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yet another excuse
in exactly one week, the annual fèis ìle will commence, heading up over seven days of endless distillery tours, music, tastings and whatever else comprises an islay festival. i am fortunate to be the drummer in a band that has been billed on one event as phenomenal; the only problem with that is now having to live up to the ideal. to ensure that we match the somewhat over exhuberant billing, wednesday eve took us off to a nearby byre, minus the cattle, to see if any of us could remember the tunes that we optimistically feature on the set list.
i'm sure you can see the importance of this in the grand scheme of things, and how musical priority may have undermined the possibility of my scribbling yet another monologue for your potential entertainment. assuming no-one has second thoughts over the effectiveness of our practise session, all should be back to normal by saturday. (incidentally, we're all hoping that the co-op achieves a similar target by saturday, if only to prevent the onset of starvation in the inner hebrides).
friday 16 may 2025
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do we need another?
in the early 1990s, the back pages of the comic were filled with multi-page advertising from retailers, the names of which will likely mean nothing at all to contemporary velocipedinists. bentleys of leeds, deesside cycles, parker international are but three of those who took advertising space when cycling weekly was truly the bible; to be found without a copy lying about the house risked ex-communication from the peloton. deesside cycles was wound up in 2011 and parker international was closed in 2013, after the owners opted to retire. unfortunately, i have no idea what happened to mel bentley, and though i never met him personally, he was instrumental in my attempts to sell bicycles and components on islay in the 1990s.
deesside cycles had a wholesale partner business (velosave) who were happy to sell fledgling businesses such as mine items like tubulars or campagnolo components. the big problem was that their prices, plus vat and carriage brought them more or less to the prices they advertised in the deesside cycles adverts in the comic. if i added a profit margin, there was no way i could compete. mel bentley had a very simple economic policy, one that excluded the sale of bicycles due to the minimal profit margin to be achieved if sticking to the manufacturer's retails price. mel had calculated the minimum profit required to cover the cost of his shop lease and to pay himself a living wage. anything that undermined this magical figure he refused to sell. however, he was happy to sell me all manner of components, helmets, jerseys and the like for the selfsame price he paid for the goods. believe me, that really helped.
it will, however, not surprise you to learn that there was very little demand in this tiny slice of the hebrides for the sort of items you and i take for granted. in a vain and expensive attempt to prove otherwise, i purchased suspension forks, excess stock frames and jewel-like campagnolo components that no-one could pronounce, let alone were aware of where to affix them on a bicycle. and though it is and was apparently quite acceptable to shop in the local averagemarket clad in a soccer shirt with a name that wasn't yours on the back, apparently the same could not be said for cycle jerseys. in retrospect, that was probably due to the loose fit beloved of overweight football fans compared to the spray-on nature of cycle jerseys and bibshorts. but it might also have been the obscurity of the sponsors on a cycle jersey, combined with the fact that you could almost see through the fabric.
however, for the aspiring pelotonese, poor quality replica jerseys were pretty much all that was available, particularly relevant to those of us who had yet to come to terms with the inherent cost of becoming a cyclist.
in respect of cycle clothing, however, matters improved dramatically in the early years of the noughties, with a veritable explosion of cycling apparel purveyors, adopting hitherto unknown fabrics and colours, finally freeing us from the world of the replica, unless it happened to be a santini manufactured vintage jersey from andy and mick at prendas ciclismo. it was now possible to dispense with the 'refugee from the peloton' look, in favour of jerseys, jackets, bibs etc that hardly looked out of place in the coffee shop, conferring a look that made us appear as regular members of society, even when seen bereft of velocipede
it never quite stretched to supermarket shopping, but there are natural limts to everything.
however, such was the desire to clamber aboard the bandwagon, that everybody and his favourite uncle appeared to be opening a cycle clothing empire, at least, until they weren't. you could almost have forgotten that cycling was a niche activity/sport, with a following that would probably struggle to fill a football stadium. in other words, there was hardly an endless market for cycle clothing, especially when a great deal of it looked very much like the next one.
as is common in many strains of commercial life, there followed a slimming down of the industry; with the popping of the bradley bubble, not only were there too many similar garments, but fewer and fewer customers. and if the early adopters were producing excellent quality, that which you already owned was still more than serviceable, diminishing any need to acquire new. (i have a sportwool jersey that i purchased in 2005, which still fits and looks as if it came out the packet at the weekend). in fact, just to prove the veracity of this contention, i wore it at the weekend. but even after the alleged pruning of apparel suppliers, there are probably still more producers than the market can support, which surely calls into question the logic of starting yet another?
