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clash of the titans
with easter weekend almost upon us, despite the cold, wind and rain, the island has begun to waken up. the inside back page of the local newspaper, generally devoted to 'what's on' adverts, is gradually being populated with small boxed announcements of upcoming events, the majority of which take place over the coming few days. though predominantly designed to cater to the local population, the likelihood of a few visitors to the hub of the known universe won't do any harm, possibly swelling audience participation events.
as someone intrinsically involved in said newspaper, public holidays such as those about to take place come not only with fringe benefits, but a smattering of simultaneous disadvantages. first off on sunday morning, is one of the decided advantages, brought about by the enterprising manager of the hotel in bridgend village. this is situated only a matter of half a kilometre from the grand départ of the sunday morning ride, making it an easy preamble to the morning's velocipedinal activity.
this particular hotel instigated not only breakfast with santa over the past two christmases, but bolstered those with a breakfast with the easter bunny around this time last year, an event that will repeat this easter sunday. though i feel compelled to attend prior to the bike ride in order to grab a photo or two, the manager has kindly invited me to partake of breakfast while i'm there. obviously enough, this hardly forms an integral part of my nutritional programme, but to be honest, who in their right mind would turn down the possibility of a couple of fried potato scones before cycling, no matter the professed downsides of fried anything?
however, to a certain degree, that's where the advantages end. though, weather permitting, the velo club peloton ought to enjoy a fine easter sunday bike ride, followed by coffee and a cheese and tomato toastie at debbie's (carbo loading, you understand), there is then a further, less timeous call on my limited photographic abilities at the annual 'duck derby' on the river sorn, once again, at bridgend village.
for those less than well versed in the intricacies of duck derbys, allow me to inform that each of several hundred ducks bears a specific number, all of which are purchased in advance of letting the yellow flock loose on a short length of the river. the first duck to drop over the shallow weir is pronounced the winner. i cannot deny that it is an event featuring many difficulties for the inept photographer, not least because i covered the selfsame event in 2023, and am at pains to find an alternative means of illustrating this year. however, such professed iniquities are far from being the principal obstacle of the day.
it is common practice to arrive at debbie's around mid-day, allowing for a leisurely coffee and toastie prior to wending our merry way home. the usual schedule would see me pass through bridgend village around 1pm, the very start time for the duck derby festivities. were that also the time designated for letting loose a plethora of plastic ducks, all would be well. but no; the derby itself does not commence until 2pm, and given the existence of so-called 'islay time', the chances of it starting on time are slim to none at all.
i'm sure many of you can see my dilemma, but for those in thrall to the island's easter activities, let me encapsulate my problem in three words: ronde van vlaanderen. i had hoped to return home just past the hour of 1pm, have a quick shower, change into my secret identity and fill the remainder of the post meridian with belgian cobbles. however, given the above lovingly crafted detail, i'm sure you can see that i might struggle to return and witness even the final 25 - 30km. the only solution which i can envisage, is watching the event later that same evening via eurosport's on demand feature. on that basis, i have troubled you with this monologue for one single reason:
whatever you do, please refrain from e-mailing the final result in my direction as the victor crosses the line. i want no spoilers, thank you very much.
thursday 28 march 2024
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the maurice burton way - britain's first black cycling champion. maurice burton & paul jones. bloomsbury hardback. 258pp illus. £20
the late lamented procycling magazine commonly included within its masthead, the words, "inside the world's toughest sport", enlightening the new apprentice as to the nature of the sport about which he or she was about to read. on a more relateable level, this can be demonstrated by the average speeds quoted at the end of any professional race. a sizeable majority of us would struggle to equal those speeds for even five minutes when pedalling for all we're worth downhill with a healthy tailwind.
at times, you really have to wonder whether those who have chosen cycle racing as a career are actually wired right.
it is, therefore, even harder to comprehend why a black man would opt to join the happy peloton in what we might refer to as 'less enlightened' times? as if things weren't already hard enough. and based on the narrative within this excellent book, and allied with previously acquired anecdotal evidence, riding the six-day circuit in the 1970s was undoubtedly one of the sport's tougher options. this collaboration between accomplished cycling author, paul jones, and consummate track cyclist, maurice burton, is not only highly instructive concerning cycling's relatively recent past, but a particularly compulsive read to boot.
maurice's father, rennal burton, grew up in portland, jamaica, eventually travelling to the uk in the late 1940s on a fyffe's banana boat, ultimately arriving in avonmouth, shortly after the much publicised hmt empire windrush. he gained employment as a carpenter for a short period, before moving to london where "about that time, there were only two black people living there.", where he was employed in the garment trade as a presser. he met gracie spires, "...a seamstress and machinist at the same company."
setting up home in peckham, in 1955, rennal and gracie had a baby boy, named maurice, before moving house to bushey hill road where they lived until 1964. the difficulties of being a black child in a predominantly white neighbourhood were not long in announcing their presence. when most of the kids with whom maurice played were white, "It was always a problem for me to knock on their doors. The parents didn't like it. My friends had to come out to the street and meet me there."
cycling was in decline as the 1960s headed towards the 1970s. though cycling clubs were still aplenty, the encroachment of the motor car had undermined its one time majority interest. however, kids of the era still liked "...to ride around the neighbourhood on clunkers. Maurice did just that, pelting around the streets with friends." one of those streets took a youthful maurice burton within shouting distance of herne hill, at the time, the home of uk track cycling and host of such events at the 1948 olympics.
the decision of inner london education authority to place cycling on the secondary school curriculum in the mid-1960s gave maurice his opportunity to get into track cycling "...because I didn't know how to." with a lower age limit of 14 to join the secondary school cycling programme, it was 1970 "...when I first went to Herne Hill." it was but a few pedal strokes until burton joined velo club londres, established in 1964 by bill dodds and sean purcell "...with the aim of encouraging young riders into cycling." it was the former who was to become an important figure in burton's early cycling career.
the fact that schoolboys were prevented from racing on open roads at that time, rather constrained burton's velocipedinal options. further inspiration was gained from burton's attendance at the 1971 good friday meeting at the herne hill track. purchasing a copy of international cycle sport, maurice relates, "I just looked at the magazine and I thought, This is where I'm going."
'the maurice burton way' succeeds in particular because it consists predominantly of quoted discussions between paul jones and maurice burton. jones fills in many of the in-between gaps, but in a pleasingly conversational style. the usual mores of so-called 'ghost writing' would normally consist of the story being related in the third-person, or by giving the impression that the biography is self-narrated. this book is cleverly different, even deviating to chronicle solo efforts by jones, yet remaining firmly affixed on 'the maurice burton way'.
in the early to mid 1970s, burton worked closely with bill dodds, training hard to a comprehensive programme around the dimensions of the herne hill track. burton's initiation into the world of competitive track cycling came via an event ironically named the 'great white hope'. unfortunately the fitment of a smaller than ideal chainring, resulted in his coming second by half a wheel. "If I had the right gear on I think I would have won it. I mean I had the wrong gear on and I still made the final!" however, were achieving success as a track rider not already hard enough, it wasn't long before racism, arguably more endemic at the time, made life even harder.
having been knocked out in the first round in a commonwealth games event, he became not only the the only rider bereft of a medal, but a black rider bereft of a medal. the subsequent team photo depicts burton not only visibly apart from the rest of the team, but the only one with no medal on display. as burton relates "I wonder who thought it was a good idea to get a picture of everyone with their medals and have the only black guy standing awkwardly at the side without one?"
the fact that maurice burton is black and competed successfully in the years when racism was a persistent obstacle, is an undeniable thread running throughout the book's 258 pages. however, less you think that to be the be all and end all of this particular publication, allow me to disavow you of that notion once and for all. maurice burton, in keeping with a small number of british cyclists who attempted to forge a cycling career in europe during the 1970s and 80s, displayed a tenacity worthy of our admiration. nobody, or very few belgians (where burton plied the majority of his trade) went out of their way to make the sport of track cycling an inclusive endeavour. burton achieved an impressive palmares on the six-day circuit through sheer ability, speed and bloody mindedness.
there is little to deny that not only is the narrative format of this book commendably inventive, but an appreciation that paul jones is the perfect and gently cajoling foil to maurice burton, is never far from the surface. jones has the enviable ability to combine 'race footage' with presenting burton as the proud and genial fellow that he undoubtedly is (i had the pleasure of meeting the great man many years ago). it may be that track cycling or six-day racing have not formed a major part of your cycling education or interest, but in truth, essential though it is to burton's career, it is the exciting backdrop to the story of one man about whom you owe it to yourselves to learn a lot more.
though he's only one year older than yours truly, i want to be maurice burton when i grow up.
the maurice burton way is published by bloomsbury on thursday 28 march.
wednesday 27 march 2024
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cross pollination
i recall being informed many years ago, during the advent of the deep-rimmed carbon fibre wheelset, that such augmentation was, in truth, somewhat surplus to requirements for the average cyclist. common lore would have it that speeds close to 50kph would need to be achieved and maintained, for said wheels to be of any particular aerodynamic advantage. though i confess to being no spring chicken, velocities such as the above i could only achieve and maintain were there to be a substantial tailwind breathing across uiskentuie strand (such as was coincidentally the case on friday afternoon).
i have been fortunate to review several sets that equate to the description provided above, and while all have proved aesthetically pleasing and largely comfortable in use, i cannot claim to have reached debbie's more quickly than when aboard bicycles shod with standard wheels. though currently on loan to a fellow pelotoneer, i possess a campagnolo bora wto carbon wheelset, with rims equating to a depth of 45mm. these do roll remarkably well, courtesy of a relatively frictionless set of hubs, something observable on my custom wheelset which features a campagnolo record hubset.
but i would be hard-pressed to attribute any particular speed gains to the carbon rims; i can, however, attest to the difficulty of riding in a straight line in the teeth of an atlantic gale, despite campagnolo's claim to have accounted for such during their wind-tunnel testing. were i to be several decades younger, no doubt i might just scrape through to escape velocity long enough to benefit from all that extra carbon, but assuming the original advice to be sound, once again, i fear we are being sold a dummy.
