Sunday Mooch.
Went out finally for slide around the neighbourhood and spent the time on the bike path weaving around people out for a stroll then came upon a outside hockey tournament in Lachine, keeners! It was...
View Articleold cobbles.
I found this Classic bit of film with a younger Phil Liggett looking at the mystical Classic that is Paris – Roubaix . This was the time I used to buy cycling weekly in the UK and read about the …...
View Article116 years waiting..Martyn Irvine
I have just watched history and one of the best Scratch races ever. Martyn Irvine of Ireland at the world track championships went off the front with 10 laps to go and while the others looked at each...
View ArticleGive up karting..
..pick up biking. If he gets outta that dead end thing of steering bumper cars around he would fit right in to ‘Movistar’ .
View ArticleA decent fella..
.. is the conclusion of this documentary I easily reached , one of the most well shot and scripted I have seen . It does leave you with the fact that he is just like all of us who like … Continue...
View ArticleWouldnt happen in cross..
I watched yesterdays Milan – San Remo Classic and it was. Well those soft skinned euro riders cant’ hack a bit of cold eh! I imagine the likes of Niels Albert , Kevin Pauwels , Tim Johnson must of had...
View ArticleWheel sucker.
I have to sympathise with Tommy Vockler after he was unceremoniously robbed of the win at the Dwars door Vlaanderen yesterday… After a leg burning chase by the various groups to catch Maty Hayman you...
View ArticlePodium adrenaline.
Now I am not saying Peter Sagan’s action on the podium was great …but I mean we really need to take a broader view and get off our high horses sometimes. … Continue reading →
View ArticleThe Classic.
This Sunday is The Classic Paris- Roubaix. If you have never watched it then here is a clip I have put up before but it captures so much. Let the pain begin.
View ArticlePhew!
It never disappoints and for me anyway was one of the best one day races I have ever watched to date. Now rather than me write what has already been written why dont you just watch it as it’s still …...
View ArticleThe back end.
I just found this short film of the race at the back end ..the broom wagon. Listen to the bikes as they bounce off the cobbles..
View ArticleOPQ at Roubaix
Ok last little clip I promise , but an interesting insight to Omega Pharma’s day at the Classic’s. Love Brian Holme’s beard to.
View ArticleWhere bikes are born.
This is a classic bit of film and just how you imagine bikes were created and built in England. My first real racing bike was a Raleigh team Cadet …you never forget your first bike. I watched it with...
View ArticleLamborghini Anyone?
Seems to me like BMC is the team to race for these days! Someone has negotiated an awesome budget increase. Who’s in?
View Article6:05:58
That’s the time it took for Spartacus to complete and win this year’s Tour of Flanders. A quick recap, starting from that awesome last climb where he dropped Sagan. More to come from him this year? I’m...
View ArticleBarriers.
I met with Hugo Saturday morning and a friend of his Jean-Louis who was up for the first ride of his season , we headed up to St Agathe-des-Monts in the Laurentians where we were to meet his friends...
View Article1 Hour.
Thats all it took to grab a piece of the great spring were having here …dishes can wait sometimes.
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