the strangest part is that the founders of the oddly-named noove have been here before. founders of la passione, whom you would think would know better, have created this new company intent on "drawing on experience and the lessons learned from an industry drowning in excess stock." the intention, at present, is simply to offer jerseys, bibshorts, baselayers and socks; only the essentials. but that still beggars the question, 'why?'
i can think of several cycling apparel providers of whose products i am already well aware, the quality, price and fit of which is a known quantity, and already featuring jerseys, bibshorts, baselayers and socks. or am i missing something somewhere?
thursday 15 may 2025
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expansion
much of what follows will likely raise the hackles of any competent shop mechanic, if only because it demonstrates a feeble lack of knowledge on behalf of yours truly when it comes to the ins and outs of hydraulic disc brakes. however, as someone who likes to think they have a reasonable grasp of velocipedinal technicalities, and has spent a reasonable period, pre-discs, servicing bicycles, if it looks like it's a problem for me, it's more than lilkely that i'm not alone. actually, i know that i'm not, for one of my sunday morning colleagues is suffering precisely the same as am i, and neither of us have much of a clue as to what we can do about it.
it's possible that many others reading the following will begin nodding their heads in agreement at certain points.
i have spent far more years riding rim brakes than the nine years i have had the opportunity of riding sram hydraulic discs. the former are the very epitome of simplicity, with all the working parts on clear view, and no need for a degree in engineering to learn just how they function. even the pads are clearly visible, making it a no brainer to decide when they need replacing. even today, i'm a tad unclear as quite how to gauge when my disc pads are almost worn out. at present, i replace based on the time factor as in, "the current disc pads have been in place for just over a year, so maybe i need new ones." i've no doubt there is a more scientific means of doing so, but i don't actually know what it is.
that, however, i can live with; it might be a contentious issue, but one that's fairly easily remedied. the problem that has persisted over the last couple of months relates to the hydraulic fluid. this first came to light in 2019 as i took the ferry from islay to kennacraig, followed by a subsequent sailing from claonaig to lochranza on the isle of arran, the aim of which was to play at arran distillery's whisky festival. the road leading from kennacraig to claonaig is a mere 8km, but the first two of those kilometres are 14% uphill. unfortunately, my disc-equipped bicycle had been tied up in unrelenting sun, on the open portion of the islay ferry's car deck. this had expanded the hydraulic fluid, the end result of which was my having to wheel the bicycle up the majority of that 14% incline because the brakes had effectivley jammed in the 'on' position.
matters did not become any easier when awaiting the arrival of the lochranza ferry. my garmin suggested temperatures in the 30s, but this time i was able to store the bicycle out of direct sunlight, easing the problem of cycling through the village of lochranza. but now, every sunny day, despite the inevitable pleasantly cooling wind, if i leave my bicycle in the rack outside debbie's, on my return, the brakes drag while emitting a loud squealing sound in the process. i have twice loosened the bleed screw to allow a small amount of hydraulic fluid to escape in the hope of easing the problem, but this is beset with the possibility that, in considerably cooler winter temperatures, there may be insufficient fluid to operate the brakes safely. so far that remains only a fear; in practice the brakes remain every bit as effective as you'd hope.
my question would be: assuming the brakes were correctly set when the bicycle was new, surely even when replacing the pads with the factory recommended replacements, there should be no appreciable difference? yet, the fact remains that there is a demonstrable problem with which i am mechanically (or hydraulically) unqualified to deal. and unlike many a mainland location, there is no nearby bicycle shop into which i can deposit the bicycle for professional apparaisal. as mentioned above, another member of the sunday peloton is experiencing exactly the same symptoms on his (also) sram equipped bicycle. assuming, however, we both place our bicycles in the shade while supping froth, the problem is minimal, and when in motion, the worst is usually just an irritating sequence of squeals.
youtube is an excellent source of instructional material describing how to bleed, drain or replace hydraulic fluid, assuming you possess the appropriate tools and parts. what is manifestly missing is the confidence to carry out this process without supervision or prior experience. i doubt that the two of us are the only cyclists to suffer this iniquity, but an ever growing part of me yearns for the efficient simplicity of rim brakes, particularly when my style of riding comes nowhere close to needing hydraulics to stop.
