Jan 2, 2019 | Gym Membership, New Year, Road Bikes, Road Cycling
An Easy New Year’s Resolution It is that time of year again… Everybody is making New Year Resolutions…ones that you know will last the best part of January, if you are lucky. You know the ones… Lose some weight; Moderate any drinking and that annual favourite – Get...
Dec 25, 2018 | Road Racing, Team Sky, Tour de France
Team Sky On the 12th December 2018, Sky’s parent company 21st Century Fox, announced that they would be ending their sponsorship of Team Sky at the end of the 2019-cycling season. Sky has sponsored the team since it was formed in 2010. It has been one of the most...
Sep 2, 2018 | Cycling, Helmets, Road Bikes, Road Cycling, Road Racing, Sportive
Should the wearing of helmets be compulsory for cyclists…? The debate rages on, many newspaper column inches are written, pundits give their reasoned arguments and ‘experts’ mostly say it would be a ‘good thing’. Everybody who is anybody has an opinion. Whether you...
Aug 15, 2018 | Chris Froome, Geraint Thomas, Team Sky, Tour de France
The 2018 Tour de France was the 105th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling’s three Grand Tours. The 3,351 km (2,082 ml) long race consisted of 21 stages, starting on 7 July in Noirmoutier-en-l’Île, in western France, and finishing on 29 July with...
Jun 1, 2018 | Cycling, Road Cycling, SpeedX
A Favourite Brand – Freedom Cycle System: In the early days of the SpeedX saga, I came across the Freedom Cycle System on Kickstarter, the crowdfunding platform. It is an Australian project, launched by Tim Holmes and Steve Serpall. The Kickstarter campaign was...
