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Armstrongalypse
It will not have escaped your attention that Lance Armstrong is now a confessed doper. It will not have escaped your attention that Lance Armstrong took EPO and possibly forced others to do the same. It will not have escaped … Continue reading
Posted in Cycle Sport, General Bike Banter
Tagged Bikes, Cycling, Lance Armstrong, Oprah Winfrey interview, Tour de France
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On the first day of Christmas Santa brought to me….Bradley Wiggins’ autobiography
This year for Christmas some of my standout gifts were a packet of Fisherman’s Friends menthol throat sweets, a packet of Aldi’s Mixed & Dried Fruit and two individually wrapped copies of Cycling Weekly. Thanks Santa. However the big man … Continue reading
Posted in Cycle Sport, General Bike Banter
Tagged book review, Bradley Wiggins, Cycling, My time, Tour de France
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Cyclocross: Or, the story of how iwrestledabearonce.
What the hell is cyclocross? I hear you ask! You have probably heard of motocross and you’ve probably heard of cycling…well, you’ve definitely heard of cycling, and Cyclocross is a wonderful amalgamation of both. Popular in mainland Europe, particularly Belgium, … Continue reading
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Turning the off-season On
After a solid effort of 10 weeks off the bike (mortally painful) due to some form of illness and lack of cojones, I am finally getting back into training. However I’m going to do this properly and not ride myself … Continue reading
Posted in General Bike Banter, Nutrition + Fitness
Tagged Bikes, chocolate, Cycling, Fitness, gym, massive, winter, yoga
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BUCS Hill Climb: Annual Agony Day
Saturday 27th October was the date of the annual BUCS Cycling Hillclimb, an event which (I am sure the riders will testify) should be re-named, Annual Agony Day. A hill climb is pretty much exactly what it says on the tin, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bikes, BUCS, Cycling, hillclimb, Pain
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The Biketionary
Cycling is full of crazy specific words that have literally no function and purpose outside the Velominati. Logic dictates therefore, that you could tell the uninitiated anything you wanted about the meaning of any of the words included within the … Continue reading
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Testing Testing
Cycling is a multi-faceted, multi-discipline sport with something for everybody and I am mad keen for almost all of them, MTB, Cyclocross etc. But there is one which I cannot for the life of me abide, and the next 500 … Continue reading
Posted in Cycle Sport, General Bike Banter
Tagged Bikes, Cycling, Time Trialling, Tony Martin
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The Fat Free Facade
For the last decade or so, there has been a growing fashion in the use of fat free products, which all the uninformed and blindly led, and the Weightwatchers posse of 30 somethings have been jumping on. I cannot stress … Continue reading
The Plague
I have been riding now for just short of three years, and whilst I have learned a shit-tonne since then, there is one aspect of training and fitness that I am yet to get the hang of. Training when ill. … Continue reading
Posted in Nutrition + Fitness
Tagged health, healthy-living, mental-health, pain in the arse
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Fat = Good (Maybe)
High carbohydrate diets have traditionally been the norm for endurance athletes where fuel is obtained from glucose (stored in the muscles as glycogen) and then burned in various ways depending on the intensity of the efforts you are putting in … Continue reading
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Bike-Minded Individuals. 