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the service industry
seasonal change is somewhat of a moving target in the uk; it's often hard to tell when winter ends and spring is sprung. according to the met office, they tend to regard winter as december, january and february, possibly with march fulfilling its role as a transitional month. easter apparently depends on the moon and equinox, so it really is a moving target, appearing three weeks later this year than last (20 april), so its position in the calendar is hardly an indicator of seasonal weather. in which case far better to rely on de ronde van vlaanderen and paris-roubaix as seasonal markers. but if we're happy (in the northern hemisphere at least) to accept that we're still in winter, might not this be a suitable time to consider having the bicycle serviced?
it could be that, like me, you have a so-called winter bike, though in the case of yours truly, adoption of my cyclocross bike for such purposes has been forced upon me by the continually disintegrating hebridean roads. that means, therefore, that the ritchey logic has been cosily ensconced in thewashingmachinepost bike shed since late november. and though i would have you believe that i am a veritable paragon of velocipedinal maintenance, the truth is just a tad different. for when placing the ritchey in the bikeshed for the last time, i was unaware that it would be the last time, so it pretty much remains in the condition it had assumed. the 'cross bike, on the other hand, has had to suffer the slings and arrows of meteorological discontent, though i must admit i was gracious enought to bestow a new chain only a matter of weeks past.
depending on your winter experience, you may prefer to wait a few weeks before considering remedial or preventative maintenance on either designated bicycle, but i think it makes some sense to be at least considering the possibilities. after all, as i have found to my cost on more than a single occasion, there's little point in having time available to replace the chain/cables/tyres/bar tape (delete as applicable) only to realise that you have none of the above to hand. far better, i believe, to take stock of what might be due for replacement or fettling and order the parts now, perhaps well in advance of any mechanical interference. unlike the anecdotal salesman's company car, when a new noise appears as if from nowhere, it's not possible to simply turn up the radio to hide its existence.
and now that bianchi have relinquished their position as last bastion of rim-brakes in the peloton, if you're not already riding with discs, it's highly likely that your present bike may be the last in line. unlike the trusty rim brake, it's a lot harder to gauge the wear factor on disc pads without removing them from the calipers. depending on the brand, so doing can be the fiddliest of affairs, always assuming you think yourself capable of handling the job at home. this is very definitely an item of maintenance for which you need the parts in advance; the risk of contamination or other incidental malfeasance if removing the pads to check the wear level, makes it a smidgeon impractical to simply replace the pads until you get round to ordering new.
and with no disrespect to any bike shop, a bit like kwik-fit, they're very unlikely to remove the pads, tell you they're ok and pop them back in without charging for the mechanic's time. if you're inclined to agree that one or other bicycle might be ripe for a spot of maintenance, either pre or end of season, check what it is you think yourself capable of handling, and what you're definitely not; perhaps it's better simply to hand the bike over to the bikeshop and get it all done properly. but assuming you have at least a modicum of mechanical ability, there's nothing to stop you undertaking a comprehensive appraisal of what might need to be looked at: chain, chainring(s), cassette, cables, hydraulic hoses, hydraulic fluid, disc or rim pads, bar tape, bottom bracket and headset bearings, tyres, spokes.
the only one of the above i have slight doubts about are those with the word hydraulic in front of them, but in the absence of any island bike shop, these are matters that i'm going to have to face sooner or later, a situation that i'm sure will once again win an award for procrastination. considering yourself to be a cyclist doesn't necessary entail any concomitant mechanical knowledge, though i'm very much in favour of acquiring as much of the latter as possible, if only to prevent being thought a complete fool as you tell the bike shop mechanic that "there seems to be a noise coming from somewhere." far better to wheel the bike in the shop doorway, confidently pointing to the out-of-adjustment rear derailleur, or distinctly rough sounding bottom bracket bearings.
nobody likes a smart-ass, but i tend to figure that bike shops are more welcoming of those who have already identified the problem, happy to admit that they have neither the skills nor the tools to effect an appropriate repair. i'd be inclined to agree that perhaps the first week of february is jumping the gun just a bit, but in my experience, none (or very few) of us are inclined to act immediately, preferring, in most cases, to bury our heads in the sand until one day...
don't say i didn't warn you.
saturday 8 february 2025
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originality
i recently had cause to replace the eleven-speed sram chain on my specialized cyclocross bike, and though anecdotal evidence would suggest that any eleven-speed chain would perform the job every bit as well as any other, i prefer to replace like with like. well, perhaps almost like for like. a quick check on the interwebs would highlight that sram chains can be purchased in a variety of flavours, ranging from £10.99 to £35.99. i am insufficiently well-informed on such matters to know of the difference between each variation at differing price points, and i imagine most of us are of similar mind; a chain, is a chain, is a chain. i'm sure that sram's marketing department would advise otherwise, and i daresay there are sram-trained mechanics who would immediately point out the fallacy of my perceptions.
however, though i have never ridden my 'cross bike with a number pinned to my jersey rear pocket, at this time of year, the crud on islay's roads bears an uncanny resemblance to the parcours at hoogerheide, except i'm not in the habit of changing bikes every second lap. nor am i one of those who regularly checks for chain stretch every couple of weeks to learn when time has arrived to replace the chain once again. instead, i prefer to replace the chain every four months, quite possibly well in advance of the end of its useful life (we all have our faults). since i can see little difference from one chain to the next, other than the perceived shinyness, and, at my time of life, the £35.99 example is very unlikely to make any real difference over the £10.99 version, like many, i'm inclined to opt for the latter.
this may be an unforeseen result of the invention of the internet; rather than be consigned to purchasing a replacement chain from any nearby bike shops, with a quick scan of the options provided by google, i can choose the most economical option. or at least the one that proves most amenable to my financial situation. and, with no disrespect to real bricks and mortar bike shops (an example of which is conspicuous by its absence in my locale), the same can be said of any other bicycle component, or even an entire bicycle. supermarkets have conditioned all of us to search for the lowest price, frequently at the expense of suitability or quality. someone must buy those own-brand cornflakes despite their cardboard flavour.
transfer the situation to the reputed rise and rise of the ubiquitous e-bike, however, and you may have a potential recipe for disaster.
in 2024, there were several reports of e-bike batteries exploding or catching fire, sadly with consequential fatalities. though these reports affected an incredibly small percentage of purchases, the fact that e-bikes were relatively new, and the media (self-included) are always eager to pounce on a potential rift in the space-time continuum, e-bike battery fires became the subject of outraged headlines and urged caution upon prospective or existing owners. however, subsequent research appears to have clarified matters, subdued the finger-pointing, and provided succour not only to e-bike owners, but the unjustly pilloried manfacturers.
the research to which i refer was particularly wide-ranging, more or less exonerating the world's major e-bike manufacturers, and blaming ill-informed consumers, and cheap replacement batteries and chargers available online. many of the bona-fide batteries to be found on reputable models were all but flawless, surviving deliberately rough handling without conflagration. however, taken at random, an approved replacement battery for a specialized turbo vado, has an rrp of £900 (enough money for about two and a half year's worth of tnt sports subscriptions), and though the average life of an e-bike battery is reckoned to be four to five years, having perhaps spent £2,500 on the bicycle, the prospect of another £900 on top, while the bicycle is still young, possibly explains why owners are more inclined to look for cheaper alternatives.
