One of my favorite stories in Cycling is of the 1989 World Championships. It was a very lumpy parcours, with…
As far as Cycling and racing iconography goes, Paris-Roubaix sits at the very zenith. It's the most revered race among…
Tradition and innovation are the two opposing edges that cut our evolution through the fabric of our sport. Tradition grounds us,…
I could feel the power in my body as I breathed in the warm Spring air and pulled lightly on the handlebars;…
I still feel that variable gears are only for people over forty-five. Isn’t it better to triumph by the strength…
One of the great dichotomies of being a Cyclist is that of our commitment to suffering paired against our fastidious attention…
Tradition and innovation sit mostly comfortably alongside each other in Cycling. The bicycle itself is inherently a very simple machine,…
Can you feel that? That itchy, twitchy feeling... that's anticipation, it's expectation, it's Belgian fucking racing fever! You know you've…
I've been doing fasting rides on the weekend, before breakfast and maybe also before lunch, depending on how long the ride…
Mudguards (fenders) and saddlebags are two subjects that are sure to get our collective ire up as Cyclists. When I wrote in…
For my money, the best slice of cycling video ever is Francesco Moser, appearing out of the dust, in the…
I am thrilled to announce that for the first time in my life, my chest measurement is smaller than my…
Frank's maddening post about doing things because, well, because that's the way to do things made me question some of…
Returning to your roots can be both a rewarding and sobering experience. The nostalgia one feels for the halcyon days…
It has not escaped my attention that as I've evolved away from my original profession as a software developer and moved…
The Prophet had never been dropped by anyone in a race-threatening situation during his entire Grand-Tour career. But he was dropped on…
It used to be that you could choose any color shoes you wanted, so long as they were black and any color socks,…
My bike weighs about 6 kilos. It is no waify little thing either, with it having a 61cm frame and and three…
Europe is full of history, ancient buildings filled with original masterpieces of art that you can spend days discovering. Looking…
Reality is always an unpleasant surprise; no one wants to see ourselves the way others see us, and that's for good reason,…