to make matters worse, i don't believe the rarely supplied owner's manual would have been of much use either. complexity has become the velocipedinist's bête noir.
wednesday 14 may 2025
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gravel rides cairngorms & perthshire; 15 gravel bike adventures in the heart of scotland - markus stitz. vertebrate publishing paperback. 122pp illus. £15.95
a matter of a few days past, i was moved to pen a monologue on the fashionistas who seem to have adopted the gravel bike as their contemporary plaything. in truth, i blame the uci for creating a gravel world championship, attracting the likes of mathieu van der poel to the podium, a man whose gravellous encounters seem always to result in his finishing with a pristine white world championship jersey. the connotations of gravel, in similar fashion to that of the mountain bike, for me at least, conjures images considerably less than pristine, punctuated only by the incongruity of the occasionally attendant bikepacking bags.
so while the aesthetes deliberate over which wireless groupset to affix to their sveltitude (not sure if that's a real word), real gravel cyclists like edinburgh-based markus stitz, are inadvertently revealing the superficiality of the fashionable end of the genre. this is the third of markus stitz' forays into print, having previously penned bikepacking scotland, and edited great british gravel rides. to that extent, he has devoted his career to demonstrating the joys of riding on what passes for gravel in the uk. he's also an accomplished film-maker, an example of which will be shown at islay's machrie hotel in august this year at the islay book festival. viewing of the film will follow an interview with markus by yours truly. if you find yourself in the neighbourhood on the last weekend of august, make the effort to join us. there's even a bike ride with markus along the three distilleries path near port ellen, leading from laphroaig distillery, past lagavulin distillery, all the way to ardbeg.
however, this time round, markus has concentrated his skills on scotland's eastern side, taking in the cairngorm national park and perthshire. my targeted cynicism aimed at a distinct section of the gravel world harbours suspicions that many, while keen entrants in carefully curated gravel events, remain apart from the more rustic determination of those who may adhere to the epithet 'ride until you no longer recognise your surroundings'. taken literally, that may seem a recipe for disaster, particularly if venturing forth into the cairngorms, but, armed with this book in particular, a lack of topographical recognition might not be the concern it at first seems.
i am very much in favour of markus' philosophy that the best gravel bike for you is the one you already own. so even if that's an elderly, yet mechanically sound bicycle with capable tyres you can undoubtedly have as much fun as those on the state-of-the-art. it should go without saying, but markus says it anyway, that whatever bike you have chosen for your gravellating experience, ought to be capable of lasting until the end without recourse to calling out mountain rescue.
the book is helpfully divided into sections, commencing with easy routes, encompassing four short excursions, the shortest of which is a mere 14.7km. compare this with the challenging routes, where the longest exceeds 77km. it strikes me that the straightforward routes section will be the most thumbed. and thumbed is not a euphemism; this compact and bijou volume comfortable fits in a jersey pocket, though it may prove more practical if placed under the clear window of a handlebar bag. all the routes are clearly marked on ordnance survey maps, all downloadable as gpx files. advice from mountain rescue would advise that you also carry suitable scale paper maps; the cairngorms are not necessarily renowned for wall to wall phone coverage.
each ride is copiously annotated, with turn by turn directions, a route profile, the aforementioned maps, quality photographs, and food and bike stops. there's a decent list of bike shops, accommodation and local transportation options in the index at the back of the book. however, markus has had the good sense to keep it brief and resist the temptation to remove any possibility of discovery by eager participants.
whichever strain of the gravel genre you find is to your liking, should the wanderlust gene infiltrate, i would prejudicially suggest that scotland is the best part of the united kingdom in which to satisfy that velocipedinal inquisitiveness. but don't do it without this book.
gravel rides cairngorms & perthshire
tuesday 13 may 2025
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how fit do you need to be?
today's title is something of a misnomer, because truthfully, there's no right or wrong answer. the qualifier is dependant on how you plan to use that fitness? if you're leading up to a season of road races, a lack of serious training may not be an option. i recall a series of small booklets given free with the comic many years past, the road-going version of which advised that you'd need to be capable of averaging 33kph just to hang on the back of the grupetto. i'm pretty sure there has never been a time when i possessed that capability, but then, i've never ever raced, so that lack has never been a problem.
and though speed is practically irrelevant if intent on undertaking a lengthy cycle tour, there's still a level of fitness required to haul self and packed panniers up a series of continental gradients. training hard on a lightweight road bike to sustain 33kph while planning a two week tour of the loire valley might well result in a misguided use of resources. but in point of fact, for the majority, and this is based on my own perceptions, rather than a concerted level of observation, any form of training is largely unnecessary.