such being the case, i have serious misgivings over the use of such wheelsets in top level cyclocross races. by the very nature of the parcours, cyclocross racers rarely reach the speeds demonstrated on the road. commentary during sunday's ghent - wevelgem, indicated that the kop van de westrijd and achtervolgers were, on frequent occasions, topping 70kph; during one of last season's more alacritous 'cross races won by mathieu van der poel, the dutchman posted an average speed, over the hour, of 27kph.
i, for one, cannot see how any speed gains can be achieved by running cyclocross bikes on deep carbon wheels, when speeds rarely, if ever, reach the sort of swiftness that would justify their use. is this simply a case of ubiquity, based predominantly on velocipedinal ornamentation?
but, in an affirmative demonstration of alice's 'curiouser and curiouser' exclamation, it seems that the use of aerodynamics in cyclocross has not stopped at the wheels, at least if the latest iteration of ridley's x-night rs is anything to go by. in a well-penned and illustrated review of the bicycle on america's velo website, alvin holbrook mentions that the frameset "...adds a focus on aerodynamics specifically with the variable speeds of cyclocross in mind." much as i love cyclocross, i cannot for the life of me comprehend how aerodynamics have any part to play in cyclocross, given the widely varying nature of the average european cyclocross parcours. it seems highly unlikely that eli iserbyt would be likely to either make his way through viscous mud a tad more quickly, or hop the planks at greater speed due being aboard an allegedly more aerodynamic frame profile based on their falcn rs road bike.
and based entirely on anecdotal evidence, i'd think it likely that cyclocross bikes require greater attention from their mechanics than necessaitated by the average road bike. it seems likely, therefore, that internalising all the cables inside the head tube, can only increase the hapless technicians' workload. and even if the professional mechanical ministrators can readily cope with this increased faff, it surely bodes less well for those of us required to carry out our own fettling. of course, those of you in the big wide world who actually participate in cyclocross races may hold a more learned and informed opinion, but i singularly fail to understand why aerodynamics have any part to play in cyclocross. any professed advantages must surely be infinitesimal?
ridley x-night cyclocross bikes | photo: ridley bikes
tuesday 26 march 2024
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back to the beginning again
advice to purchase from your local bike store is well-intentioned and ultimately pragmatic. as we have also been drilled to learn, 'the internet won't fix your bike'; imagine how the owners and staff of your local bike shop will feel when you wander in with an ultegra di2 groupset purchased online, and ask them to fit it to your bicycle. how would you feel? and as bicycles become ever more complex (whether they need to or not), there will ultimately be componentry that is beyond the scope of the home mechanic, either to install or repair.
however, both we and they have to face up to the fact that all are reputedly still in the throes of a 'cost-of-living-crisis' and it's common knowledge that items purchased online tend to be a tad cheaper than those on sale in your local bike shop, for which there are many mitigating factors. it is what i believe are commonly referred to market forces, and i don't doubt that there are independent bike shops which cheerfully welcome those with internet bought componentry, making up the difference with their labour charges. those too, can be thought of as the same market forces.
there is, however, a bit of a conundrum in relation to the above mentioned circumstances. though not everyone will be aware, almost every box containing a newly purchased bicycle features wording on the lid indicating that, were the enclosed bicycle to be assembled by other than an authorised or competent mechanic, the purchaser need not expect much satisfaction should a warranty claim become necessary. quite what constitutes an authorised mechanic is a debate for another day. as far as i'm aware, trek bicycles are the only company so far to prevent their authorised dealers from supplying an unassembled bicycle to eager customers.
i brought up this very situation with trek's head office many years ago, pointing out that, should i desire to own a trek bicycle, it would involve two ferry trips, two bus journeys and an overnight stay to acquire the hypothetical trek bicycle of my dreams. due to their apparently restrictive sales policy, my trek would undoubtedly cost substantially more than a mainland-based customer. i can only suppose that trek figure that the number of sales they might lose due to this policy is hardly worth worrying about.
sadly, they're probably correct.
however, many of us in the hebrides were in the habit of ordering our necessities, such as tyres, tubes, cables, bar tape etc., from chain reaction cycles, originally based in southern ireland. the pleasant oddity that surrounded such purchases was that they would often arrive on the doormat within two days, possibly three at worst. such speedy delivery when you really needed that replacement component to continue riding was, i'm sure you'll realise, very welcome.
bizarrely, after chain reaction was absorbed into the wiggle universe and the operation moved to mainland britain, deliveries became significantly slower; sometimes longer than a week. those circumstances were often accompanied by strange delivery restrictions; who would have believed that a pair of 700x25c folding tyres would constitute a heavy package and thus be unavailable for delivery to the hebrides? particularly when the wiggle website promised worldwide delivery of entire bicycles. there followed some very interesting communications with wiggle's customer services department. so whether we ordered from chain reaction or wiggle it was often a lottery as to whether delivery would be allowed or not.
while i and my fellow sunday morning pelotoneers had great sympathy for the hapless employees who lost their jobs at both cycle retailers, we really did not necessarily shed a tear for the purported demise of both. bear in mind that we, and others like us farther north, off the west coast of scotland, mostly suffer from a distinct lack of local bike shops and have no choice but to garner a certain level of self-sufficiency, and order our velocipedinal requirements online.
but now comes news that the house of fraser group, already owners of evans cycles, had purchased both wiggle, and chain reaction earlier in march, with the intention of restoring both to the e-commerce world by the end of this month. do we trust them once again? haven't we already found alternative sources? is it possibly too little too late?
only time will tell.
monday 25 march 2024
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smug
as easter approaches, it is apparent that visitors have chosen to brave the elements they may not have expected, in order to visit the centre of the known universe that is the island of islay. as i wended my merry way south west to debbie's for lunch on saturday, into the teeth of a 70kph cold headwind, i was passed by several foreign plate cars and minibuses, while as i rode my 'cross bike along the strand, i came across the first two motorhomes which had obviously opted not to pay for a power hook-up at the camp site at port mòr in port charlotte.
this had all been preceded during my walk home from the office on friday lunchtime, by three visitors ahead of me, quite clearly heading to the round church at the top of main street, either to search for family graves in the cemetery, or intent on viewing the magnificent interior of the building. during the week, the ubiquitous groups of three, four or six (you almost never come across five) predominantly male visitors wearing woolly hats and carrying backpacks, heading down main street towards the distillery. it is, we have all agreed, that time of year once again.
the surprising element has been that of cyclists. given the less than equitable weather in late march, early april, it's relatively unusual to espy any sign of velocipedinists at any part of the island. on my return trip to port ellen distillery on tuesday of last week, i met not one single cyclist, yet since friday, they appear to have come out of hibernation en masse.
my friday afternoon paper route to the rhinns was somewhat blighted by a searing headwind from bridgend to bruichladdich, resulting in a 'head down' attitude as i perambulated uiskentuie. it was only a brief upward glance along its length that had me notice two cyclists heading in the opposite direction, having a far easier time of it than yours truly. and only that morning, i had watched a small peloton of visitors on e-bikes, ascending bowmore main street as if it actually descended. and it was e-bikers that offered the opportunity for unfettered smugness on saturday afternoon.
having extended my lunchtime just a tad due to a pleasant conversation about ferries (i was fortunate to have been invited to turkey last weekend to witness the launch of the first of islay's two new ferries at the cemre shipyard in yalova, istanbul), i set off from bruichladdich to ride my habitual afternoon parcours beginning at foreland hill.
in a passing place at the foot of the hill, were six young blokes either astride bicycles or adjacent to others. offering a 'hail fellow, well met' as i passed, i had reached the final portion of the climb, when two of the riders aboard what were then clearly seen to be e-bikes, passed me with relative ease as we neared the top of the climb. as they steered to the passing place at the top, however, i witnessed them drop the bikes to the verge and sit on the grass, puffing and panting.
i passed with a cheery wave aboard my acoustic specialized crux.
the remianing four from the same group, despite also aboard e-bikes, had apparently been unable to keep up with their alacritous companions, but also failed to catch my good self. you will gain a better appreciation of my smug demeanour when i point out that, apart from having battery power at their behest, i figure they were all less than half my age. and since the e-bike hire on islay also hires out regular acoustic bikes, i questioned internally why it had been necessary to hire e-bikes in the first place? does the younger generation no longer possess any pride or stamina?
however, as if my personal self-aggrandisement and ego were insufficiently stroked already, when descending towards the rspb centre at aoradh, blown along by both wind and heavy rain, it dawned on me that those six e-bikers were probably heading to kilchoman distillery, clad only in denim or lightweight jackets. they were most certainly not prepared for heavy rain, despite this being the hebrides in march.
don't you just love it when a plan comes together?
sunday 24 march 2024
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someday my prints will come
the newspaper at which i ply my trade was originally printed on a single-head, offset litho machine up until a matter of years ago.while the printing press itself still functioned well enough to be of continued use, the silver-master platemaker was ultimately the bringer of its demise. litho printing is based on the premise that certain areas of the printing plate will accept ink, while others reject it; rather obviously, words and pictures form the parts that are ink friendly. in order to maintain this accept/rejection process, the plate, featuring a reverse image of the final print, had to be constantly drip-fed with water, preventing the non-inked sections from drying out and thus proving receptive to ink.
the platemaker effectively made a photograph of the final artwork (in this case, a laser print of the page) to which a photo-sensitive silver-master plate was exposed. the parts left black rejected the ink, while the silver (exposed) parts welcomed it in with open arms. sadly, the lens hood, resembling the folded concertina-like coverings featured on elderly plate cameras, had disintegrated to the point where it no longer kept extraneous light from the image, and due to the age of the machine, it proved impossible to acquire spare parts. a new one was eyewateringly expensive.