the research did highlight the fact that, though there is a technical standard describing battery charging protocols that ensures over-charging cannot occur, this has not been adopted as a minimum standard in the uk or europe. though the majority of reputable e-bike manufacturers ensure their batteries include such a protocol, the lack of an enforceable standard has left the door wide open to those who don't. though advice has always been to ensure that chargers and batteries are sourced from the original manufacturers, it's probably worth repeating over and over again, if you'd prefer that your e-bike, home and bike shed did not become a smouldering pile of charred remains.
but there's no applicable recommendations for bicycle chains, right?
friday 7 february 2025
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disparity
there's currently a feature on american cycling website, velo, a part of outside inc. at one time better known as velonews before the takeover. it concerns american cyclocross racer, scott funston, one of the competitors in sunday's world championship race in lievin, france, an event won by mathieu van der poel providing him with his seventh cyclocross stripey jersey. funston creditably finished in the top twenty, stating on velo, "I was riding with Wout. And then I think I was on Lars' wheel for almost half of the lap. So it was really cool to ride with people like that." somehow, i always thought that hero-worship of that order is practised only by mere mortals such as ourselves.
however, while the american enjoyed the experience, the rationale behind the velo feature was the admission that lievin would be funston's final world's cyclocross event. the reason for his withdrawal is the old chestnut: money. during this year's 'cross season, funston had already made a trip to europe to compete in four world cup races, before once again crossing the atlantic to compete in the world championship event. while the majority of his 'cross competitors earn a comfortable living as sponsored riders, funston has had to fund his attempts to crack the big time. if you include travel, bikes, spares, training and race support, there eventually comes a point where the columns don't balance. with cyclocross not qualifying as an olympic event, there is no funding available from usa cycling, and funston, as with others, has had to rely on teamusa and mudfund (crowdfunding) to have advanced his career to this point.
but at the age of 25, the resident of boulder, colorado, has said that any future racing will be purely for fun, and that he feel's it's time to grow up and make some money. funston has a degree in mechanical engineering.
it's possibly worth highlighting the difference from the back of the grid to the front, with reports stating the winner, van der poel, was spotted wearing a richard mille rm 67-02 watch worth an estimated £240,000, as he crossed the line in lievin. the fact that he was lucky to still have possession of the watch at the finish line was underlined by the fact that second place, wout van aert, lost his garmin watch during the race when the strap apparenty broke. the belgian was reunited with it during post race interviews, when two children approached him to return it, having found it on the course. no doubt van der poel further safeguarded the watch by driving home carefully in his lamborghini sports car.
disparity in wages and accolades amongst many different sports is nothing new. tadej pogacar has apparently negotiated a £5 million annual salary until he retires from racing, and it's worth noting that the price of van der poel's watch is considerably greater than the amount in usa's mudfund to help its cyclocrossers compete in the same event as that watch. however, none of the above obscures the fact that, despite an apparent growth in popularity, cycling is still a niche sport, of which cyclocross is a niche part. in other words, only just above the lowest level of obscurity.
last week, much of the cycling press was awash with vocal discontent at the closing of eurosport broadcasts in the uk, and effectively forcing cycling fans to dramatically increase their monthly expenditure in order to watch cycling on tnt sports premium. there are no prizes for guessing that at least one of the reasons behind this 400+% increase in price is that tnt sports will pay £6.7bn over the next four years for the exclusive rights to premier league soccer (no word of how much was paid to garner exclusive broadcast rights to the tour de france from 2026 till at least 2030). that would probably explain one online cycling portal stating that cycling was now subsidising the money spent on other sports, though i would respectfully dispute the contention that the paltry number of cycling-only subscribers could make even a tiny dent in those billions.
however, to a certain degree, i can see the basis of that point, but unfortunately, we, as velocipedinists, have become caught up in a situation not only outwith our control, but one that has us as expendable collateral in international financial machinations. it's worth remembering that, even if mvdp wears a £240,000 watch, premier league footballers probably have one for each day of the week. it's odd to think that both sports were once the province of the working class.
thursday 6 february 2025
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the whole package
generally speaking, bicycle owners are not at all familar with the mechanical niceties of their means of transport/leisure pursuit. several years ago, i was contacted by a visitor to the island who had suffered a flat tyre and required to purchase a replacement inner tube. leaving aside the obvious question, given that he appeared to be on a (modest) cycle tour of one or two hebridean islands without a spare inner tube (why?), i asked the necessary one; what size of tube was required? as is remarkably common, his reply took the form of his own question - "where can i find out?" we had already covered the fact that he was aboard a mountain bike, a genre of cycle that has, for whatever reason, manage to acquire three differing wheels sizes: twenty-niner, 26" and 650b. i advised that somewhere on the tyre sidewall, there would be an indication of the size, knowledge of which, would advise of the size of tube to bring.
once again, as is most often the case, he claimed unable to discover the necessary information, so, at the time, i refrained from asking the type of valve; presta or schrader. if the tyre size hasn't stumped them, the valve thing is almost guaranteed to do so. given the lack of affirmative response, i opted to take an inner tube of each of the above sizes, and walked to bowmore tourist information office, outside of which he hads taken up temporary residence. though i tried very hard not to be unbearable smug, it was difficult not to berate the fellow for his apparent stupidity on noting the large white writing on his tyre sidewall, clearly stating 'twenty-niner'. handing over the correctly-sized replacement tube, and having guessed (correctly) that a presta valve was the most likely choice, i foolishly asked if he was ok with fitting the tube by himself?
it transpired that, not only was he blissfully unaware of how to remove the wheel, let alone the tyre and tube, but he possessed no tyre levers and no pump. why on earth would anyone set off (it turned out that none of his colleagues had any suitable tools or know-how either) on a bicycle tour of over 160km, without spares, tools, or any notion of how to effect a meaningful repair? of course, complete ignorance of such matters is not confined solely to the velocipedinists of the nation. a schoolfriend who once owned a car repair centre, claimed that a customer bought a can of oil from the forecourt and proceeded in an attempt to top up the engine oil through the hole for the dipstick. another customer, when told their battery was flat, enquired quite seriously, "what shape should it be?"
it would, however, be naive to assume that bicycle shops and manaufacturers who sell direct to customers via mail-order, are unaware of such manifest incompetence. when my son was in his late teens, mrs washingmachinepost and i opted to purchase him a new mountain bike for his christmas from alpine bikes in great western road, glasgow. they all but insisted that they would not supply the bike by mail/carriage because it required a certain amount of assembly, and that i would need to make a personal visit to the shop to collect it. given my hebridean location, following such an instruction would have incurred considerably greater expenditure than the price of the bike. it took several phone calls and e-mails to convince them that i was actually capable of assembling anything they might send, but i cannot deny that i silently applauded their initial concerns.
it is many a long year since i received any bicycles at the croft for review on the post; a self-imposed strategy. however in the latter days (and things may have changed for the better), the majority of bicycles would arrive inside an enormous cardboard box on which i feared i might have to pay council tax. most of these boxes were so large, that i had great difficulty finding suitable storage until the bicycle was due for return. and the reason for such large bike boxes seemed always to be based on the fact that the seatpost was already fitted to the bicycle at its maximum height. but in order to keep the box narrow enough for ease of transit, the stem and handlebars were either turned sideways or detached from the frame, being zip-tied alongside the main triangle.