as an ageing old fart, the past year, and for the years prior to that, i have averaged 130 or 160km each week. though the bike has featured a garmin gps device on the handlebars, it's really only there to tell the time, as i don't store any of the recorded data. however, this time, based on cursory observation, i'd reckon that my average speed hovers around the 23kph mark. according to the hospital consultant prior to my discharge, my level of fitness was bound to aid the recovery period, which, as it happens, seems to have proved correct. so, as someone who has never raced, harbours no intent of doing so, and is effectively past the point of voluntarily opting to ride one of the many sportives available across the season, the fitness i have acquired without direct application, seems to have been more than adequate, not only to keep me alive, but to allow me to return to normality a tad more quickly than expected, either by yours truly, or those with whom i work.
not for me, hours in the saddle, plying the highways and byways of this hebridean isle attempting to maintain a high average speed before engaging the service of zwift in the evenings to augment the great outdoors. as far as i'm concerned, i know how fit i want to be; fitness that will allow me to enjoy my cycling for many years to come. it may be that there's an odd level of delusion in using cycling to achieve sufficient fitness to continue cycling, but, as we're all aware, there are many side benefits to be gained even from such myopic tendencies.
my contention, therefore, would be that the majority of us are very much the same; that we all enjoy the sunday morning rides, the obligatory coffee stops en-route and the possibility that our cycling tempo helps justify the often inordinate amounts of money we spend on bicycles, componentry and apparel. this does not, however, condone any relaxation of effort that would turn us all into velocipedinal couch potatoes; unless you depend on riding very fast to earn a living, the probability is that you're already putting in sufficient effort, though as mentioned above, all this is entirely relative. my 23kph might be your 25kph. the mighty dave-t is in his early eighties, riding a brand new gravel bike to cope with islay's disintegrating roads and as fit and healthy as ever he's been. he's enjoying his cycling, despite a reduction in weekly distances and a concomitant lowering of his average speed. what more could a cyclist desire?
so anytime you read of training regimes in the cycling press, online or in print, or are tempted to engage the services of a bona-fide trainer, take a step back, put everything in a realistic perspective and see where you stand (or sit). there's nothing wrong with harbouring ambitions of unadulterated speed even if you've nowhere to put it, but try not to be persuaded into training when, in reality, there's no need. and that goes for zwift, rouvy and their peers too, platforms that engage the social media aspects to have you compete with virtual friends. you might well be able to ride away from your real friends, but where's the fun in that?
monday 12 may 2025
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kleen eze
it's quite common to pass the village store in bridgend, early on a sunday morning and witness a motorist effectively pressure-washing his or her car with the coin machine installed for that very purpose. inevitably, there are perhaps another couple of vehicles stationary in the tidy queue, the drivers of which have engaged the 'washer' in earnest conversation, apparently oblivious to the fact that they're simply delaying their own opportunity to clean their own vehicles in a timeous manner.
i confess that i have never engaged any of them in discussion to learn whether the car is being washed to retard any possible reduction of lifespan engendered by local climate conditions, or whether it's simply a matter of aesthetics linked to social standing. if you own a 24 plate kia sportage, is it considered bad form to have it parked looking like it spent the weekend on a farm? i know of many who at least partially subscribe to the latter state of affairs, happy to concede that, as long at the bodywork appears in shiny, pristine condition, they harbour no concerns over the interior resembling a council skip.
i guess it take all sorts.
perhaps, however, as cyclists we are no different, aside from the notable fact that bicycles cannot reasonably claim to have an interior of any description. i have, over the years, frequently described the meteorological conditions in which the intrepid velocipedinist must exist if resident in the hebrides. these are conditions, i imagine, that may be seen as more challenging that other uk locations, but at the very least, could be referred to as different. the fact that, as i was reminded while printing a map of jura during this past week, we border the might of the north atlantic ocean, tautologically entails that the atmosphere for miles around, is pervaded by sea salt, marketed to great effect by portnahaven-based orsay sea salt, a natural product that is reputedly saltier than many of its competitors due to a quirk of the surrounding seas.