the newspaper is now printed very efficiently on a xerox digital printer, offering a far less messy process, using toner powder as opposed to thick, gooey litho ink (of which we still have a few tins in the hall cupboard). but for those of us brought up on the messier, mechanical side of printing, those lasers have very little soul. they're also undeniably a product of the modern digital age; though there are many user-serviceable parts, if they don't work according to plan, hitting them with a hammer is not the recommended procedure. and though you'd think this modernity came with a longer shelf life, where the litho had offered three decades of (almost) reliable service, one of these digital printers collects its pension after three years and has to be put out to pasture after five.
there's also the occasionally irritating fact that it's well-nigh impossible to colour calibrate a laser printer. the newspaper has two identical machines on which the output is close, but no cigar. at least two of us in the office miss the old days, something we apparently have in common with photographer, michael blann.
the man who brought you a book of incredible images of iconic mountains from the sport's major races was, he admits, trained as a print maker before becoming a photographer. twenty years after undertaking a degree course at kingston university, he has now found himself back in the print room, making use of a technique known as photo-polymer etching. according to mr blann, "The Photo-polymer Etchings process has made it possible to transfer a high-resolution image onto a metal plate which is then inked up and printed on a traditional roller bed. The resulting images are rich in tone and depth and have an organic look and feel to them. It's possible to print both black & white images and also full colour by separating the image into x4 CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow and key [black]) plates and over-printing them on each other."
however, unlike the laser printers i use at work, which offer a high degree of predictability in their output, the etching process outlined above is a tad more fractious. "As with all printing techniques, there are a million things that can go wrong along the way, so patience and an aptitude for working through problems is an important consideration." that said, the end results are quite magnificent, as can be seen in the images available to purchase on michael blann's website. and unlike laser output, created by fusing cmyk toners onto the paper's surface, the flat bed litho process offers a more textured result. "As the plate is squeezed through the press, the image is impregnated into the paper leaving an embossed line around where the edge of the plate was. The results can be spectacular."
you can see for yourself here
saturday 23 march 2024
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draught proofing
my reader may have observed that i have been remiss in the number of recent mentions concerning the winds often to be found strafing the principality. this is not to infer that such meteorological instances no longer feature in the hebridean day-to-day, just that my mind has been elsewhere of late. in fact, calmac have already indicated that several ferry services may be subject to delay or cancellation, both today and tomorrow. i just needed to make that plain.
persistent draughts such as those experienced across the sprawling estates have often been found to restrain the apprentice islay cyclist in the process of his or her progress across the island's decrepit, single track road surfaces. our most recent recruit, who, admittedly, has not been seen for many a sunday morning, on his first outing with the velo club, found himself questioning the veracity of his brake adjustment when other members of the peloton drew steadily into the distance. convinced that the calipers must be dragging on the disc, he stopped to check, only to realise that he was being held back by a stiff headwind.
at our particular level of velocipedinal activity, there is little by way of technological development that would offer to ameliorate such conditions. deep-section carbon wheels, while reputedly offering to slice through the air, tend to suffer greatly when confronted with any form of crosswind. and acquiring a frame possessing feather-weight properties offers little succour to the downtrodden, prone as it would be to buffeting from such disfavourable conditions. and as for the current trend to hide brake and gear cables within bars, headtube and main triangle, just don't get me started.
however, cycling's obsession with aerodynamics appears to have followed similar previous obsessions, creating yet another level-playing-field that provides not one iota of advantage to the seasoned professional, because all his or her peers have adopted precisely the same purported advantages. meanwhile, us ordinary beings scarcely have the need or power to take advantage of such niceties, despite the industry's insistence on trying very hard to sell them to us.
however, in relation to the science of aerodynamics, the immediate connotation is that any investigations would necessitate use of an expensive wind tunnel; not the sort of facility available to the ordinary velocipedinist on the sunday morning ride. well-acquainted with this coefficient of drag anomaly, a company by the name of body rocket has unveiled a prototype of what it claims is the world's first and only 'real-time aerodynamic drag force measurement system for cyclists.'
but, before we venture any further, i might mention that, many years ago, i was sent an srm power-meter setup for review, which demanded the installation of appropriately compatible software to allow post-ride analysis of the numbers generated during any particular ride. discovering this data to show a period where i appeared to have generated no power whatsoever (a bit of a stretch even for the likes of me), i began to read the manual, convinced the calibration was at fault. you can imagine how foolish i felt on realising that the missing portion of the graph was due to my freewheeling downhill.
the point of mentioning the latter state of affairs, aside from adopting a less than healthy level of embarrassment, is to show that possessing data is one thing - comprehending it, is an entirely different set of pedal revolutions. there are many cyclists now riding with integrated power-meters, the output from which makes no more sense than the uci rules concerning bicycle aerodynamics. assuming the body rocket hardware to ultimately become as ubiquitous as the power-meter, in many cases, the end result will be even more cyclists with graphs, charts and numbers that are every bit as incomprehensible as the power data discussed above.
at present the many sensors included within the body rocket hardware are the subject of a fundraising drive on crowdcube, so quite how much this unnecessary piece of kit will lighten your bank account is unknown. but despite my predictable cynicism, it would surprise me not at all to learn that there are many others positively drooling at the thought of festooning their carbon fibre with some body rocket kit.
it seems a tad incongruous, therefore, that the body rocket stem, shown above, would appear to have all the aerodynamic properties of a brick.
friday 22 march 2024
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space travel
on tuesday of this week, i was invited by diageo to the official opening of the revived port ellen distillery which last produced whisky in 1983. with the exception of the two kiln pagodas, the remainder of the buildings were demolished over a decade past, effectively leaving only the warehouses to indicate there had ever been a distillery in the first place.
as my reader will be aware, i care not for whisky, no matter the distillery from which it originates, but the opportunity for an early week bike ride to reach the distillery (32k round trip) was too good an opportunity to pass up. the latter took place during islay's rush hour, as traffic from other villages on the island headed along the low road to reach the ferry terminal in time for the departure of the morning boat at 9:45am. however, to place that in some sort of mainland perspective, not only was i afforded plenty of space when being overtaken by trucks, buses, cars and taxis, but many were courteous enough to sit patiently while oncoming traffic made its way toward bowmore.
i have the distinct advantage that, on an island of some 3000 people, a cyclist is a less than common occurrence, particularly at this time of year, and many of those passing know me personally. that in itself assists greatly with individual safety; to a large extent, that has proven true for the majority of the sunday morning peloton. however, as i scanned my twitter feed at work yesterday, i came across a posting from argyll and bute council which stated, "Every week four people in Scotland suffer serious vehicle collisions while cycling - and fear of road traffic is the biggest barrier to more people cycling."
the tweet linked to a youtube video encouraging motorists to pass safely, leaving space for a life, the on-screen graphics making it plain that every cyclist is also a human being with memories, dreams and aspirations too.
however, it seems that there may be a conundrum at work here, directly related to the number of cyclists present on britain's roads, including those of argyll & bute. if i might return briefly to my opening paragraphs, the fact that i am often a lone cyclist on islay's roads offers little cause for concern. islay's roads, even during the purported rush hour are hardly congested with traffic, and in a small island community such as this, there tends to be less in the way of apparent road hierarchy. those 40ft articulated trailers are every bit as likely to grant road space to yours truly, as i am keen to reciprocate. even at weekends, when there may be a (small) peloton of cyclists, all parties seem mostly content to look out for each other.
on the mainland, despite my limited experience of cycling in urban and city settings, i'm aware that cyclists rarely appear to be apprehended as human beings simply making use of an alternative means of transport. it seems frequently the case that cyclists are merely a mobile irritation that doesn't pay road tax, slowing down the more important members of mobile society. the tweet by argyll & bute council pointed out that the potential danger conferred by road traffic is the biggest barrier to more people cycling. the conundrum referred to above, is that more people on bicycles would clearly evidence a demand for suitable cycling infrastructure.
and where such infrastructure may prove impractical, or conditional on increased numbers, the fact that more cyclists were to be seen on britain's roads, would surely condition the driving population to their existence, as has become the case in north american cities such as portland, and davis, california.
i willingly admit that i am probably over-confident on my bicycle, though i stop short of taking any unnecessary risks. however, on blind corners, i am in the (police sanctioned) habit of riding in the centre of the road, hopefully to indicate that i do not wish to be overtaken. if i can't see what's round the corner, the car behind most certainly can't. i am confident enough to stake my claim to the portion of road along which i ride, well aware that, while this might work effectively on narrow country roads, it may be a less encouraging approach on urban roadways. however, if more were able to adopt such a stance, it might well have a positive effect on the manner in which cyclists are treated by other road users.
the tricky part is going to be convincing less confident cyclists to take the plunge and grow the happy throng. maybe we need a video showing that approach?