surely, even the least mechanically adept customer would find it simplicity itself to fit a seatpost and saddle into the seat-tube without damage? even if the seatbolt were to be insufficiently tightened, the worst that could happen would be a slowly descending seatpost, something unlikely to cause any immediate danger to the rider. failure to straighten the bars or place correct tension on the three steerer bolts, or even worse, the faceplate bolts holding the bars in place, could easily result in serious injury. i can but assume that the potential problems have by now been suitably solved, given the number of bicycles delivered to a nation of less than competent home-mechanics and the apparent lack of reported injuries.
however, packaging of bicycles in an increasingly internet-based retail landscape harbours other, unrelated problems. for instance, unless you have very large storage facilities, disposal of the container after delivery might not be as straightforward as you'd hope. and then there's the not altogether insignificant matter of environmental credentials regarding said packaging.
one of the world's principal purveyors of direct-to-customer bicycle sales is germany's canyon bicycles, possibly soon to become even more inundated following mathieu van der poel's seventh cyclocross world championship jersey and the fact that he is reputed to have signed a lifetime contract with the firm. keen not only to ensure safe delivery of what can be very expensive bikes from their koblenz distribution centre, canyon have partnered with canopy, an environmental non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the world's ancient and endangered forests. according to canyon, their customers typically order a cardboard bike guard to protect their desirable purchase. by reducing the size and paper packaging used for these bike guards, including use of recycled plastics where needed and removal of plastic where possible, not only are canyon reducing costs, but also their environmental footprint.
the only fly-in-the-ointment might be the mechanical skills of the customer at the other end.
photo: canyon
wednesday 5 february 2025
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missed opportunity?
sunday's cyclocross world championship event, as expected, saw mathieu van der poel take a record equalling seventh title, a record first created by erik de vlaeminck in 1973. though the breaking of cycling records is hardly a new phenomenon, despite huge changes in cyclocross racing within the intervening 52 years, it has taken the persistence and skill of the dutchman to achieve parity in lievin, france, in 2025. however, though van der poel, barring any accident or mechanical problems, was always the favourite to take his seventh title, sunday's victory was undoubtedly assisted in more ways than one by, his arch-rival, wout van aert.
the belgian also finished in second place behind van der poel in massechelen on saturday 25 january. according to his programme announced pre-season, massechelen was the last event on that list, a fact mentioned by the post-race interviewer, with van aert confirming that he would take a short break before resuming training for this year's classics season. with tom pidcock opting to give the 'cross season a miss this time round, reputedly wanting time to settle into his new road team, the full-time cross riders have experienced improved opportunities for podium placings. not so very long ago, the big three (van aert, van der poel and pidcock) effectively hoovered up successive podium places, leaving everyone else to compete amongst themselves. though van der poel won every race he entered this season, van aert participated in fewer races, and frequently those not raced by mvdp.
so while the addition of the belgian and the dutchman on the start-lines helped boost ticket sales and viewing figures, those for whom cyclocross is their sole tip at a professional cycling career - eli iserbyt, michael vantourenhout, laurens sweeck amongst others - must surely rue their fortunes that they have done so during the careers of two of the greatest exponents of the genre. but then the uci numbers system might have provided them with some hope, even if that hope was slimmer than a credit card.
all cyclocross races, whether the x2o badkamers trofee, the exact series, super-prestige or uci world cup, begin on a strip of tarmac before heading onto the more unruly mud, sand and grass. by regulation, a championship cyclocross circuit has to measure at least three metres in width, meaning it is all but impossible to fit all starters in a single row. thus there has to be a grid system, placing on which, at uci world cup events, depends on a rider's position on the uci cyclocross rankings. with van der poel having achieved 1520 points, he was guaranteed a front row position at lievin. van aert, however, possessed only 550 points, dropping him to the fourth row. so while the race was being billed as a veritable clash of the titans, in reality, that was never likely to happen. for starters, it meant over thirty riders with which van aert had to contend, between the belgian and the dutchman.
in the majority of his races this season, van der poel has often been content to sit in the first ten over the first one or two laps, before accelerating to the front and leaving all in his wake. however, the attendance of van aert obviously gave some cause for concern, meaning van der poel headed off into the distance from the start (effectively admitted in the post race interview), just in case van aert had the great good fortune to negotiate back markers with ease. unfortunately, for those eagerly anticipating the much-publicised 'clash', the belgian experienced major problems attempting to pass those ahead of him, all of whom, obviously enough, were concentrating on their own race. it is, however, highly impressive that van aert ended the first lap in 37th position, yet finished the eight lap race only 45 seconds behind the winner in second place, 21 seconds ahead of thibau nys in third. bear in mind, for some sort of comparison, britain's national champion, cameron mason, started on the second row of the grid but finished in 26th place.
it would, of course, have been grossly unfair to the riders, such as iserbyt and vantourenhout, who have raced almost every event this season, to have promoted van aert to the front row. but the spectacle of the two finest exponents of cyclocross racing head-to-head for a rainbow jersey might well have been worth it. however, van aert was quoted commenting on his lowly start position after the race, saying "Those guys earned it by racing all season, and I made the choice to race less. So there's no point complaining about it."
assuming i can arrange a mortgage to afford a tnt premium subscription next winter, there's always hulst in 2026.
tuesday 4 february 2025
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weather or not
for a period between 1998 and 2003, i was, not to blow my own trumpet, the sole cycling representative in this particular corner of the hebrides, a reign ended by the arrival of the mighty dave-t, promoting my solo efforts to those of a duo. during those five years, any incentive to go riding on a sunday morning had to be self-generated, a situation fraught with dissension when meteorological conditions were less than favourable. despite being in possession of fairly decent waterproofs, i would usually arise of a sunday morning, look out the window, and if it was raining, i would give myself a further hour in bed in the hope that things would change.
following those sixty minutes of irregular slumber, had matterrs not cleared sufficiently, i would arise for breakfast and assure myself and mrs washingmachinepost that no matter what persisted in the next hour, i would go riding, no matter what. except that, when the clock had recorded yet another hour, i would convince myself that matters would likely improve in the next half hour. the upshot of this embarrasing period of procrastination, was that i'd inevitably have left it too late to undertake any meaningful sort of bike ride. this would only result in my continual pacing of the sitting room to look out the window and berate myself for not having grabbed the horns of the dilemma several hours earlier.
i cannot deny that i was all but impossible to live with for the rest of the day.
what changed was making a prior arrangement with the mighty dave to go riding on sunday; when there's the risk of disappointing a friend and colleague by not turning up, incentivisation is once again on the horizon. the deciding factor was ultimately the presence of lord carlos of mercian who had a wholly uncompromising attitude towards cycling, in that he really didn't care (occasionally to his detriment) what the weather was like. given that the two of us worked together in the same office, each weekend's cycling took on an almost competitive air. neither of us wanted to be the complete wimp who bailed out, with precipitation as the only proffered excuse.
on more than a single occasion, the two of us were to be found best compared with a pair of drowned rats, riding the loch gorm perimeter road all because neither wanted the other to gain the moral high ground. i had rather expected the two of us to repeat this state of affairs well into our dotage, neither willing to allow the other to gain the upper hand. despite being only three weeks younger than yours truly, sadly, lord carlos passed away several years ago, but he has left me with an important legacy; i have a reputation locally for being the idiot who will go cycling in pretty much any weather conditions, frequently when i probably shouldn't.
