Category Archives: cycling

bigringriding

By Andy | Published: April 28, 2010
a post for the cyclists out there who know the deal – pain, suffering, mud, blood, sweat & tears – bloggings that celebrate the hardmen of the peleton. big ring riding. THE BADGER: TAKING PEOPLE TO THE PAIN CAVE SINCE 1977. THIS MAN SPENT HIS ENTIRE FUCKING CAREER IN THE BIG RING, EVEN WHEN HE [...]
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paris-roubaix

By Andy | Published: April 8, 2010
photo from cycling news © James Huang Dubbed the ‘Hell of the North’, Paris-Roubaix will see its 108th running this weekend. It’ll be on Eurosport (and probably streamed elsewhere on the internet). If you’re a betting man, my tip would be current hardman-in-form, and winner of recent monument – Ronde Van Vlaanderen, Fabian Cancellara.
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ride journal

By Andy | Published: November 26, 2009
the ride journal is one of those mags / journals i don’t need to flick through, i pick it up and take it straight to the till; no flicking needed, you know you’re guaranteed a good read. it sounds horribly cliched but you can read the book by its cover, the care and attention to [...]
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Fixed: global fixed-gear bike culture

By Andy | Published: October 28, 2009
FIXED is the first book to document global fixed-gear culture. It joins the dots between the bike’s design, its racing heritage and the customization that marks its appearance on our city streets. It meets the track stars, tricksters, messengers, hill bombers and polo players the world over, linking them to the artists, designers and framebuilders [...]
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morvelo

By Andy | Published: October 28, 2009
there are quite a lot of companies springing up to cater for the new cool side of cycling, but these guys have been around for years (no diss). they race track, road, cx, mtb, even hill-climbs and they’re doing some really cool tees and some very desirable cycling kit too. is lycra getting cool now!? [...]
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Cervelo Test Team TDF

By Andy | Published: October 28, 2009
the bartape.net has uploaded a new ‘beyond the peloton’ video of Cervelo Test Team at the Tour De France. As per the last ones, it’s beautifully made. Enjoy!
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British Pathe

By Andy | Published: October 20, 2009
this so very nearly made me late for work this morning. so much good footage. on recommendation, i searched ‘herne hill’ to see some old motor-paced, tandem and ordinary bike racing. British Pathe
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TFL superhighways.

By Andy | Published: October 9, 2009
excellent work from TFL to encourage londoners to get on their bikes! You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video
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Livestrong STAGES exhibition

By Andy | Published: July 28, 2009
super super slow posting this. saw it a while back but totally forgots to post it. from the official Stages wesbite: Lance Armstrong and Nike unite to launch STAGES, a global art exhibition to raise funds and awareness for the fight against cancer. Over twenty renowned artists have donated their time and creativity to express [...]
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Le Tour – Brent Humphreys photography

By Kai | Published: July 17, 2009
Texan editorial photographer Brent Humphreys’ pictures of the Tour are stunning – hefty use of strobes and vibrant colours give his images of the Tour a plasticity and an odd seventies look – matin parr of cycling reportage… i find it hard to select just a couple of images to represent his project here – [...]
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