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gravel rides lake district. andrew barlow. vertebrate publishing paperback 102pp illus. £15.95
i have been at the forefront of offering disdain for the current fascination with all things gravel, a genre that provides, for me at least, more questions than answers. and author of this particular publication, andrew barlow, has, perhaps unwittingly, added yet another couple of questions to the list. firstly, in his introduction to the book, he states, "Gravel riding has boomed in the last couple of decades, following its revival in the early 2000s in America." i like to think of myself as well-versed in the intricacies of velocipedinal life, but i know not of the revival of which he writes.
i'm afraid i am blissfully unaware of any gravel riding paradigm that existed prior to the current one, unless he has somehow confused cross country mountain biking with that of gravel? in 2007, at the behest of daniel wakefield pasley, and supported by chris king components and continental tyres, rapha america fostered the compulsive adventures of the rapha continental which saw a group of riders traverse lengthy stretches of american gravel aboard handbuilt steel road bikes riding on 28mm road tyres. to the best of my knowledge, the rise of the gravel meme only took place subsequent to this gravel initiative.
i'm really not sure that gravel, in its current sense, has been with us for more than the last twelve or 13 years. two decades seems a bit of a stretch. unless he refers to the rough stuff fellowship.
the second question that raises its ugly head, concerns the tyres employed in the pursuit of ultimate gravel. according to the author, writing under the heading of 'the bike', he states, "...my Salsa Fargo allows me to fit up to a 3-inch (75 millimetre) tyre, allowing me to have a slow but super-plush ride." tyre widths such as that suggested is surely more the province of mountain bike riders, suggesting that mr barlow and those he seeks to enthuse, might be better aboard something other than a gravel bike. and since mountain bikes have been around considerably longer than so-called gravel bikes, i believe a point may have been missed somewhere along the line.
though admittedly riding on the road, yesterday's bike ride to and from port ellen distillery aboard a specialized crux cyclocross bike, fitted with 33mm challenge grifo tyres, was hard enough on such rubber; the thought of riding 75mm scarcely bears thinking about. and his contention that these lake district rides can be ridden aboard, "...any half decent gravel bike" is somewhat undermined by his later statement, "Extremely efficient gearing is important when riding in the Lake District", advising that he runs a smallest gear of 30/42t, where we really are in mountain biking territory.
i am, of course, leaning very heavily towards cynicism with these comments, none of which bear any disparagement of the routes included. there is indeed great joy to be gained from riding gravel, particularly over parcours that have been curated for your personal delectation. how long this particular reinvention of the wheel continues to hold the mindset of the many remains to be seen, but presumably only as long as it takes the industry to 'invent' the next big thing.
mr barlow's book of 15 lake district gravel rides is, however, well intentioned and well organised, commencing as it does with advice on rights of way, a brief appraisal of bikepacking, and a reasonably comprehensive list of items you may wish to consider as necessary augmentation, both mechanical and apparel wise. this precedes section one: 'easy routes', followed by 'straightforward' and 'challenging routes'.
this pocket sized volume features a minimal, yet informed layout for each ride, commencing with the overall distance in both imperial and metric, a written introduction set above a graphic displaying the ride profile along with map references and other pertinent documentation. this is followed with the route overlaid on an ordnance survey map, step by step directions and several quality images from the ride. nearby bike and coffee shops are also highlighted. the culmination of this gravel crescendo is a 270km ride, wending its circular way north from the start in kendal.
opening gambit aside, this is a welcome addition to the growing number of books featuring gravel rides across various parts of the uk. pocket-sized in format, it slips easily into a jersey pocket of perhaps a chest pocket within your gravel-specific waterproof jacket. if gravel is something to which you are in thrall, your next holiday is already taken care of.
buy a copy
wednesday 20 march 2024
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- la passione pdp summer jersey
- prendas ciclismo 20th anniversary s/s jersey
- this is cambridge hors categorie s/s cycle jersey, socks & cap
- rapha pro team windjacket
- hilltrek greenspot double ventile jacket
- magliamo merino wool molteni l/s jersey
- rapha shadow armwarmers + kneewarmers
- n+1 cycling t-shirts
- rapha core l/s team wiggins jersey
- showers pass club shoe covers
- vulpine urban cycling jeans & merino boxers
- rapha cyclocross long-sleeve jersey
- rapha mips helmet
- shutt vuelta winter jacket
- rapha merino stand collar windproof jersey
- this is cambridge s/s baselayer
- hilltrek greenspot double ventile jacket - getting it wet
- endura pro sl bibtights
- rapha commemorative peace race jersey and game
- cafe du cycliste lucette gilet
- specialized deflect reflect hybrid jacket
- rapha classic winter jacket
- cafe du cycliste mid-season gloves
- wabi woolens winter weight jersey
- rapha shadow long-sleeve jersey
- rapha festive 500 jersey and core range waterproof jacket
- dexshell biking socks
- rapha brevet thermal jacket
- dexshell thermfit neo gloves
- maratona classics jersey
- rapha classic bibshorts ii
- endura pro sl bibs ii
- rapha shadow blazer
- showers pass atlas reflective jacket
- rapha pro team bibshorts ii
- rouleur + velominati rule#5 s/s jersey, bibshorts, socks and t-shirt
- rapha packable backpack
- louison bobet softshell gloves
- louison bobet bibshorts, long-sleeve and short-sleeve jerseys
- t-labs stelvio t-shirt
- rapha fausto coppi merino jersey
- velobici premgripp and merino socks
- rapha pro-team lightweight gilet
- louison bobet porticcio 69 merino pullover and letouquet74 merino cardigan
- cafe du cycliste boubou collection zahira diamant s/s jersey
- rapha classic crochet mitts
- rapha lines pro team flyweight jersey
- shutt vr custom jersey and pro bibshorts
- arrivee intermediate l/s jersey
- hilltrek greenspot single ventile lightweight jacket
- snek merino armwarmers and lightwieght merino cycling cap
- rocket espresso s/s jersey and bibshorts
- endura movistar team issue gilet and l/s jersey
- this is cambridge men's bibshorts
- rapha colombia kom s/s sportwool jersey
- new ardbeg celtic cycle jersey
- assos r.s. sturmprinz evo waterproof jacket
- this is cambridge a bloc long-sleeve jersey and socks
- hilltrek greenspot single ventile jacket - getting it wet
- snek merino kneewarmers
- rapha ultramarine pro team softshell
- endura pro sl thermal jacket
- rapha city riding range insulated sweatshirt
- endura pro sl thermal jacket
- assos habutightsmille thermal bibtights
- rapha pro team thermal l/s baselayer
- rapha classic rainjacket ii
- giessegi redoute winter bibtights
- t-labs road riding t-shirt
- rapha pro-team insulated jacket
- rapha quarter zip reflective knit jersey
- showerspass trailhead merino/bamboo hooded sweatshirt
- pedal ed nachi waterproof jacket
- pedal ed essential jersey and team winter bibtights
- assos mille gt spring/autumn l/s jersey
- pedal ed kaido l/s merino jersey
- rapha check windjacket
- q36.5 hybrid que l/s jersey, s/s baselayer, wolf bibshorts and merino socks
- assos t-equipe evo bibshorts
- rouleur cycle clothing collection
- this is cambridge omloop l/s jersey, mesh baselayer, thermal bibshortsm kneewarmers and socks.
- rapha transfer hoodie.
- endura long-sleeve movistar team jersey
- rapha limited edition gavia collection
- haramaki - japanese body warmer
- hommage au velo bahamontes lightweight climbing jersey
- prendas/santini bordeaux-paris jersey & cap
- hilltrek hebridean ventile gilet
- dexshell ultralight waterproof socks
- endura fs260 adrenaline cape and threequarter shorts
- rapha explore range, insulated goose-down jacket
- assos mille gt hashoogi winter jacket
- prendas/santini peugeot bp inverted long-sleeve jersey
- rapha classic bibtights
- rapha milano-roma collection
- rapha tweed softshell
- prendas pro rain overshoes
- showers pass crosspoint waterproof gloves
- campagnolo c-tech winter jacket
- frahm utility field jacket
- velobici rene l/s jersey
- velobici rene thermal bibshorts
- ashmei bibshorts
- this is cambridge omloop rain/windcape
- assos equipe rs bibshorts
- endura apparel cleaner and re-proofer
- rapha core range cargo bibshorts
- endura humvee shacket
- prendas cordura oversocks
- this is cambridge omloop rain/wind gilet
- santini/prendas greg lemond l/s agrigel/adr/bottechia jersey
- prendas lisboa rain cycling cap
- rapha pro-team lightweight shadow jacket
- rapha explore winter cargo bibtights
- café du cycliste petra gilet
- rapha + gore-tex explore hooded pullover
- prendas primaloft cupron socks and winter thermolite socks
- endura pro sl primaloft jacket ii
- albion cycle clothing rain jacket
- rapha pro team insulated gore-tex jacket
- prendas/santini vetements z l/s jersey
- rapha+gore-tex explore hooded pullover
- rapha pro-team road shoes
- rapha pro-team training jersey 7 pro-team training bib shorts
- robert millar/pippa york t-shirt
- endura pro sl bibshortst
- rapha special edition belgian country jersey
- prendas ciclismo - omloop van vlaanderen
- vulpine long and short-sleeve polo shirts
- btr waterproof hi-viz waterproof jacket
- endura hummvee chino shorts with liner
- pearson cycles greg coulton illustrates s/s baselayer
- ashmei breton jersey and cycle bib shorts
- this is cambridge yellow tour socks
- prendas/santini watneys red barrel s/s jersey and cap
- ritchey cycling socks
- dexshell lightweight overshoes
- craft fuseknit s/s baselayer
- rapha core long-sleeve jersey
- prendas omloop van vlaanderen sleeves baselayer
- rapha classic winter gore-tex jacket
- rapha pro team bibshorts ii
- rapha sonic collection
- velobici cobalto thermal jersey and thermal bibshorts
- prendas shell peugeot cap
- endura urban luminite 3 in 1 jacket ii
- prendas/santini peugeot shell michelin s/s jersey
- endura xtract roubaix l/s jersey
- rapha long-sleeve calssic jersey ii
- le col hors categorie bibshorts ii
- vulpine merino alpine l/s jersey
- prendas super roubaix deluxe gloves
- sole active thin insole
- endura custom kit pro sl l/s jersey
- rapha explore lightweight jacket
- rapha gs imperial sportwool s/s club jersey, bibshorts and cap
- tic-cc hc short-sleeve jersey
- vulpine organic cotton tee
- vulpine omnia cycling jeans
- endura fs260 thermo bibknickers
- endura pro-sl three-season jacket
- quoc pham mono ii road shoes
- souke sports l/s jersey, bibtights and thermal jacket
- endura freezing point ii overshoes
- endura mt500 burner clipless offroad shoes
- endura gv500 reiver s/s jersey and bibshorts
- showers pass basecamp merino hoodie
- endura gv500 waterproof jacket
- rapha brevet s/s jersey
- rapha brevet gore-tex paclite plus jacket
- vulpine ultralight quilted gilet
- vulpine men's merino v-lux neck sweatshirt