only a few weekends past, one of the sunday morning peloton posted on the velo club's private facebook page, 'it's gusting to 80kph outside with torrential rain. nobody in their right mind would cycle in these conditions. place your bets now.' as it transpired, for once in my life i'd had the good sense to remain indoors at that point, but none of them would have bet against me taking the bicycle from the bike shed.
none of the above is intended as validation of my velocipedinal credentials; i'm far too old to cause any trouble in the sprint for the village sign at bruichladdich, but my abstention from facebook means that, as far as i'm concerned, i have arranged to meet the peloton at springbank at 10am on sunday mornings, an arrangement i prefer to honour, even if the weather is less than clement, but not if we'd be in danger of being blown from our bicycles. as far as i'm concerned, there are no ifs, ands or buts. if the others fail to turn up, as has happened on more than just a few occasions, that's their lookout. essentially all we're doing is riding round in circles, stopping for a coffee aand a toastie before going home for a hot shower and a change of clothes. so if we get wet or blown from one side of the road to the other, so what?
were i to commute to work in such conditions, i'm sure i would have an entirely different point of view.
yesterday morning, far from being the pleasant departure i'd been expecting, low visibility and heavy drizzle were the order of the day, though happily, the wind was considerably lower than had been the case on saturday. i was joined by a sole member of the peloton, before a third joined us just under halfway round, having left home a tad later than intended. twenty years ago, i'd have been inclined to go back to bed and check the weather later. though perhaps a contention that follows a convoluted train of thought, just remember that a bicycle is not just for christmas.
or only for dry sunday mornings.
monday 3 february 2025
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here we go round the mulberry bush
just over one week ago, i composed thewashingmachinepost from the relative safety of my sitting room while attempting to ignore the hurricane force winds strafing the croft. the upshot of storm éowyn meant that five tiles on the roof became loose and a sixth broke into a lot of small pieces, while on/off powercuts destroyed the control panel on the hall heater. in the grand scheme of things, mrs twmp and i got off really lightly. over in port ellen, the sea breached the laughingly small sea-wall, flooding the averagemarket and several homes sited around the bay. ardbeg distillery lost the roof from its former malt barns and most of the sea wall at the pier, laggan bay distillery had an oil tank blown over, and there are still fallen trees impeding progress at various points of the island. islay airport measured steady winds of over 100kph, and a maximum gust of 150kph.
no ferries sailed on saturday due to storm damage at kennacraig and port ellen.
though the newspapers have captioned éowyn as the storm of the century, we experienced worse at new year 2012, which resulted in serious damage across the island during which the anemometer on the lighthouse at orsay broke at 192kph. thankfully, the majority of gusts blowing across the hebrides tend to settle between 100 and 115kph; too violent in which to cycle, but unlikely to cause any structural damage. which is just as well; while various meteorological departments seemingly delight in applying names to examples of low pressure, the act of doing so seems to have little consistency. in mid-december, we were assailed by storm darragh, the name apparently bestowed by the irish contingent. around a week later, the hebrides once again met with even higher winds, seemingly affecting only the periphery of western scotland, but which received not a mention on the news and suffered from remaining nameless.
thus, as i wended (is that actually a word?) my cheery way to debbie's at lunchtime on saturday, i was alternately pushed and restrained by winds gusting to 70kph, augmented now and then, with a smattering of wind-driven precipitation. xc weather claimed there would be no rain until 3pm, but it was easy to see at 10am, that they were fibbing. the forecast also showed temperatures of eight degrees celcius, amended in the next column to feels like three-degrees. on that score, they were not kidding. i did make life a smidgeon harder for myself by riding the 'cross bike on the dunes at uiskentuie, now more than ever, aware that the shoreline is receding landwards; there is now a gravelly beach where once was grass and machair.
combine the winds with my meagre attempt at emulating wout van aert, and it's easy to see why my average speed was a miserly 17.3kph. but at least i hadn't let the weather beat me. when you're closer to 70 years old than to sixty, it's all to easy to acquiesce. which brings me to the disappointing part.
in an e-mail originating from rouleur magazine, and arriving in my inbox on saturday morning, tech writer for the magazine, simon smythe, trailered an interview he'd conducted with zwift co-founder and ceo, eric min. during the course of that interview, mr min apparently mentioned that the idea for an indoor, online cycling platform had been formed while living in london, despite citing london cyclists as "pretty hardcore". in the following paragraph, mr smythe admitted to not being one of those hardcore londoners, stating that he'd spent many of his winter hours riding the tour de zwift because "the weather has been wall-to-wall awful here in the uk."
though i've no wish to re-frame the situation as some sort of competition, i might suggest to mr smythe that the hebridean portion of the 'wall-to-wall awful weather' has probably been a shade or two more awful here on the outer edge. granted, i demurred from venturing out in 150kph winds, but excluding situations such as those, i'm still riding my bicycle every weekend, and i'd be very loathe to describe myself as hardcore. granted, the manager of a local hostelry was kind enough to describe me as 'brave' for having ventured out on the day after éowyn, when many others would have employed the word stupid, but i think we're in danger of losing sight of what cycling is all about, if a breeze and a bit of rain has us clamouring for the smart trainer.
i'm pretty sure that, if an old fart like me can do it, pretty much anyone can. the problem seems to be a lack of wanting to.
sunday 2 february 2025
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the last mile
islay receives its daily newspapers by ferry each day, where they are transported in the back of an articulated truck operated by the principal glasgow-islay haulier. despite that knowledge, the newspapers themselves are transported to the ferry terminal at kennacraig, by menzies distribution, leaving glasgow around 3am in the morning and travelling via the often stricken a83, rest and be thankful. frequent closures of the latter during winter months and inclement weather often conspire to delay delivery, meaning the daily newspapers frequently arrive at the newsagents after 4pm in the afternoon, if they arrive at all.
it has become notable, however, that the newspapers have a disappointing habit of failing to appear off the morning sailing on tuesdays and thursdays, for a bizarre concoction of reasons. the haulier contends that they do not always have available trucks sailing on the morning ferry on those particular days. when the trucks are full, efforts to place the newspapers in the truck cabs is apparently viewed by calmac as a potential fire risk, an odd observation when the car deck is effectively filled with petrol-driven vehicles, the fuel-tanks of which you would imagine to be a far greater fire risk.
until 2019, it was common practice to load delayed newspapers onto the ferry car deck on a hand-pulled trolley, but that practice was rescinded without explanation by the ferry operator. following complaints from several sources concerning the contemporary delay situation, the haulier suggested reviving the practice of using the trolley, a solution that was initially welcomed by senior calmac staff, who went even so far as to promise the use of one of their own trolleys until such time as the haulier could provide their own. the rejoicing, however, was short-lived, as once again, idiocy reigned supreme and the ferry crew refused to accept the trolley, yet again on the grounds that it might prove a fire-risk.
this latter contention is hard to comprehend, as the newspapers were to be left on the trolley, on the car deck which is out of bounds to passengers throughout each sailing. both i and the haulier are at pains to understand precisely what it is on a secured car deck that might cause a pile of newspapers to conflagrate. the ferry service routinely transports casks and tankers of whisky as well as fuel tankers, presumably constituting a far greater fire risk than a few copies of the guardian. however, so far, they have failed to provide any substance to their reasoning, and delays to daily newspapers continue.
