Monthly Archives: July 2012

Sagan, Sagan, Can You Sign My ……..

….. oh, ok!

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Evans is a Champion, Unless You Read Twitter!

During last nights Tour de France stage, I grew continually frustrated by the constant stream of crap posted on Twitter about Cadel Evans being less than perfect. Soft, slow, unwilling to attack and a wheel sucker were just some of … Continue reading

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An Advert I Do Miss This Year

SBS aren’t showing it, but EuroSport are.

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Pizza, Planes, Potholes, Pain and Panache in Melbourne

Last week end I spent some time riding and hanging out with mates and cyclists in Melbourne. A good time was had. I stayed at my mate Danno’s place on Thursday night and we stuffed ourselves with pizza and a … Continue reading

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Big Pictures Tour de France – Part 2

The stunning photos keep coming from The Big Picture Web site.

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Making Carbon Wheels – Easton Shows Us How

Thanks to a Tweet from Carlton Reid, I saw this great video from Easton showing how they make a carbon wheel. It really is worth a look.

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norbs Attacks a WC Climb at Geelong!

Well, attacks is probably the wrong word. To use a phrase by my Scottish mate John “sofaboy” Galloway, I look like a bag of washing, but this time the bag has split! I’m 4th up the hill. The fat guy … Continue reading

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Just Like Cadel, This Blog has Cracked

I am away for a few days, so things will be slow on the blog for the next few days. Unless I can figure out how to post properly from my phone.

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Pat McQuaid, @UCI_Overlord and @inrng

Theory time. It has occurred to me over the past few days that there might be a ripple in cycling’s matrix. Pat McQuaid continues to make wild and ludicrous statements regarding, well, everything. The flip side of this is @UCI_overlord … Continue reading

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Tommy Wins Stage and Gurning Competition

The man with the most animated tongue went above and beyond toady. His facial muscles working as hard as his legs! Chapeau Tommy, chapeau!

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