrong were separated…

10 years ago

Ride Report: SFO Book Signing

Last week we completed the second stop in the tour for our book, The Rules; The Way of the Cycling Disciple.…

11 years ago

Getting Dropped

I can can feel his cold breath on my back, like a shadow drifting through an alleyway. He's not yet…

11 years ago

Speed

I wasn't anywhere near old enough to hold a driver's license but my dad had already bought me a motorcycle.…

11 years ago

Le Mont Ventoux: The Windy Mountain

Legends are central to any culture, ours perhaps more than most. The Ventoux is a French legend, rising 1912m above…

11 years ago

Full Circle: The ‘Evolution’ of Mountain Biking

Think back to the early days of mountain biking. A bunch of friends, getting to the top of the hill…

11 years ago

Theatres Of Dreams

The home ground of Manchester United Football Club, Old Trafford, is colloquially known around the world as the Theatre of…

11 years ago

The Elasticity of Time: The Hour

The Theory of Special Relativity states that time for a moving object passes more quickly than for a stationary object. Einstein,…

11 years ago