as a humorous aside, the manager of the glagow-islay haulier suggested he might well purchase an electric cargo bike and cycle the newspapers aboard at kennacraig, and disembark by a similar method on islay. were the daily papers to be loaded into a box affixed to the cargo bike, no-one would be any the wiser. after all, motorists driving their vehicles onto the ferries are never queried as to how many newspapers or magazines they might have lying on the back seats of their cars. presumably such items placed on a car seat do not constitute the fire risk they adopt when on the passenger seat of a truck cab? but, his logic may ultimately bequeath an additional benefit: calmac does not charge a fee for carrying bicycles.
always keen to extend any humorous asides, i suggested that perhaps the haulier may wish to purchase a fleet of cargo bikes to install at their depot on the island, offering the opportunity to fulfil last mile deliveries on islay, drivers swapping their overalls and hi-viz vests for bibtights and gore-tex jackets. it seemed an apposite suggestion, as long as i wasn't the one breaking the news to the delivery drivers. use of e-cargo bikes for the final portion of any delivery trajectory is not a new one. there have been several delivery logistics firms employing such methods, including dpd and ups, and though the logic of so doing is hardly unassailable, it does seem a relatively pragmatic and economic means of delivering to inner-city and urban locations. in rural and island situations, not so much.
but it's possible that even the pragmatics of last-mile delivery by e-cargo bike might not be the solution many thought it to be. cycle logistics firm, zedify reckoned to be the largest in the country, with ten locations serving high street retailers, parcel carriers and independent business, announced last week that it had called in the administrators, putting 38 jobs at risk through the closure of seven of those hubs. in what must surely pose a blow to the economic model underpinning e-cargo bike deliveries, the company's directors were apparently "...unable to raise sufficient funding to continue operating". i realise i am but a mere child when it comes to financial matters, but i was always of the understanding that for any business to survive, it had to earn sufficient money to pay the bills. if continued funding is required, perhaps it's not the bright idea we once thought. either that, or while it's definitely the future, the world's not ready for it just yet?
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what water is for
every thursday afternoon (and one or two other days if i'm feeling mischievous), i walk down bowmore main street from the office, to the book and gift shop at the corner of shore street to avail myself of what is technically identified as a ristretto. for the uninitiated, that's an espresso, but at double the strength. ever since i visited a back street coffee shop in london with the gent who, at the time, owned vintage cycling shoe purveyors, dromarti, i have been searching for a coffee that would crinkle my kneecaps and bring tears to my thighs. such was the strength of the tiny coffee obtained in said london outlet which, entirely coincidentally, featured a steel colnago master bicycle in the window.
the daughter of one of my work colleagues once worked in the café above the bookshop on leaving school, passing on the knowledge imparted by the machine installation engineer. when providing basic training in the use of said machine, he mentioned that, should anyone request a ristretto, the simplest means of achieving that was to press the button marked flat white, ensuring that the strong brown liquid poured into a small espresso cup. the trick was not to add the milk part of the flat white. keen to test the veracity of this advice, i ventured out on that initial thursday afternoon.
i'm not too proud to admit that, yes, i am a coffee snob; the very thought of a cup of nescafe instant coffee instills a similar reaction to scraping fingernails down a blackboard, and i despair of those outlets who believe that a double-espresso is simply double the amount of coffee in a single espresso
many years ago, i was sent the necessary access codes to view a documentary online about coffee: its production, sales and economics. this for review on thewashingmachinepost. in that documentary was portrayed a japanese barista who simply would not open his premises to the public until he was satisfied, on a daily basis, that he was able to draw the perfect espresso. this process would sometimes take several hours, with a queue of prospective customers eagerly, yet patiently, awaiting the raising of the shutters. i don't mind stating that i probably do not possess the personality that would allow me the luxury of such a lengthy period, waiting for a tiny coffee that takes considerably more effort to create than to drink.
starbucks has frequently been cited as responsible for the designer coffee explosion that has benefitted/blighted (delete as applicable) britain's high streets over the past few decades, but it's eminently possible that the velocipedinal community might be the true principal behind coffee's wholesale adoption. it may well be that italy has had greater influence than for which it is given credit. it's not so very long ago that almost every cyclist worth his or her salt ultimately aspired to owning a colnago (or perhaps a bianchi, pinarello or gios). in order to better identify with the country that gave us fausto coppi, gino bartali, marco pantani and campagnolo, many a british club cyclist would attempt to more closely identify with the home of milan - sanremo by sipping a tiny yet strong black coffee, while discussing what constituted a truly perfect crema.
with the uci's mondialisation of cycle sport, not only have matters become less euro-centric, but assimilation of italian affectations have been on the wane for many a year. at least, from a cursory glance, that would definitely appear to be the case. but across the pond, in portland, oregon, where not only exists the superlative stumptown coffee, but clive coffee, which offers online barista classes and one-to-one learning about the finer points of creating the best of designer coffees, coffee has taken on more of a pacific northwest identity than necessarily that of rome.
situated within the selfsame oregon city, is the inestimable chris king components, manufacturers and purveyors of quality hubs and headsets. following my second visit to the town in 2012, i returned with a chris king espresso tamper, a precision device modelled on their no-threadset, in the anodised colour (pink) of my choice, presented to aileen at debbie's in bruichladdich, all the better for producing designer coffees with a velocipedinal character. it became a well-used coffee accessory, before it disappeared during building work carried out around ten years ago.
however, it would be naive of us to consider that for chris king, the espresso tamper was a simple marketing device, a mere accessory to their principal purpose in life. designer, jay sycip, once arguably more at home devising bespoke steel frame designs, has not left the tamper on the shelf. "We recognise that a technique used by many exceptional baristas is using their fingertips to gauge the levelness of the tamper piston against the outer edge of the porta-filter and longer handles can get in the way." his new design features a height 15mm shorter than its predecessor, now 70mm tall, with a base diameter of 58mm and a base depth of 10mm, and weighing 420g. "Making this change will allow for better, more precise control for all baristas. It's a small thing, but we felt it was important."
it's always comforting to find a company harbouring similar priorities to those of our own.
chris king espresso tamper
friday 31 january 2025
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now i really am confused
i have always wondered why component manufacturers found it necessary to index the shifting on the front derailleur. on road bikes at least, there are only two rings to consider; i, and presumably many a shop mechanic, have found it endlessly frustrating to adjust shimano (in particular) front mechs and prevent the chain rubbing when in certain sprockets at the rear. when the front was friction shifting only, trimming it while riding to remove the rubbing, was simplicity itself. indexing introduced an on/off state of affairs; you could click up or down, but there was no slack built-in to help avoid chain rub.
the introduction of a single front ring may have removed any front mech concerns, but introduced something of a quandary, based entirely on what we'd probably all been told as youngsters; to wit: never cross-chain - don't have the chain in the outer ring, when it's on the largest rear sprocket, and don't have it on the inner ring, when on the small sprocket. according the old guys in the cycle club and the owners of many a bike shop, so doing would undoubtedly increase the chain wear. but if you have only a single chain ring, both scenarios are theoretically inevitable, though the small-sprocket situation is probably one unlikely to be tested by most of us.
framebuilder, richard sachs, once told me that he refused to fit single ring cranks to any of his team cyclocross bikes, and i think most of us would admit that, when first riding a single front ring, initial confusion reigned until the notion of using the left hand for braking purposes only sank in. like many, i possess both setups; my ritchey road bike features a twelve-speed campagnolo record groupset with a double chainset. the specialized crux has a sram rival 1x eleven-speed setup. however, whichever option you might think is preferable, there's little to deny that both have their merits and both work more or less as designed.