that salt is unavoidable, and its effects can be very quickly manifest. i have embarrassingly had to return review bicycles after a matter of three weeks on which the stem bolts and brake caliper pinch bolts were already showing signs of rust. cycle along the low road between port ellen and bowmore, or the singletrack road between coull and kilchoman, overlooking machair bay, and you can witness a definite salt sea air haze at all times of the year. add to that the confirmation from portland's chris king components (when two sets of hubs disintegrated) that peat dust is of an acidic constitution, and the likelhood of steel and/or aluminium components corroding is no longer merely theoretical. whether washing the bicycle regularly can stave off the deleterious effects is a moot point, but surely doing something is better than nothing at all?
the big problem remains the aforementioned weather. in winter, i can think of nothing less likely to happen than washing the bike, having returned home cold, wet and shivering, despite the unavoidable observation that its frame is clad in a thick agricultural deposit. "i'll get to it later" is a common response, and one immediately forgotten until about to commence the following weekend's ride. i can only put my hand up and admit that i am that cyclist.
but, and i cannot stress this too much, even as three weeks of pink italy commences, i still view the giro, tour and vuelta, conjoined by the world's road race championship, as hurdles through which to survive until the 2025/26 cyclocross season begins in october. with that in mind, i have always found myself mightily impressed at the cleanliness of the bikes swapped in the pits by riders wishing to avail themselves of something less mucky. never has there been a better sport in which to ride amber sidewall tyres. i am filled with embarrassment and regret as my eyes alight on the sad excuse for a cyclocross bike that greets me in the bikeshed for my weekend rides. granted, i do not own a karcher pressure washer, but manual labour is still a thing (isn't it?).
thus, even six months distant from 'cross season, on return from work on friday afternoon, i was moved to fill a bucket with hot soapy water, grab my green oil massive brush and set about the specialized like a man possessed. wheels were removed and scrubbed, chainstays, fork and seat tube given a thorough lashing, and the cranks removed to get at the parts other massive brushes just can't reach. were that insufficient, the entire fluorescent frame was subjected to a generous coating of polish and a hardy rub down with an old bath towel.
and, of course, with the vigour and relentlessness of a born-again laundromat, i am now unashamedly suggesting that you treat your own bicycle(s) in similar manner. possibly just ahead of a hosepipe ban, if reports are to be believed.
sunday 11 may 2025
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both feet first
irrespective of its present day nomenclature, i still refer to it as the cycling proficiency test, though i believe it may have morphed into something called bikeability, surely a less descriptive name, even if the end result is the same? and nothing will ever persuade me that it was a good idea to dispense with the triangular enamel badge presented to those who passed the test. we have had discussions on previous occasions concerning the lack of teeth within cycling proficiency, predominantly on the basis that there is no compulsion either to undertake the training or the final test, allowing little junior the luxury of pedalling amongs some of the highest traffic figures on record, entirely bereft of experience.
yet, during the time when i was regularly asked to verify the mechanical constitution of participants' bicycles, if one proved to be in a less than suitable mechanical state, whereby the child had to use another's bicycle to sit the test, the certificate was withheld until the parents could prove they had made good the repair. somewhat conflicting circumstances, methinks. however, one aspect that does appear to have been modified appears to validate my original complaint to the council's road-safety department and the royal society for the prevention of accidents (rospa). their original directive for the cycling proficiency test dictated that a child's bicycle should be suitably sized to allow for both feet flat on the ground while sitting in the saddle. this, i believe, was to ensure they had maximum stability when stopped at junctions or in traffic.
my contention at the time was the design of the mountain bike, even in small versions for primary school children. since both mtb and bmx bicycles tended to sport higher than average bottom bracket heights, the ability to remain seated in the saddle, with both feet on the ground, would entail the saddle being too low to allow for comfortable or efficient pedalling. though not exactly contesting my assertion, neither the council, nor rospa, seemed willing to amend the requirements. however, now that i have, once again, been asked to mechanically check bicycles in advance of cycle training, i note that the demand is now that the child be able to safely remain in a stationary position with at least one foot on the ground.
small victories.
however, mrs washingmachinepost works as a practitioner in the pre-five nursery in our local primary school, and recently related the experience of one of her colleagues who attended a course on cycling activities for the under fives, predominantly using balance bikes. the good news, from my point of view, is that the education authority in such matters is unwilling to allow a graduation from balance bikes to larger velocipedes sporting stabilisers, advice that i have been dispensing for many a long year, often to no avail.