- quoc weekend sneaker - part one
- quoc weekend sneaker - part two
- rapha powerweave bibshorts
- rapha trailwear technical t-shirt
- rapha trailwear gore-tex infinium jacket
- endura pro sl waterproof shell jacket
- rapha pro team training bibtights
- soukesports graphene l/s fleece jersey, lightweight windproof gilet, winter bibtights and padded winter gloves
- rapha men's trail merino long-sleeve t-shirt
- rapha men's explore gore-tex jacket
- showers pass cloudburst hoodie
- megmeister drynamo l/s baselayer
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equipment and other reviews below
- equipment review: | carbonsports lightweight wheels
- equipment review: |fi'zi:k pave saddle
- equipment review: |handlebar camera mount
- thewashingmachinepost colnago c40hp review
- the bicycle as art | taliah lempert
- tour of britain start 2006
- 2006 braveheart ride
- schwalbe ultremo tyres
- ortlieb sling-it
- catlike whisper and kompact pro helmets
- on-one il pompino fixed wheel
- colnago clx
- science in sport nocte
- srm power crank from cylepowermeters.com
- fsa ceramic bearing jockey wheels
- lightweight ventoux carbon wheels
- colnago c50 2007
- fibre-lyte carbon chainrings
- vittoria 30th anniversary shoes + vista pedals
- fulcrum racing one wheels
- eddy merckx chm carbon + wheelsbike 2000s
- fibre-lyte carbon jockey wheels
- rapha fixed backpack
- mavic r-sys carbon spoked wheels
- oval concepts r700 stem and r710 classic bars
- muc-off optix lens cleaner
- brooks swallow leather saddle
- lumie bodyclock light
- ride of the falling rain 2008
- pro-lite piemonte cyclo-cross frame
- ultimate pro-ultralight bicycle repair stand
- rebecca charlton's review: alan a-matrix
- effetto mariposa giustaforza torque wrench
- fsa k-force carbon compact handlebars & os-99 stem
- rapha musette
- chris king classic cross wheelset
- eddy merckx racing alloy
- nokia n82 gps phone & sportstracker software
- independent fabrication featherlight
- garmin edge 705 gps unit
- sportique active body products
- sportique body soap
- sportique century riding cream & deodorants
- fixie inc. betty leeds steel race bike
- bonk breaker energy bars
sportique warming up cream and cooling cream
- sportique massage oils
- vittoria revo kxs twin tread tyres
- nokon gear and brake cable sets
- knog gator front light
- chain-l no.5 - huile de chaine
- museeuw mf5 carbon/flax frame
- brompton p-type folding bicycle
- schwalbe ultremo 'r' road tyres
- alchemy goods courier bag
- mule bars
- carbonsports lightweight rd
- trp r960 caliper brakes
- colnago cx-1
- singular peregrine
- independent fabrication club racer fixed gear
- flip ultra video camera and sport mount
- miniature cyclists
- mavic race sl ti pedals
- focus variado expert
- cyclepowermeters powertap rear wheel
- chris king cielo review
- mavic cosmic carbone slr
- shimano di2 review
- fsa sl-k pro carbon compact chainset
- zero g titanium brake calipers
- muvi micro digital video camera
- colnago clx centaur
- squirt dry lube
- crud roadracers mudguards
- bikefood
- hides
- 2010 colnago ace
- muc-off cleaners and dry lube
- ta specialites 42 campag replacement chainring
- reynolds assault carbon clincher wheels
- cyclo tools workshop tyre lever
- bike box alan
- garmin edge 500 gps
- chris king cielo - the story begins
- a graze box of healthy snacks
- sleepathlete pro-sound pillow
- park tools frame fit pump
- full wood fenders
- two'n'fro claqs
- bikefood carbo powder and munchie bars
- dromarti strada lugged steel frame
- a2z components campagnolo single speed convertor
- 9bar energy bars
- iphone/ipod bike doctor app
- crud roadracers mark two
- lazer helium helmet
- 2011 campagnolo centaur ergopower levers
- the legacy of john boultbee brooks part 3 - colt saddle
- van nicholas titanium skewers
- purple harry's bike cleaning products
- mavic k10 wheel/tyre system
- motorex lubricants and sprays
- sram red groupset
- clif choc chip bar and shotblok
- rapha skincare range
- purple harry's bike cleaning range
- ibis hakkalugi cyclocross bike
- high five zero tabs and 4:1 carb/protein powder
- moonlights rechargeable lights
- edge16 magnetic bottle 'cage'
- crank brothers eggbeater and candy pedals
- respro hump waterproof backpack cover
- pedros workshop vise whip
- andystand
- zimbale leather saddle and saddlebag
- lezyne floor drive track pump
- continental speed king cyclocross tyres & chris king cyclocross wheels
- bbb microboard computer
- demploi canvas belt bag
- aszure team issue carbon bike
- traitor luggernaut three-speed
- vittoria open pave cg tyres
- rapha tour de france cd
- enve 25 carbon sprint wheels
- mavic r-sys slr exalith wheels
- san marco mantra saddle
- cole c24 lite wheels
- trp 970sl brake calipers
- milani acciaio puro columbus xcr road bike
- trion-z magnetic therapy bracelet
- trp eurox magnesium cantilievers
- giro aeon helmet
- rapha seat pack
- bbb digiboard cycle computer
- colnago world cup 2.0 cyclocross bike
- garmin 200 gps cycle computer
- vittoria diamante pro radiale clinchers
- swift little dear bar-bag/saddle bag
- mavic plasma slr helmet
- ibis hakkalugi black lung
- nightrider lights
- beloved every day bicycle
- rapha race bag
- purple harry sanitising spray
- rapha summer embrocation
- shand cycles stoater
- sugar wheelworks ghisallo wooden rimmed wheels pt.1
- sugar wheelworks ghisallo wooden rimmed wheels pt.2
- colnago clx 3.0 di2
- ventoux event bag
- sugar wheelworks/chris king r45 ceramic wheelset
- nuun hydration tablets
- wheelsmith race23 wheels
- wheelsmith race23 wheels part two
- green oil white dry wax lubricant
- shand cycles skinnymalinky
- green oil eco bucket
- bike parka
- nilox 'foolish' hd action video camera
- condor bivio x cyclocross bike
- trakke mule waxed cotton messenger bag
- lezyne mega-drive headlight
- rapha post shave lotion
- morgan blue soft chamois cream
- morgan blue bike wash and polish
- morgan blue warming oil
- morgan blue chain cleaner and race oil
- kask vertigo helmet
- colnago c59 disc
- endura airshell helmet
- bakewell soap co. deep muscle relief rub
- dz nuts inheat embrocation
- rx sport prescription rudy project exowind cycling glasses
- dz nuts inheat embrocation
- portland design works bird cage
- purple harry travel pack
- ism adamo attack saddle
- purple harry wet lube
- rapha liveried pinarello dogma k
- festina tour of britain edition chronograph
- portland design works 3wrencho
- c originals sv888 helmet
- trek domane 5.9
- >colnago acr
- giro air-attack helmet
- gu energy slated caramel gel
- ursa major three musketeer traveler shaving kit
- rolf prima ares 4 carbon wheels
- protecht surface coatings
- fsa k-force cantilever brakes
- dz nuts bald shaving cream
- matrix waxy maize and scottish oats carb powder
- rolf prima vigor alpha wheels
- portland design works alexander graham bell
- ventoux gym bag
- silicon tidds
- wheelsmith race 24 wheels part 1
- 2013 cervelo r3
- unich mini-pump
- aerozine titanium wheel skewers
- mavic zxellium road pedals
- pdw aether demon tail light
- loksak mobile phone case
- a set of rouleur goodies including mark cavendish model
- wheelsmith race 24 wheels in 'cross mode
- axiom annihilateair track pump
- brooks cambium c17 saddle
- bridge street saddlebag
- green oil eco sponge
- ritchey torque key
- salsa celtica - the tall islands
- biologic pango folding helmet
- cervo rosso softshell case
- dmt vega road shoes
- poc octal road helmet
- shand cycles phat stoater
- bike repair app
- osmo hydration products
- multipower energy bars
- sugru flexible silicon rubber
- purple harry super sponge
- cielo racer stem
- kali phenom helmet
- bryton 20+ cycle gps
- secret training products
- ventoux training camp bag
- portland design works ninja pump
- honey stinger organic chews
- challenge limus cyclocross tyres
- fast forward f6 carbon clincher wheels
- brainy bike lights
- 24 bottles stainless steel water bottle and porta bottiglia
- purple harry rider care range
- shand rohloff stoater
- frog 55 hybrid kids' bike
- brooks brick lane panniers
- bellroy waterproof leather travel wallet
- green clean bike cleaner
- crunchy peanut butter clif bars
- chapeau cyclist's coffee
- anamaya meditation iphone app
- rapha cyclocross shoes
- look mum no hands stainless steel hip flask and cage
- rapha climbers shoes
- bodyglide products
- pedros yellow tyre levers
- mavic cxr helmet
- bar fly garmin handlebar mount
- cycling stars trump card game
- brooks cambium c15 saddle
- pedros synlube
- colnago c60
- pedros green fizz bike cleaner
- portland design works lars rover front light
- feedback sports velo hinge
- feedback sports velo hinge
- massif central tdf poster
- nixfrixshun chain lube
- richard mitchelson's cycling wallpaper
- manual for speed 2015
- the king of scotland's ibis hakkalugi disc
- tesco outdoor clothing wash and spray proofer
- clement las cyclocross clincher tyres
- pedros chain pig
- challenge gravel grinder 38mm 'cross tyres
- cherryactive concentrated montmorency cherry juice
- fox cycling online cycle training
- giro empire road shoes
- muc off hydro dynamic chain lube
- cyclops magnetic turbo trainer
- dromarti classic leather road shoes
- tern verge x-18 folding bicycle
- wheelsmith aero 38 wheelset
- sunwise hastings cycling glasses
- wheelsmith aero 38 wheelset part ii
- rapha/bang & olufsen h6 headphones
- flexiseq joint lubrication therapy
- muc off fabric protect
- brooks cambium c15 carved saddle
- mavic cxr ultimate road shoe
- frog bikes tadpole balance bike
- rapha sunglasses
- rapha rucksack
- giro vr90 offroad shoes
- colnago clx 2015
- portland design works owl cage
- vel components multi-tool with co2 adaptor
- ritchey classic series bars, stem, seatpost and saddle
- aldi bikemate bicycle toolkit
- withings activité pop watch
- selle san marco regal saddle
- led lenser b5r front light and b2r rear
- clement crusade pdx cyclocross tyres
- wickens & soderstrom bike cleaner
- bicycling magazine's emoji keyboard
- crank brothers candy 7 pedals
- muc off luxury chamois cream
- wheelsmith aero disc wheelset
- ridley x-ride 20 cyclocross bike
- break fluid blended ground coffee
- quoc pham hardcourt shoes
- crank brothers quattro cleat adaptor
- brooks carbon rail cambium c13 saddle
- crank brothers candy 7 pedal update
- ridley x-ride 20 update review
- specialized recon mixed terrain shoes
- specialized prevail road helmet
- axiom blastair mini pump
- specialized crux e5 x1 cyclocross bicycle
- cycliq fly6 rear light and hd video camera
- challenge baby limus cyclocross tyres
- crank brothers candy #7 pedals final review
- challenge strada bianca 700x33c road tyres
- green oil eco grease in a tube
- ortlieb6 plus, handlebar bag and seatpost-bag
- specialized awol elite adventure bike
- rapha + apidura bike packs
- portland design works bindle rack
- flexiseq active joint lubrication
- selle royal ta+too interchangeable saddle
- unior 1655fh multi-tool
- wd40 bicycle products
- unior tyre levers
- showers pass utility backpack
- lizard skins clear frame protection kit
- specialized crux elite cyclocross bike
- installing a campagnolo groupset
- campagnolo potenza groupset: the prologue
- lizard skins camouflage 2.5mm bar tape
- campagnolo potenza groupset: going for a ride
- specialized turbo cotton clinchers
- four months on a specialized crux elite
- wickens and soderstrom no.3 drivetrain lube
- wickens and soderstrom no.6 bike polish
- ritchey wcs xc clipless pedals
- restrap camouflage musette bag
- ritchey barkeeper levers
- campagnolo potenza; how's it doing?