indexing of the front gear mech is considerably less of a problem nowadays with the almost wholesale adoption of electronics. the brain fitted within the control unit is now aware of whichever sprocket the chain occupies at the rear and is able to adjust the front mech accordingly, autonomously avoiding the dreaded chain rub, so you'd think we have finally achieved groupset nirvana; after thousands, if not millions of research and development dollars, everything works pretty much as it did when the gear levers were mounted on the downtube. and, aside from the odd quirk now and again, it's rare to hear any member of the sunday morning peloton complain about finding themselves in the wrong gear through no fault of their own.
in essence, that ought surely to have the likes of shimano, campagnolo and sram focus their inveterate fiddling elsewhere. perhaps there's a self-cleaning, self-lubricating chain currently under development, or work is already underway on an incompatible solution to sram's thru-axle friendly rear dropout. heaven forfend that finally everything has actually begun to work seamlessly with everything else. but no. those all but perfect gear changes are seemingly still being subjected to continued development, presumably because they can, or because a microwatt of energy can be saved.
reputedly at the behest of the latter contention, sram filed a patent in the usa in 2019 featuring a two-ring crankset with an integrated derailleur, operated electronically, with everything attached to the outer ring. i now understand that patent to have been granted - though that still does not guarantee the product will ever reach the market. though i've seen the schematics of the component, i can't say i fully understand the principles, but more to the point, i can't comprehend why they'd even bother. though it has been mentioned that removing a front gear mech from the seat-tube could be seen as a means of reducing drag, given that there are two muscled legs and feet churning away mere millimetres distant, i really can't see how removing the front mech could make any appreciable difference. so where is the point in hours of r&d to achieve that which has never been a particularly weak link in the chain (pun intended) in the first place?
it occurs to me that the bicycle industry resembles that of 'strictly come dancing'. two steps forward and three back.
thursday 30 january 2025
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a voyage of discovery
mrs washingmachinepost and i last subscribed to skytv over 15 years ago, following their extreme tardiness in reconnecting us to our beloved television programmes following an earlier equivalent of storm éowyn which shifted our satellite dish out of alignment. despite claiming they would be unable to send an enginner for almost two months, they seemed happy to continue collecting our subscription fee during the period of radio silence. to make matters worse, we had also been paying a monthly fee by way of insurance against such a happenstance, the conditions of which reputedly guaranteed a 24 hour call out. of course, cancelling the sky subscription removed access to british eurosport on which i was happy to watch not only the tour de france, but also several of the spring classics.
as a replacement, i subscribed to eurosport player, allowing me online access to all the cycle sport i could handle, and subsequently via apple's airplay, when i innocently purchased a tv with the technology included.
however, following the tour in july 2024, owners of eurosport, warner brothers discovery, opted to close down the eurosport player app at the end of that particular month. yet there was good news on the immediate horizon, when they helpfully pointed out that they were not only transferring my subscription to the discovery+ app, but as compensation for closing down direct eurosport access, i would receive a £3 per month discount on the subscription fee until the end of december 2024. seemingly a win/win situation. unfortunately, my ipod proved too old to install the discovery app and allow airplay to my television set. a modicum of research revealed that a discovery+ app was available for the tv, allowing 42" of clear digital viewing of the current cyclocross season, which, as those of you with little better to do, will well know has occupied pretty much every one of my weekends since november.
my reduced price subscription to discovery+ has lightened my bank balance by a mere £3.99 for the past five months, soon to increase to £6.99, a price i deemed a worthy expense for the excellent cyclocross coverage across the season. however, it seems that the word 'greedy' has become undeniably popular in the boardroom at warner brothers discovery. as of the end of february, not only will they remove eurosport channels from sky's satellite and broadband broadcasts, but they will remove all sports from the discovery+ app (making me wonder what the '+' sign actually signifies?)
according to an e-mail received at the weekend, at the end of february 2025, eurosport and tnt sports channels will be combined into tnt sports. should i wish to continue with my discovery+ subscription, the price will, in fact, diminish to a monthly £2.99, but as advised above, minus any cycling coveerage, the sole reason i chose to continue my subscription in the first place. if that is not of interest, i can cancel my subscription. should i wish to avail myself of live and on-demand cycling coverage, previously broadcast by eurosport/discovery, i can subscribe to tnt premium. while i don't pretend to understand the reasons behind this particular game of musical chairs, and though i dearly love my cyclocross habit, an increase in the monthly subscription to £30.99 seems particularly onerous; four times the current price of a monthly discovery+ subscription.
aside from having been a loyal subscriber, along with probably thousands, if not millions of others, it seems that is of no interest to warner brothers. it's £30.99 or nothing. in my particular case, it will be nothing. i appreciate that tv coverage of cycling can be alarmingly expensive, but i harbour doubts that a cyclocross race costs any more than the average football match. i'm also well aware that the fragmentation of live coverage of the latter sport has often meant that soccer fans are paying hundreds of pounds for live coverage, spread across several broadcasters, but in my defence, they're probably gaining access to at least seven live matches per week. it has also been pointed out that the tnt sports monthly subscription can be activated or cancelled at any time, so for five months of live and on-demand cyclocross, i need pay only £155. but this season, i have paid less than twenty pounds.
it is of pale comfort that cycling has become popular enough to find itself in this situation, but in one fell swoop, live coverage of our favourite sport has all but been placed out of reach. this year will see the final live coverage of the tour de france on itv4 with ned and david, while free-to-air evaporates into the ether. oddly enough, live eurosport coverage will continue to form a part of velocipedinal life in mainland europe, suggesting a form of digital bullying against the uk. one or two folks have already suggested acquiring virtual private network software which might be able to circumvent any geo-restrictions placed on european broadcasts.
the only saving grace, and it's minimal at best, is that warner brothers discovery won't flick the switch until after the 24/25 cyclocross season ends. it was fun while it lasted. i can only hope that eurosport sports fans vote with their wallets and refuse to hand over any subscription fees to this monopoly, perhaps causing serious cause to reconsider.
a plague on their networks as we prepare to return to the dark ages.
wednesday 29 january 2025
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deep and meaningless
during all the (less than academic) studies i have made into the whys and wherefores of deep -rimmed carbon wheels, the over-riding factor seems to be that those deep rims only kick in at speeds above 35kph, a figure considerably higher than that showing on the gps devices of the majority of sunday morning riders. that being reputedly correct, it is of great wonder that almost every cyclocross rider, without exception, features deep-rimmed wheels trimmed with the regulation 33mm rubber. though i have asked the question often, i have yet to reach any conclusion other than their being there for aesthetic reasons, rather than anything related to speed. apart from mathieu van der poel and wout van aert, the majority of riders end their one hour of mud-infested purgatory with average speeds rarely in excess of 25kph, some ten kph less than than even optimistic marketing would suggest is beneficial.