however, one other directive seems highly counter-intuitive, and i do wonder about the qualifications or experience held by those who make the rules. the majority of little kids who ride balance bikes tend to walk those bikes, as they learn to gain a sense of balance. by this, i refer to the intuitive act of moving one foot forward ahead of the other to push the bike along the ground - first the right, then the left (or vice versa). however, according to the information disseminated at the above mentioned training course, children are to be encouraged to move both feet forward and backward together, almost in the manner that a kangaroo jumps.
though there is little doubt that so might also encourage an improved sense of balance, i would contest that it is a sensible alternative. when the child eventually graduates to a proper bike with pedals, the both feet paradigm will be considerably worse than useless. it strikes me as similar to the practice of having small children learn the alphabet phonetically, when at some point in their young lives, they will subsequently have to learn how those 26 letters are really pronounced.
in moments such as these, you have to wonder how humanity ever made it this far in the first place?
saturday 10 may 2025
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style icon
following wednesday's review of uncle pete's cycle caps, i am reminded that the wearing of a casquette was once the in thing for the intrepid velocipedinist, which entirely narcisstically, i considered myself to be. atop the wardrobe in my bedroom is a box filled with a wide range of superbly designed and decorated casquettes, some of which have yet to be worn while i dither between collecting or pretending to be a style icon. if only i was domiciled in a more urban or city location, there would surely be a ready-made audience for my smug self-satisfied demeanour.
there is a wide range of caps from the prendas heyday of mick and andy, a team z casquette bequeathed by robert millar, and the full series of unworn commemorative caps issued by rapha in connection with an obscure japanese road race. all of this notwithstanding the knowledge that i wear such headgear 'neath a helmet, only displaying their magnificence while supping froth at debbie's. of course, there's the lengthy, yet unresolved discussion over whether the absence of a recognisable audience for such velocipedinal magnificence exists in a small hebridean isle, but let's not sully this conversation with mere detail.
though it has not reared its ugly head for a number of years, always humming in the background is the persistent question as to whether cycling is the victim of fashion we all secretly know to be the case. though i have not ventured as far south as london town for many a long year, when last i visited, it was a less than difficult task to observe members of the london peloton dressed head to toe in rapha, quite frequently from the winter range when, in my humble opinion, it wasn't even close to the temperatures that would necessitate such apparel. in which case, i could only assume that dressing thus was principally at the behest of fashion victimisation.
sad to relate, my observational acuity rarely stretched as far as checking whether one cycle marque was more fashionable than another, though if i had to nail my colours to the nearest mast, the kneejerk reaction would probably utter the word canyon.
however, it appears that the fashion meme goes deeper than the label on your bibshorts, or the name on the downtube, evidence for which, should such be required, was provided by an article published on cyclingnews.com from the word processor of will jones. he recently participated in what has been billed as europe's biggest gravel race, the traka. aside from the ineptitude of the naming paradigm, mr jones was wont to conclude his report by saying, "while there was a lot i liked about the traka, one thing that really gave me the ick, was that every single rider had a super fancy bike and super fancy kit.
"don't get me wrong, i love a cool bike [...] but this was different to the interesting tech i so often see at races like paris-roubaix where performance is the only goal.
"here the race hq was less gravel race and more something akin to girona fashion week. normally one would see some oversized pulley wheels or a carbon chainring [...] but things like that were so ubiquitous that they just sort of became meaningless."
i have not attended any gravel events, partly out of location, location, location, and partly because, in truth, i don't really want to. and though it may be somewhat of a sweeping generalisation, my suspicions persuaded me to reply to the friend who sent me a link to the above event report, saying "gravel is less and less about gravel and almost everything to do with fashion. like mountain bikes in the eighties. for those who were still in bobby sox or shorts in the 1980s, mountain bikes sold by the truckload during that decade of introduction, mostly on the basis of 'cool' paint jobs, anodised widgets, and because it was the fashionable thing to do. i mean, who wouldn't want to be seen aboard a bicycle with the words muddy fox on the downtube?
the truth, however, remarkably few of those mountain bikes rode over anything higher than a speed-bump.
britain is not blessed with the endless kilometres of gravel to be found in north america, yet the gravel bike is probably the most frequently purchased genre of bicycle on this side of the pond. as i type this, i have, on the arm of my chair, a review copy of the latest bikepacking publication from the inestimable, markus stitz, a book subtitled 15 gravel bike adventures in the heart of scotland. the obsession is seemingly inescapable. the recently well-reviewed sea otter cycle expo in the california revealed a substantial number of gravel bikes, many of which a gcn reporter endlessly referred to as cool, even though most were simply road bikes with greater tyre clearance, decorated in a variety of pretty, but doubtless fashionable paintwork. the imposition of front suspension engendered suspicions of the mtb revolution but with drop bars.