- 100 climbs mobile app
- rearviz armband mirror
- six months on a specialized crux elite
- specialized sequoia elite
- ortlieb bikepacking bar pack and seatpack
- plan bee anti-chafe and embrocation
- schwalbe one pro tubeless tyres and wheelsmith ascent tubeless wheelset
- laura zabo's upcycled road tyre belts
- schwalbe one pro tubeless tyres and wheelsmith ascent tubeless wheelset part 2
- quoc pham 'night' road shoe
- specialized roubaix comp
- on the rivet chamois cream
- schwalbe one pro tubeless tyres and wheelsmith ascent tubeless wheelset part 3
- limar ultralight+ helmet
- rawvelo energy bars
- feedback sports bike tools
- more than a couple of weeks on a specialized roubaix comp
- veloeye bicycle theft protection
- ride skincare sunscreen and recovery moisturiser
- green oil spray lube
- campagnolo sarto carbon road bike
- hexlox anti-theft system
- chrome industries cardiel orp backpack
- fairbairn fabrication fangs
- chrome industries cinelli barrage cargo backpack
- sven cycles pathfinder light
- brooks weatherproof cambium c17 saddle
- chamois butt'r original and eurostyle
- wheelsmith pave wheelset
- campagnolo chorus groupset part one
- mavic yksion tubeless 28mm tyres
- campagnolo chorus groupset part two
- ritchey logic frameset
- neil pryde bura part two
- portland design works gravity tail light
- portland design works daybot tail light
- bicycle maintenance guide app for ios
- giro empire vr70 knit offroad shoes
- rapha classic saddle
- specialized turbo vado electric bicycle
- endura pro sl road helmet
- compass 700 x 28c chinook pass tyres
- brooks pickwick cotton backpack
- chinook pass tyres part two
- specialized turbo vado 2.0 - the real review
- crankalicious science friction chain lube
- ritchey micro road pedals
- rapha for apple macbook 13" sleeve
- coloral stainless steel water bottle
- campagnolo record twelve-speed bike build
- crankalicious pineapple spray was and frame sealant
- campagnolo record twelve-speed
- fassa bicycle protection
- rapha waterproof top tube pack and small seat pack
- campagnolo record twelve-speed
- specialized allez sprint comp disc
- ashmei domestique gin
- ritchey wcs ergomax alloy handlebar, wcs c220 84d stem and wcs pavé bar tape.
- goodyear eagle tubeles 700 x 30c tyres.
- specialized turbo tubeless tyres 700x28c.
- rapha explore shoes.
- specialized roval 64mm tubeless-ready disc compatible carbon wheels.
- ritchey classic zeta wheelset.
- specialized allez sprint comp disc, long-term review.
- brooks cambium organic light saddle.
- chater-lea grand tour pedals.
- ritchey chicane stem.
- rapha roll top backpack.
- zilfer cycling/activity wallet.
- rene herse hurricane ridge 700x42 gravel tyres.
- campagnolo bora wto carbon wheelset.
- limar air-pro and air master helmets.
- donnelly strada lgg 700x28c road tyres.
- basso diamante road bike-disc version.
- showers pass rainslinger waterproof hip pack.
- revolube bicycle chain lubricant.
- chater lea grand tour pedals - the story so far.
- campagnolo bora on and bora wto wheelsets.
- see.sense ace light set.
- revolube - part two.
- donnelly strada lgg 28mm road tyres
- basso diamante - part two
- clug bicycle storage solution
- revolube: the story so far
- bicycle quickguard
- ritchey echelon road pedals
- ritchey echelon road pedals - update
- btr waterproof saddle wedge
- kinesis jo burt signature bar tape
- btr waterproof bar bag
- bend 36 chamois cream
- kool-stop tyre bead jack
- rene herse steilacoom gravel tyres
- pirelli cycle-e wt winter tyres
- pirelli cycle-e wt winter tyres part two
- essence outdoors epicon glasses
- shapeheart smartphone handlebar mount
- mystery ranch hip monkey + in-and-out 19
- rene herse chinook pass road tyres
- jack the rack
- ritchey single-bolt carbon seatpost
- tyre glider
- hutchinson tundra 700 x40c gravel tyres
- hutchinson tundra 700 x40c gravel tyres part two
- green oil chain degreaser and dry chain wax
- green oil agent apple extreme degreaser
- condor cycles handbuilt wheelset
- squirt lube long lasting and low temperature versions
- green oil eco spray lube
- green oil bike armour
- challenge grifo cyclocross clincher tyres
- granite rock'n'roll torque wrench kit
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dvd reviews
- real peloton issues 1 and 2
- pantani-the pirate dvd bromley video
- the eddy merckx story - the greatest cycling champion. double dvd set - bromley video
- the brit pack double dvd set - bromley video
- scott coady's cobbles baby dvd
- cy-yo cycle yoga dvd
- battle of the bikes, obree/boardman - bromley double dvd set
- the final hour - bromley dvd
- ultimate cyclist cd/download. josh horowitz
- quest 2 dvd
- red zinger/coors classic 3dvd set
- flying scotsman - the graeme obree movie
- detour de france dvd
- 23 days in july dvd (1983 tour de france)
- le velo de ghislain lambert
- it's the tour baby! deux - scott coady
- the athlete's guide to yoga dvd - sage rountree
- the road to roubaix - masterlink films
- imperfection is perfection - richard sachs, framebuilder
- the high life - a life in the year of robert millar
- detour - the movie
- klunkerz dvd - the birth of mountain biking
- sportsfreund lotsch
- bicycle dreams - a movie by stephen auerbach
- pure sweet hell - a cyclocross dvd
- a ride with george hincapie
- d'acciaio - a film by ben ingham
- the cyclocross meeting - brian vernor
- brian robinson - an alan pascoe film
- breaking away
- cycle of betrayal - the shay elliot story
- the collective anthology
- jeremy powers cross camp
- mark cavendish: born to race
- beryl burton - racing is life
- l'ultimo chilometro
- janapar movie
- bespoken cycle music by johnny random
- pantani: the accidental death of a cyclist
- a film about coffee
- for the love of mud a film about cyclocross
- alf engers. a film by ray pascoe
- dummy jim - a film by matt hulse
- battle mountain - graeme obree
- time-trial a film by finlay pretsell featuring david millar
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book reviews
- spain - the trailrider guide
- bikie
- the yellow jersey guide to the tour de france
- a century of the tour de france by jeremy whittle
- the official tour de france centennial 1903 - 2003
- flying scotsman - the graeme obree story
- riding high-shadow cycling the tour de france by paul howard
- the ras - the story of ireland's stage race by tom daly
- bicycling science 3 - david gordon wilson
- one more kilometre and we're in the showers
- food for fitness - chris carmichael
- 101 bike routes in scotland - harry henniker
- park tool big blue book of bicycle repair - calvin jones
- roule britannia - william fotheringham
- marco pantani - john wilcockson | lance armstrong - daniel coyle
- michael barry - inside the postal bus
- a peiper's tale - allan peiper | man on the run, (marco pantani) - manuela ronchi
- the tour de france - graeme fife
- viva la vuelta - the story of spain's favourite race - adrian bell & lucy fallon
- les nomades du velo anglais - tony hewson (plus extract)
- velopress special: andy pruitt's cyclist's medical guide | lennard zinn's book of road bike maintenance | lennard zinn's book of mountain bike maintenance
- workouts in a binder for indoor cycling - velopress
- the death of marco pantani. a biography by matt rendell
- heart zones cycling - the avid cyclist's guide to riding faster and farther
- the hour - sporting immortality the hard way. michael hutchinson
- a question of balance. a collection of 24 postcards by jean jacques sempe.
- le grand pelerinage - histoire d'une passion cyclomythique. jack fournier & bruno moreau.