i think it more than possible that the majority of non-professional riders are to be seen riding deep carbon rims because "it looks good". as one who once rode a ritchey logic road bike with a pair of 45mm campagnolo bora wto wheels, it's a contention with which i find it hard to disagree. however, i very much doubt that the archetypal innocent bystander pays any attention to such matters, restricting appreciative approval to only the members of your particular sunday morning peloton. yet while there are reputedly aerodynamic benefits to be gained from the carbon wheelsets under discussion, where there's an up, there will inevitably be downs. for instance, carbon wheelsets are often heavier than the traditional shallow alloys; that may be of benefit when hoping to conserve momentum, but it will require more effort to reach escape velocity, and ultimately be detrimental when attempting to ride uphill.
and with no apologies to 'storm éowyn', based entirely on personal experience, those deep carbon rims are frequently and not altogether helpfully, affected by crosswinds, a factor rarely encountered by a more traditional wheelset. yet the low-spoke-count rigidity on offer from the popular contemporary choice has become quite ubiquitous in certain circles, quite probably on the basis that "if it's good enough for the pros, it's good enough for me". that conveniently obscures the fact that the latter class of cyclists has the ability to expend watts like there was no tomorrow.
the reason behind their apparent wholesale adoption by the pros is undoubtedly at the behest of their sponsors' marketing departments, but the conspiracy theory states that the rim depth has more to do with visibility than actual aerodynamic gains. it's a transference of the same contention aimed at so-called aero bikes. it is hard to deny that those thin, flat tubes provide a much larger mobile billboard on which to feature the manufacturer's branding. in an increasingly media controlled sport, that should come as little surprise. transfer that to the wheels, and there is now twice the area available; don't tell me you haven't noticed the bright, white enve logos adorning tadej's colnago?
there is, of course, no law against emulating the professional classes, always assuming you have the financial wherewithal to indulge. in its current sale, condor cycles features a relatively shallow set of campagnolo shamal disc-compatible wheels for £999, a 30mm campagnolo levante set for £1300, or the 45mm deep, bora wto disc-compatible wheelset for £1750. those will look particularly good on whichever bike to which they are applied, but at considerably greater cost than the handbuilt, traditional wheelset with campagnolo record hubs and mavic rims that i acquired from the same source a few years ago for marginally more than £400, brand new. and i have yet to experience any grief in a hebridean crosswind.
the only thing preventing yours truly from maintaining pace with my sunday morning colleagues, is a combination of age and (lack of) fitness, for which there is no deep carbon cure.
tuesday 28 january 2025
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- rapha winter jersey and winter cap
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- rapha leather town gloves
- endura deluge winter gloves
- endura xtract zip top
- dhb merston long sleeve jersey & rogate thermal bib tights
- rapha merino: fixed baselayer, winter socks & winter collar
- santini threequarter bibshorts
- a variety of buffs
- the crew room bamboo charcoal shirt/baselayer
- white men can't jump colnago cycle cap
- king of the mountain socks
- mavic zxellium | marresi leather road shoes
- walz tartan woollen winter cap
- rapha stowaway jacket 2009
- colomba tricolor long-sleeve jersey
- shutt long-sleeve drywool jersey
- solo luxury merino socks
- rapha tweed cap & race socks
- quoc pham fixed leather shoes
- endura fs260 bib-threequarters
- mavic altium jersey, bibshorts, helium gilet and race socks
- icebreaker merino baselayers
- endura baabaa merino tech jersey
- etxe ondo hilare bibshorts
- le col cycle jersey
- prendas summer mitts
- rapha pro-team mitts
- sue me bamboo/cotton t-shirt
- schlamm wetzikon training jacket
- rapha merino jersey
- rapha cyclocross jersey & bib threequarters
- rapha red softshell & rapha trousers
- rapha waxed cotton gentleman's cap
- prendas new generation long-fingered gloves
- rapha rainjacket and overshoes
- endura dexter windproof gloves and merino socks
- endura baabaa merino flat cap
- rapha long sleeve jersey and merino winter collar
- prendas thermolite and thermocool socks
- rapha bomber jacket
- dhb southsea waterproof jacket
- rapha winter tights & merino hat
- endura baabaa merino armwarmers
- embrocation cycling journal race socks
- le col winter jacket and winter bib tights
- solo possum fur and merino beanie
- le col long sleeve jersey
- dromarti le grande cognac crochet mitts
- river city bicycles merino jersey
- craft elite windstopper l/s jersey & crew neck wool/polyester baselayer
- le col long-sleeve angora wool baselayer
- apolis/rapha transit elite sweater feature
- swobo merino long-sleeve jersey
- galstudio ventoux tweed cap
- rapha pink stowaway
- apolis/rapha transit elite sweater
- icebreaker merino cycling socks
- rapha merino polo shirt
- rapha merino v-neck baselayer
- hincapie sportswear tour lt jacket
- rapha team kit
- rapha womens jersey
- dromarti storica leather shoes
- rapha long-sleeve shirt and merino boxer shorts
- rapha women's stowaway jacket
- derny merino long-sleeve polo shirt, city shorts, & merino socks
- suplest carbon street racing shoes
- ana nichoola curve jacket
- le col mariana s/s jersey and bibshorts
- rapha tweed run merino socks
- swrve clothing
- muxu spanish clothing
- prendas compression socks
- derny city shirt
- rapha workshop apron
- dromarti black and red leather shoes
- rapha long-sleeve polo shirt
- santini unisex slice shorts
- rapha oversocks
- rapha cyclocross jersey & 3/4 bibs
- missionworks dzr rondel shoes
- rapha breton sweater
- rapha + paul smith rainjacket
- rapha ladies softshell and threequarter bib shorts
- rapha softshell trousers
- wabi woolens sports series merino jersey
- rapha track top
- dhb windslam softshell, super-roubaix winter tights, s'cafe aerofit baselayer
- endura equipe exoshell jacket, gloves and overshoes
- rapha softshell winter gloves
- dromarti sportivo leather spd shoes
- dromarti corio long-finger leather gloves
- dromarti gara rosso leather mitts
- outlier four season og pants
- rapha pro team jersey and shorts
- colnago winter jacket and bib tights
- rapha + paul smith windshirt
- rapha enfer du nord armwarmers
- cielo jersey
- cervo rosso national pride jersey and mk2 bibshorts
- cervo rosso merino jersey
- quoc pham leather tourer shoes
- shaun deller cycle cap
- cinelli t-shirt
- rapha jeans
- dhb aeron shorts and race socks
- rapha ladies jersey and gilet
- road holland den haag jersey
- rapha brevet jersey
- renner sport gilet and armwarmers
- hultra hi visibility s/s jersey
- endura team replica kit
- endura uber bibshorts
- velobici merino cardigan
- endura pak a jak showerproof jacket
- velobici merino armwarmers
- rapha cyclocross pro-team bibshorts
- rapha cyclocross pro-team jersey
- santini metis breezeflow jacket
- armwarmers, oversocks & coolmax socks
- rapha city riding socks
- rapha merino roll neck jumper
- hultra ventoux windproff softshell
- cervo rosso intermedio jacket and winter bibshorts
- endura equipe cashmere socks
- endura equipe bib-knickers
- madison stellar ii waterproof jacket
- cervo rosso armwarmers and legwarmers