of course, we all know of my disparaging pre-disposition towards the gravel thing, but it does concern me that gravel seems to be sailing perilously close to the superficiality that arguably accompanies any instance of fashion. a bit like the bradley bubble cycling boom of recent years, it will be interesting to see what remains when the novelty wears off. of course, britain's potholed roads may further degenerate into disintegration, in which case we may soon all become fashion victims.
friday 9 may 2025
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uncle pete's handmade casquettes
daniel wakefield pasley, the very man who invented the rapha continental in portland's fair town almost twenty years ago, was once very much of the opinion that the casquette (cloth cycling cap) should be worn with the peak positioned upwards, an opinion with which i wholeheartedly disagreed. it may be that our disparity of choice was heavily influenced by meteorology and socialisation, but the disparity existed nonetheless.
the pacific northwest, in which portland town exists, does have a notional reputation for being on the receiving end of substantial precipitation. after all, it's none too far from seattle, a town with an even stronger reputation for rain. however, it's hard to convince anyone that scotland's west coast is not the historical home of rainfall; along with ravaging winds, even during the sunny period currently being experienced in the hebrides, i doubt there are many who book a holiday here in order to acquire a tan. more likely rust.
the hebrides is in receipt of more rain than seattle or portland, and for the intrepid velocipedinist, it's the peak that offers succour to the brave, particularly if, like me, you wear prescription glasses. but even if your shades are of a neutral disposition, usually worn to fend off sunlight, there's still a bonus to be gained from keeping the precipitation at bay. and in the days between the onset of winter and the arrival of spring, the sun is frequently low in the sky, reflecting off wet roads. once again, the peak assists in such matters, at least partially deflecting the glare from disintegrating road surfaces.
the majority of the sunday peloton, on these shores at least, are in the encouraging habit of wearing a helmet, 'neath which, it has become customary for one or two of us to wear a casquette, occasionally undecorated by sponsors' logos, but in truth, just as likely to feature those of the professional peloton, or those of the manufacturer. i certainly subscribe to such practices, as much for delusions of flandrian attributes as pragmatism. for the above mentioned helmets are frequently replete with air vents into which all sorts of flying insects are wont to travel, corraled by the imperious velocities at which we travel (more likely driven by a galeforce headwind, but that's considerably less admirable).
hence the casquette.
but what is often seen as a simple marketing tool, either handed out by the publicity caravan preceding a grand tour, or acquired from retail to ascribe clandestine fandom of a professional wearer, has rarely been on the receiving end of specialist care and attention. the majority are one-size-fits-all, though it turns out that's not always true. for many, it's a trivial item of apparel, upon which it is deemed not worth lavishing too much attention. unless, of course, your name's uncle pete.
pete van der woude features an impressive range of highly decorous, handmade cotton caps on his etsy store. the only input needed from eager customers is a choice of fabrics and the necessary head measurement to build a custom cap free from bunching elastic and pressure points. uncle pete very kindly offered this service to thewashingmachinepost, returning a beautifully made blue casquette lined with a red and white striped fabric. i am a confirmed wearer of casquettes (peak down at all times) at all times of the year; in fact, though i would sensibly never leave home without my helmet, the same applies to a casquette: belgian winter style in colder climes, and the more regular offering at other times of the year.
uncle pete's handmade cap can be summed up by stating i more or less forgot it was there; the peak is of a dimension that is easily the equal to hebridean sunlight (it hasn't rained yet - remember where you were when i said that), but not so large that it interferes with forward vision. many of us pay close attention to the jacket, jersey and bibs worn on each ride, yet simply grab the nearest casquette when leaving the room.
time to offer the humble cap some love.
uncle pete's handmade cycling caps
wednesday 7 may 2025
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a matter of taste
as my recovery process successfully continues, i have, once again, opted to undertake participation in activities that were once quite commonplace in my daily life. the cycling distances continue to increase, slowly but surely, though the velocity at which these are accomplished have often been embarrassingly low and relatively static. however, that is hardly the object of the exercise at present, and i'm quite happy that the numbers remain in double digits. after all, what have i to prove?