- cycling's golden age: heroes of the postwar era 1946-1967 owen mullholland. velopress
- ascent. the mountains of the tour de france by richard yates
- cycletouring in france - a cicerone guide
- cycling in the french alps - eight classic cycle tours by paul henderson. a cicerone guide
- the tour de france 2006 by john wilcockson
- cycling for health and fitness (revised and updated edition). ed pavelka.
- the six day bicycle races - america's jazz-age sport. peter joffre nye.
- base building for cyclists - thomas chapple
- fausto coppi - jacques augendre
- in search of robert millar - richard moore
- the beautiful machine - graeme fife
- flandrien - stephan vanfleteren
- gracie goat's big bike race
- sports nutrition for endurance athletes - monique ryan
- the racing bike book - haynes publishing
- two wheels by matt seaton - guardian books
- city cycling by richard ballantine - snowbooks
- cyclocross training+technique by simon burney. velopress
- paris roubaix - a journey through hell. velopress
- rouleur photography annual and exhibition 2007
- the tour de france - graeme fife
- cyclist's training diary - joe friel
- the athletes guide to yoga - sage rountree
- the rapha guide to the road climbs of the pyrenees - graeme fife
- sex, lies and handlebar tape - the jacques anquetil story by paul howard
- road bike maintenance by guy andrews
- roadie by jamie smith
- the eagle of the canavese by herbie sykes
- touring in switzerland - a cicerone guide
- we might as well win - johan bruyneel and bill strickland
- heroes, villains and velodromes - chris hoy and britain's track revolution - richard moore
- the tour is won on the alpe - jean-paul vespini
- blazing saddles - matt rendell
- tour climbs - chris sidwells
- riding the storm - geoff thomas
- tomorrow we ride - jean bobet
- the bicycle book - wit, wisdom & wanderings
- campagnolo - 75 years of cycling passion
- rouleur photography annual 2008
- a dog in a hat - joe parkin
- tour de france - the history, the legend, the riders - graeme fife
- cycle for life - nicole cooke
- in pursuit of glory - bradley wiggins
- ten points - bill strickland
- the full cycle - vin denson
- les p'tits velo - janol apin
- weight training for cyclists
- inside stories - a collection of rapha labels
- fallen angel: the passion of fausto coppi. william fotheringham
- paterek manual for bicycle framebuilding - tim paterek
- bicycling for women - gale bernhardt
- hello sailor - michael hutchinson
- pedaling revolution - jeff mapes
- custom bicycles - a passionate pursuit. elliot & jablonka
- graham watson's tour de france travel guide
- a racing cyclist's worst nightmare - tony hewson
- the daily telegraph book of the tour de france
- lance - john wilcockson
- cutting your car use - anna semlyen
- cyclocross - chris hinkle
- olympic gangster - matt rendell
- bicycle diaries - david byrne
- the time crunched training system - chris carmichael
- chris hoy - the autobiography
- ride with me nyc - roos stallinga
- fixed gear culture
- rouleur photo annual 2009
- the wrong kind of snow - woodward/penn
- cicerone guide to cycle touring in ireland - tom cooper
- brompton bicycle - david henshaw
- cicerone guide to traversing the massif central - alan castle
- two wheels on my wagon - paul howard
- the athlete's plate - adam kelinson
- take a seat - dominic gill
- the rapha guide to the great road climbs of the southern alps - graeme fife and pete drinkell
- it's all about the bike - rob penn
- come and gone - joe parkin
- when we were young and carefree - laurent fignon
- 100 greatest cycling climbs - simon warren
- lapize ...now there was an ace - jean bobet
- tour de lance - bill strickland
- bikesnobnyc - eben weiss
- cyclopedia - william fotheringham
- the lost cyclist - david v herlihy
- where to ride in london - nick woodford
- the custom road bike - guy andrews
- the spring classics - velopress
- the peloton - timm koelln
- pocket rocket - steve joughin
- on tour - bradley wiggins & scott mitchell
- brian robinson, pioneer - graeme fife
- ten poems about bicycles - candlestick press
- cyclepedia - michael embacher
- cycling in the peak district - chiz dakin
- vintage people on bicycles
- drink smoke flanders - chris milliman
- maglia rosa - herbie sykes
- wide eyed and legless- jeff connor
- slaying the badger - richard moore
- sky's the limit- richard moore
- the cyclist's friend- chris naylor
- the bicycle book - bella bathurst
- pedalare! pedalare! - john foot
- how i won the yellow jumper - ned boulting
- hell on two wheels - amy snyder
- racing through the dark - david millar
- shay elliot - graham healy & richard allchin
- mud, sweat and gears - ken and maureen nichols
- one man and his bike - mike carter
- cyclosportive - chris sidwells
- excerpt from the obree way - graeme obree
- a bit of an all rounder - john coulson
- salsa for people who probably shouldn't - matt rendell
- team 7-eleven - geoff drake
- the belgian hammer - daniel lee
- bicycle travel journal - nigel peake
- past present future - condor cycles
- nicholas roche - life in the peloton
- bianchi: a bicycle alone in the lead - daniele marchesini
- rouleur photo annual 2011
- the obree way - graeme obree
- the cyclist's guide to hillclimbs on scottish lowland roads
- how cav won the green jersey - ned boulting (e-book)
- richard sachs, bicycle maker - nick czerula
- unsurpassed: the story of tommy godwin - godfrey barlow
- merckx: half man, half bike - william fotheringham
- bike tribes. a field guide to north american cyclists - mike magnuson
- argyle armada - mark johnson
- eddy merckx; the cannibal - daniel friebe
- another 100 greatest cycling climbs - simon warren
- land's end to john o'groats by nick mitchell
- field of fire - jeff connor
- cycle chic - mikael colville andersen
- cycle style - horst a. friedrichs
- born to ride - stephen roche
- cutting edge cycling - hunter allen, stephen cheung
- just ride - grant petersen
- fitness for geeks - bruce w perry
- the dirtiest race in history - richard moore
- cycling in the hebrides - richard barrett
- around ireland on a bike - paul benjaminse
- cycling guide to southern england - harold briercliffe
- the bike owners handbook - pete drinkell
- the road to valour - aili and andres mcconnon
- the eagle of toledo - alasdair fotheringham
- on my own two wheels - malachi o'doherty
- 100 best bikes - zadid sardar
- velo - paul fournel and jo burt
- bike! - richard moore and daniel benson
- mud, snow and cyclocross - molly hurford
- the secret race - tyler hamilton and daniel coyle
- bike craft, design, innovation - the oregon manifest
- between the lines - victoria pendleton and donald mccrae
- raleigh 125th anniversary book
- reg harris - robert dineen
- merckx 525 - velopress
- behind the stare - geoff proctor
- made in england - sowter, feather, peshcke
- bradley wiggins: tour de force - john deering
- allez wiggo - daniel friebe
- the srampagmano tales - scarlett parker
- my time - bradley wiggins
- 21 days to glory - official team sky tour 2012
- coppi - herbie sykes
- everyday bicycling - elly blue
- the cycling anthology issue one
- the bicycle reader - jack thurston
- cycle space - steven fleming
- inside out - tom southam and camille mcmillan
- ride 2: bicycle fiction
- the complete guide to sports nutrition - anita bean
- the rhine cycle route - mike wells
- dennis horn - racing for an english rose - peter underwood
- fitter, further, faster - charlton, hicks and reynolds
- hellingen; a road cyclist's guide to belgium's greatest cycling climbs - simon warren
- paris-roubaix: the inside story - les woodland
- lost lanes - jack thurston
- maglia rosa second edition - herbie sykes
- twelve months in the saddle - john deering & phil ashley
- tour de france 100 - richard moore
- racing hard - william fotheringham
- tour de france 100 official treasures - carlton publishing
- cycling anthology volume two - birnie, bacon
- 100 years of the tour de france - quercus publishing
- riding hard - william fotheringham
- the race against time - edward pickering
- easy rider - rob hayles
- hunger - sean kelly
- va va froome - david sharp
- the rules - velominati
- golden stages of the tour de france - allchin & bell
- haynes advanced road bike maintenance
- land of second chances - tim lewis
- the culinary cyclist - anna brones
- 30 year cycle - chris boulton
- complete road bike maintenance - guy andrews
- the waltonwood journal
- steel soul - andrew g smith
- l'album d'eddy
- 101 - bradley wiggins & scott mitchell
- cyclo cross photo book - balint hamvas
- the long race to glory - chris sidwells
- the elite bicycle - gerard brown and graeme fife
- it's all about the bike - sean yates
- classic cycling race routes - chris sidwells
- project rainbow - rod ellingworth
- life cycle - gary sutherland
- rapha city guides
- the waltonwood journal no.2
- the cycling anthology no.3
- the pain and the glory - team sky
- rouleur centenary tour annual 2013
- reading the race - jamie smith
- wheelmen - albergotti & o'connell
- pocket road bike maintenance - guy andrews
- at speed - mark cavendish
- viva la vuelta - lucy fallon and adrian bell
- the girl's guide to life on two wheels - cathy bussey
- ordinary - john bradshaw
- a bicycle ride in yorkshire - heather dawe
- the monuments - peter cossins
- racing weight cookbook - matt fitzgerald & georgie fear
- racing weight cookbook - matt fitzgerald & georgie fear
- faster - michael hutchinson
- get on your bike - rebecca charlton, robert hicks & hannah reynolds
- lanterne rouge - max leonard
- gironimo - tim moore
- the veteran's guide to gearing up for your ride - tom allen
- the road cyclist's companion - peter drinkell
- 100 greatest cycling climbs of the tour de france - simon warren
- yoga for cyclists - lexie williamson
- the complete history of the world's greatest cycle race - marguerite lazell
- reckless, the life and times of luis ocana - alasdair fotheringham
- on the road bike revised edition - ned boulting
- etape - richard moore
- merckx 69 - tonny strouken & jan maes
- shadows on the road - michael barry
- the complete book of the tour de france 2014 edition - feargal mckay