- velobici ride 't'
- prendas air tunnel gloves and overshoes
- bbb mistralshield windproof jacket
- capo padrone thermal jacket
- cafe du cycliste yolande long sleeve jersey
- vulpine clothing's nick hussey, softshell jacket and merino jersey
- dromarti la grande 2 mitt
- rapha sleeveless pro team base layer
- craft active rain jacket
- vulpine epic cotton rain jacket
- rapha grand tour shoes
- de feet yellow wool gloves
- mavic hc h2o waterproof jacket
- solo retro tec jersey and armwarmers
- rapha lightweight sportwool jersey
- cervo rosso strada doppio 2.0 jacket
- rapha classic bibshorts
- rapha etape act two jersey 2012
- showers pass double century ex waterproof jacket
- endura urban range polo shirt, stretch trousers and argyle socks
- velobici van dapper road jersey and shorts
- vulpine merino polo shirt
- cervo rosso corsa s3 jersey
- showers pass skyline softshell jacket
- endura bowmore single malt s/s cycle jersey
- rapha hardshell waterproof jacket
- prendas winter hat
- vulpine long sleeve t-shirt
- le col b3 winter jacket and bibtights
- carbonaut breakaway jersey
- vulpine long-sleeve polo shirt
- vulpine lightweight harrington jacket and tailored trousers
- glacier cyclocross gloves
- prendas primaloft winter socks
- solo winter jacket, merino baselayer and merino collar
- prendas cordura oversocks
- cervo rosso ibrido jacket
- route clothing t-shirts
- cafe du cycliste, marie josette s/s jersey
- rapha team sky winter cap
- rapha s/s trade team jersey
- this is...cambridge merino cap
- prendas leisure jacket
- rapha bordeaux-paris jersey
- castelli gabba jersey & nano-flex armwarmers
- castelli gabba jersey & nano-flex armwarmers when wet
- solo kilmory jersey
- vulpine merino alpine jersey
- vulpine button merino jersey
- cafe du cycliste henriette s/s jersey
- rapha/raeburn windjacket
- cafe du cycliste cotton cycling cap
- rapha teamsky kids' wiggo jersey
- condor extreme polka dot socks
- rapha transfer trousers
- dmt marathon 2.0 offroad shoes
- cafe du cycliste loulou armwarmers
- prendas super-roubaix gloves
- aldi l/s winter jersey
- endura adrenaline race cape
- fred perry bradley wiggins range track jacket & merino sweater
- endura jetstream l/s jersey
- endura equipe exo waterproof gloves
- vulpine epic cotton raintrousers
- prendas aquatex overshoes
- showerspass outdry waterproof gloves
- castelli nan-flex bibknickers
- this is cambridge blood, sweat & gears cap
- rapha merino mesh l/s baselayer
- solo 3/4 thermal bibshorts
- rapha winter glove system
- shutt winter performance jacket
- rapha winter socks 2013
- endura luminite waterproof jacket
- rapha city riding merino gilet
- look mum no hands podium boxer shorts
- rapha transfer jacket
- shutt vr ltd edition tweed cap
- look mum no hands headwear
- cafe du cycliste heidi jacket
- showers pass crosspoint windgloves
- claret vulpine softshell gilet
- hackney gt alpine green long sleeve cycle jacket
- kora shola yakswool l/s baselayer
- this is cambridge urban sprinter cap
- showers pass crosspoint waterproof socks
- rapha & raeburn l/s henley and quilted jacket
- meccanica off-bike clothing
- vulpine/oliver spencer blazer
- rapha trade team jerseys
- endura movistar replica team kit
- tribesports gent's cycle jersey
- showers pass elite pro jacket
- endura movistar team replica l/s jersey
- stolen goat ltd ed. fausto coppi t-shirt
- lecol pro s/s jersey and bibshorts
- bits and bobs from prendas ciclismo
- rapha lapelled jacket and s/s polo shirt
- proviz nightrider jacket and waterproof trousers
- rapha commemorative pantani jersey
- tic panache fluoro dots cycling cap
- cafe du cycliste antoinette bibshorts and baselayer
- ardbeg's new retro jersey
- rapha king of pain jersey
- this is cambridge sunflower tdf cap
- santini peugeot retro bibshorts
- rapha climbers jersey
- endura equipe infiniti bibshorts and helios comp jersey
- vulpine ultralight quilted thermal jacket
- proviz reflect360 waterproof jacket
- vulpine dogtooth merino silk socks
- rapha deep winter hat
- rapha long pro team socks and merino stripe socks
- this is cambridge grimpeur cap
- rapha reversible city riding jacket
- rapha crew neck merino t-shirt
- cucu barcelona s/s jersey
- prendas ciclismo leisure polo shirt
- rapha pro team bibtights with pad
- endura stealth-lite 2 waterproof bib-tights
- le col rain jacket
- hackney gt alpine bobble hat
- showers pass skyline winter cap
- rapha city range merino button shirt
- isadore merino gloves
- castelli alpha jacket
- this is cambridge omloop winter cap
- showers pass bodymapped baselayer
- mavic cosmic wind jacket
- velobici merino ribbed collar and white tip merino gloves
- rapha pro team softshell
- cervo rosso strada 2.0 l/s jersey
- portland design works 'cross beanie
- prendas de vlaeminck t-shirt
- hoy vulpine jersey and shorts
- rapha softshell baselayer
- rapha data print pro-team jersey
- ashmei softshell jacket
- ashmei merino/carbon s/s jersey
- rapha 2015 trade team jerseys
- vulpine gill waterproof jacket
- endura classics jersey
- café du cycliste louise s/s jersey
- rapha cima coppi s/s jersey, essentials case and cap
- house industries merino vélo jersey
- this is cambridge tom s/s jersey cap and socks
- milltag top bonk schleppers jersey and cap
- showers pass torch socks
- fat lad at the back lanterne rouge l/s jersey
- this is cambridge panache confortare cap
- wonderful socks
- ashmei bibshorts
- santini team z s/s jersey & bibshorts
- the athletic socks, jersey and cap
- prendas super roubaix fluoro gloves
- prendas aqua light fluoro overshoes
- le col hc s/s jersey
- rapha tom simpson jersey and cap
- prendas santini peugeot mashup t-shirt
- rapha long-sleeve club jersey
- showers pass cascade track pants
- rapha thermal classic bibshorts
- vulpine thermal gilet
- rapha cyclocross l/s jersey, cap and socks
- aldi l/s jersey, tights and socks
- showers pass bamboo/merino henley sport
- rapha lombardia l/s jersey and socks
- this is cambridge 1-in-7 cap
- rapha pro team gloves
- aldi l/s merino baselayer
- hoy vulpine winter bib tights
- proviz pixelite softshell race jacket
- rapha loopback trousers
- rapha cotton twill city riding trousers
- prendas aqualight gloves
- showers pass little crossover kids' rainjacket
- endura freezing point overshoes
- red dots scottish winter cycling cap
- svelte clothing s/s jersey and classic bibshorts
- this is cambridge waxed cotton cycling cap
- cafe du cycliste charlotte softshell jacket, jeanna rain bibshorts and lolou legwarmers
- mavic ksyrium pro thermo kit
- vulpine softshell gloves
- this is cambridge pink omloop winter cap
- rivelo winnats bibtights, langcliffe waterproof jacket and symonds winter gloves
- svelte long-sleeve heritage jersey
- rapha merino winter collar
- rapha pro team softshell 2015
- 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
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- shimano di2 review
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- crud roadracers mudguards
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- 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
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- 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
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- ventoux event bag
- sugar wheelworks/chris king r45 ceramic wheelset
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- wheelsmith race23 wheels
- wheelsmith race23 wheels part two
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- 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
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