The rules of sport exist for very legitimate reasons, in some cases those rules inadvertently aid those willing to push…
State Of The Art Technology?
BAE are claiming that “Experts at BAE Systems have revealed details of the highly advanced technology it has developed for…
Ethics & Rio Ramifications
See updates at end of blog… Yesterday we learned that tennis star Maria Sharapova has failed a test for a…
Omnium Selection
First things first, I love watching Cav winning stages in the Tour, he’s a great racer, I respect him trying…
Testing Relationships
A very interesting post has appeared on the Scottish Cycling website regarding time trialling & the emergence of CTT in…
St David
Since I heard the news that David Millar would be mentoring British Cycling Academy riders in Italy, I was…
Australian Pursuit Sportive?
Most riders who take part in road races will know what an APR is, it stands for Australian Pursuit Race…
Centre of Gravity
I read with interest the Shane Stokes article on Greg LeMond’s ideas about how we can detect a motor HERE.…
Cross Pathway
Looking back to the rise of British Cycling’s international success, they cleverly targeted a relatively underfunded area of cycle sport,…
Tomorrows World
As the year draws to an end, we’re going to have a look into the future, to see what may…
A Gentleman & The Size Of His Wattage
A wise man once said……. “In polite company, a gentleman will never discuss the size of his wattage” For those…
100% Time Trialling
I’ve blogged about time trialling before, about the reduction in availability of what are deemed ‘suitable’ courses & the sustainability…
Scottish Cycling Events Strategy 2016-2020
Any organisation which relies on the goodwill of unpaid volunteers is always going to have a big problem planning for…
Crank Length & Foot Speed
As people are finally starting to realise that long cranks are not any faster, and in some situations can make…
Sagan – The Combine Harvester
The 1989 Tour was memorable for the incredible victory of Greg LeMond over Laurent Fignon in the final metres of…
The New Religion
It used to be the case that if you couldn’t explain something, you blamed God, then if anybody came up…
2015 Tour, stages 1&2
I’m only going to comment on any stages I get a chance to watch, so it may be few &…
Tour Predictions
I was going to do a top 15 prediction, to incite a bit of ridicule & debate, but more importantly…
Track Cycling’s Strange Quirk
As you watch this Sundays Hour Record attempt by Bradley Wiggins, bear in mind that no part of him, or…
Hour Record – Pre-Wiggins attempt
Alex Dowsett was the fourth rider to break the mens record after the recent rule change, he followed Jens Voigt…