- climbs and punishment - felix lowe
- the cycling anthology number four
- amigo - nando boers & pedro horillo
- the climb - chris froome
- bike fit - phil burt
- cycle of lies - juliet macur
- eric's big day - rod waters
- kings of pain - rapha
- ocana - carlos arribas
- a clean break - christophe bassons
- the loyal lieutenant - george hincapie
- the road headed west - leon mccarron
- cyclocross 2013/2014 photo album - balint hamvas
- along the med on a bike called reggie - andrew sykes
- the race against the stasi - herbie sykes
- pro cycling on $10 a day - phil gaimon
- two days in yorkshire - pave publishing
- the moselle cycle route - mike wells
- how to be a cyclist - john deering & phil ashley
- great british cycling - ellis bacon
- the moselle cycle route - mike wells
- transport, climate change and the city - hickman & banister
- roads were not built for cars - carlton reid
- ray's mtb indoor bike park - johnathan allen and ray petro
- cycling anthology volume five
- infographic guide to cycling - roadcyclinguk
- bike mechanic - guy andrews & rohan dubash
- 101 damnations - ned boulting
- goggles and dust - velopress
- the great fatsby - elden nelson
- bicycling around the world - jeurissen & johnson
- the danube cycleway vol. one - mike wells
- eat bacon, don't jog - grant petersen
- 20 classic sportive rides in south east england
- hinault - ruben van gucht
- to hell on a bike - iain macgregor
- between worlds - andrew welch
- cycling climbs - nigel peake and claire beaumont
- eat sleep cycle - anna hughes
- bernard hinault - william fotheringham
- cyclogeography - jon day
- alpe d'huez - peter cossins
- the hebrides - peter edwards
- the grand tour cookbook - hannah grant
- kings of the road - robert dineen
- a corinthian endeavour - paul jones
- vélochef - henrik orre
- rapha's mondial magazine
- the great boffo - frank dickens
- the yellow jersey club - ed pickering
- cyclocross 2014/2015 - balint hamvas
- beyond the finish line -philipp hympendahl
- a year in the saddle - giles belbin
- the racer - david millar
- the cycling anthology volume six
- the bolt supremacy - richard moore
- the world of cycling according to g - geraint thomas
- the man who made things out of trees - robert penn
- everybody's friend - peter cossins
- shoulder to shoulder - velopress
- my hour - bradley wiggins
- journey- ben ingham
- the mamils a to z - wilson & rickett
- the danube cycleway vol 2 - cicerone guides
- cycling in the hebrides - cicerone guides
- lost lanes wales - jack thurston
- ventoux-bert wagendorp
- connected - matthias schneider
- zinn and the art of road bike maintenance - lennard zinn
- the bicycle colouring book - shan jiang
- grand tour - richard mitchelson
- lands end to john o'groats - nick mitchell
- art of the jersey - andy storey
- shut up legs - jens voigt
- africa solo - mark beaumont
- the great bike race - geoffrey nicholson
- cycling in the lake district - richard barrett
- triumphs and turbulence - chris boardman
- magnum cycling photography - guy andrews
- the cyclist's bucket list - eliza southwood
- circus - camille mcmillan
- the invisible mile - david coventry
- the cyclist who went out in the cold - tim moore
- boulting's velosaurus - ned boulting
- greg lemond. yellow jersey racer - guy andrews
- river rhone cycle route - mike wells
- reinventing the automobile - mitchell, borroni-bird, burns
- from bicycle to superbike - hadland & burrows
- crapper cycle lanes - david whelan
- brooks compendium
- walking the speyside way - alan castle
- dead reckoning: the photo book
- around the world in eightly days - belbin & seex
- the climbs of south-west england - simon warren
- the men of paris-roubaix - max leonard
- the haywire heart - case, mandrola, zinn
- bike nation - peter walker
- giro d'italia - colin o'brien
- steadfast-my story - lizzie armitstead
- giro d'italia - colin o'brien
- a man and his bike - wilfried de jong
- cycling climbs of scotland - simon warren
- giro 100 - herbie sykes
- higher calling - max leonard
- indurain - alasdair fotheringham
- the hardmen - velominati
- ask a pro - phil gaimon
- butcher, blacksmith, acrobat, sweep - peter cossins
- tom simpson - andy mcgrath
- bike boom - carlton reid
- the time crunched cyclist - chris carmichael & jim rutberg
- the cycling cartoonist - dave walker
- spain to norway on a bike called reggie - andrew sykes
- mrs flying scotsman - anne obree
- simon's cycle shorts - simon bever
- three weeks, eight seconds - nige tassell
- the descent - thomas dekker
- cycling climbs of north-east england - simon warren
- cycling the lancashire cycleway - jon sparks
- chasing the rainbow - giles belbin
- cycling climbs of north-west england - simon warren
- cycling science - cheung & zabala
- anquetil. alone - paul fournel
- rainbows in the mud - paul maunder
- woods. a celebration - robert penn
- duffs fantastic cycling gizmos - graham high
- gravel cycling - nick legan
- cycling podcast - moore, birnie & friebe
- the ronde: inside the tour of flanders - edward pickering
- sunday in hell - william fotheringham
- the all new cyclist's training bible 5th edition - joe friel
- copenhagenize - mikael colville-andersen
- full gas - peter cossins
- the call of the road - chris sidwells
- the wind at my back - paul maunder
- getting started in road cycling - guy andrews and laura quick
- american pro - jamie smith
- cartes du tour - paul fournel
- the road cycling performance manual - nikalas cook
- london to paris - mike wells
- racing bicycles - nick higgins
- the wild atlantic way and western ireland - tom cooper
- coast to coast across lancashire - rachel crolla
- around the world in eighty days - mark beaumont
- building the cycling city - melissa & chris bruntlett
- cycling lôn las cymru - richard barrett
- the theory of type design - gerard unger
- my world - peter sagan
- i like alf - paul jones
- queens of pain - isabel best
- rich mitch 'legends' takenotebook
- peaky climbers. paul mcintosh with anna hughes
- the road book - a cycling almanack - boulting, kelly
- the tour according to g - geraint thomas
- rapha handbook 02 longer rides - jo burt
- cicerone 50th anniversary - kev reynolds
- cycling the canal de la garonne - declan lyons
- pantani was a god - marco pastonesi
- cycling the camino de santiago - mike wells
- pedro delgado. a life on the pedals
- outdoor adventures with children - rachel crolla and carl mckeating
- the beast, the emperor and the milkman - harry pearson
- 100 greatest cycling climbs of italy - simon warren
- mind is the ride - jet mcdonald
- the secret cyclist
- need for the bike - paul fournel
- chasing lines - james mclaren
- rough stuff fellowship archive
- cycle touring in wales - richard barrett
- the yellow jersey - peter cossins
- one way ticket - jonathan vaughters
- magic spanner - carlton kirby
- the self sufficient cyclist - guy kesteven
- cycling anatomy (2nd edition) - shannon sovndal
- viva la vuelta - fallon & bell
- the greatest. the times and life of beryl burton - will fotheringham
- cycle touring in northern scotland - mike wells
- where there's a will - emily chappell
- the power of pink annual - rapha/blutrain
- exploring off-road - helen wyman
- navigation. techniques and skills for walkers (cyclists) - pete hawkins
- navigation. techniques and skills for walkers (cyclists) - pete hawkins
- the grand tour files 2019 - pete linsley
- the medal factory - kenny pryde
- colombia es pasion! - matt rendell
- lost lanes north - jack thurston
- balmamion - herbie sykes
- mountains. epic cycling climbs - michael blann
- the bicycle clip diaries - nick raistrick
- gears for queers - melton and cooper
- cycling hadrian's cycleway - mckeating/crolla
- northern line 2021 calendar
- mountains according to g - geraint thomas
- ride inside - friel and rutberg
- ride britain - simon warren
- raincoats are for tourists - isabel best
- la course en tete - will fotheringham et al
- being gary fisher - guy kesteven
- slow rise - robert penn
- the road book 2020 - ned boulting
- end to end - paul jones
- bespoke - tom bromley
- pennine bridleway - hannah collingridge
- a cylcist's guide to the pyrenees- peter cossins
- the art of cycling - james hibbard
- war on wheels - justin mccurry
- the midlife cyclist - phil cavell
- from a to b. a cartoon guide to getting around by bike - dave walker
- land's end to john o'groats - richard barrett
- big rides - kathy rogers/marcus stitz
- cycling the reivers route - crolla and mckeating
- signs of life - stephen fabes
- vuelta skelter - tim moore
- a brief history of motion - tom standage
- desire, discrimination,determination -marlon lee moncrieffe
- exponential -azeem azhar
- 1001 cycling tips - hannah reynolds
- more rough stuff
- the road book 2021 - edited by ned boulting
- cycling the elbe cycling route - mike wells
- god is dead. the rise and fall of frank vandenbroucke - andy mcgrath
- cycling the ruta via de la plata - john hayes
- gravel rides scotland -ed shoote
- the break - steve cummings
- jan ullrich - daniel friebe
- great british gravel rides -markus stitz
- beryl - jeremy wilson
- climbers - peter cossins
- the dot - lachlan morton
- the sound of the machine - karl bartos
- traffic-free cycle trails south east england - nick cotton & kathy rogers
- the northern line cycling calendar 2023
- britain's best bike ride - walsh & reynolds
- chased by pandas - dan martin
- two wheels good - jody rosen
- the road book 2022 5th edition - ed. ned boulting
- the brompton: engineering for change. will butler-adams
- a brief history of pasta. - luca cesari
- offroad heroes - rapha editions
- the monuments updates - peter cossins
- 100 greatest cycling climbs of spain - simon warren
- coffee first, then the world - jenny graham
- the cycling bible - chris sidwells
- bikepacking scotland - markus stitz
- sticky bottle - carlton kirby
- riding with the rocketmen - james witts
- bikepacking wales - emma kingston
- the glasgow wheelers -kenny pryde
- 1923 - ned boulting
- the bicycle wheel - jobst brandt
- peugeot classic bicycles - long & claverol
- jobst brandt - ride bike. isola press
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