as my regular reader will be well aware, i harbour a double existence incorporating not only velocipedinal activity, but the odd smattering of percussive duties on seemingly random occasions. two such occasions arose a matter of weeks past, with the band organiser contacting me in a rather circuitous manner, not having wished to speak directly in case i was medically unavailable. i confirm that mrs washingmachinepost would have preferred that to have been the case, but it's a truism that if i refrain from pushing forward every now and again, i'll never know if i'm getting better. therefore, i agreed to two successive evenings in a local hostelry, providing my renowned yet pale representation of gene krupa.
in point of fact, the most onerous part of any gig is manhandling the cased drumset into and out of the venue; playing the drums themselves i find to be bordering on therapeutic. however, i am fortunate that not only is/was my son happy to assist, but that he is in possession of a large enough van in which to transport the drums to and from pretty much any venue on the island, always assuming his workload allows. thus, having assisted greatly with taking the drums in, ahead of gig number one, he was instrumental (pun intended) in helping me collect them again on day three, and transport them back to the croft.
this is the same lad who, until becoming a father, was happy to join the sunday morning velocipedinal throng on its perambulations of the hebridean countryside. nowadays, he cites a full order book as a reason not to pedal, but in this instance, he suggested that we drive to debbie's in bruichladdich for a coffee and a toastie prior to collecting the drumset. why would anyone say no?
keen to re-acquaint myself with the once regular sunday repast, i ordered a cheese and tomato toastie, washed down with the requisite soya latte. after all, no-one in the golden jubilee hospital had advised agains the pleasures of caffeine (though i have adhered to a self-imposed moratorium on double-espressos and ristrettos, once the common fare of a thursday afternoon respite from work). having waited several weeks to enjoy a sunday coffee and toastie, i cannot deny a certain level of disappointment when the actuality took place. none of this, however, could be laid at the door of either the toastie or coffee. it was just different, for whatever reason.
that reason became manifest over this past weekend. having ridden as far as blackrock over a week ago, a location only 5km from bruichladdich, the only sensible option (to me at least), would have been to ride to debbie's on saturday and possibly sunday, given that between blackrock and bruichladdich, there is nowhere of particular note. saturday's ride allowed me the long-missed luxury of a soy latte and a double-egg roll, all the better for having reached there under my own steam. and again on sunday. this confirmed something of which we've probably all been well aware for decades; that though evidence suggests that nothing is ever worse after a bike ride, coffee and toasties are decidedly far better after a bike ride.
this had me now viewing the civilians in debbie's in an entirely different light, feeling just a soupcon of pity for them all. for while debbie's is undoubtedly the source of the finest coffee on the island, and toasties that are every bit as good, none of those who arrived there by car, by motorhome, by truck or by van, are experiencing such victuals as they were undoubtedly meant to be experienced. however, given that this only serves to inculcate smug feelings within the sensibilities of the velcocipedinally inclined, perhaps we should just keep that information to ourselves?
tuesday 6 may 2025
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- showers pass spring classics waterproof jacket
- rapha shadow jersey and bibshorts
- endura fs260-pro sl thermal windproof jacket
- rapha core s/s jersey & bibshorts
- rapha brevet thermal gilet
- rapha classic jersey ii
- velobici continental l/s jersey
- rapha brevet bibshorts
- svelte l/s merino baselayer
- osloh crank trousers
- rapha city riding wool jacket
- rapha brevet windblock jersey
- castelli perfetto s/s weatherproof jersey
- la passione bibshorts, legwarmers and l/s winter jersey
- snek winter cap
- lumo herne hill harrington jacket
- john smedley merino jig sweater and merino hugh sweater
- rapha 'rivals' merino cycle jersey
- galibier velo ultimate foul weather gilet
- rivelo s/s peaslake jersey and homister bibshorts
- 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
- souke cargo bibshorts
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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
- ritchey cabrillo saddle
- ritchey comp xc offroad pedals
- cycplus as2 pro max tyre inflator
- green oil massive brush
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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
- gravel rides lake district - andrew barlow
- the maurice burton way - maurice burton & paul jones
- the cycling chef on the go - alan murchison
- le grand tour on a bike called wanda- andrew sykes
- king of sports reissue - peter ward mbe
- life in the peloton - mitch docker and tom southam
- gravel rides peak district - hetty kingston
- ride across america - simon parker
- angel of the mountains - paul maunder
kings of pain - rapha editions
the extra mile - rapha editions
dear hugo - herbie sykes, rapha editions
gravel rides south west england - katherine moore
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