Chris Froome – Sports Life Stories Documentary
The ITV series Sports Life Stories yesterday featured Team Sky's Chris Froome. Froome recounts the story of how he became only the second British winner of the Tour de France in 2013. ITV describes the documentary with the following: With unique access at his home in South Africa, we gain a new insight into his fierce rivalry with team-mate Sir Bradley...
Don’t try this at home
Short clip of a nice gap jump but didn't nail the landing. Still some balls of steal to try this one.
Dan Martin speaks to Cyclingnews about his move to a leadership role
Dan Martin has spoken to Cyclingnews about his responsibility within the Cannondale Garmin team and his move up to a leadership role within his team. "We've got an openness to new ideas. We work well as a team," he says of his new merged Cannondale Garmin squad. He then goes on to talk about the experience that he can provide...
We’re really not sure how this cyclist stayed on her feet
This incident happened in Taiwan recently, whereby the girl was cycling across the zebra crossing and didn't see the car coming. Somehow though, she managed to stay upright after being hit by the car. She seems pretty cool afterwards as she picks up her bike. We're not sure whether the green light was for the car or the cyclist at the...
Four Irish riders set to start Kuurne Brussels Kuurne
The classics seasons kicks off this weekend with Omloop Het Nieuwsblad taking place on Saturday, and the following day will see the riders line up in the UCI 1.1 Kuurne Brussels Kuurne. Four Irish riders are set to line up in Sunday's race. Sam Bennett is listed amongst the starters for Bora Argon 18 team and will hope to build...
Sporza boards bloopers
Sporza have put together some of their favorite crashes at the boards in the 2014/15 season.
(THE CONCLUSION) 26in/27.5in/29in – What’s The Fastest MTB Wheel Size?
It's hard to argue with maths so the guys over at BikeRadar got Dr. Howard Hurst to test all three wheel sizes with multiple riders over the same course and record every little bit of data to see which wheel size is actually the fastest. The winner may not be a real surprise but the 2nd place wheel...
Some teams may not be invited back to 2016 Tour of Oman
Following on from the cancellation of the fifth stage of the Tour of Oman, Eddy Merckx spoke of his disappointment with the attitude of the riders. Amongst those behind the protest were Tom Boonen and Fabian Cancellara, who felt that the temperatures were too high. It was over 40 degrees Celsius that day. The riders were due to face a...
“Well cyclists are their own worst enemy. They deserve to die!” according to a man in London
A YouTube user named Leveret Day, has posted a video of an encounter with a pedestrian. He describes the incident below. This encounter happened as I walked along pushing my bicycle in South Kensington on the morning of Friday 20th Feb 2015. This stranger walked up behind me and started talking to me. Note that this was not the...
Commuting in Sao Paulo
With tropical weather, nearly 7 million cars & little or no cycle lanes commuting by bike in Sao Paulo is very interesting to say the least. Alexandre Cruz had been commuting by bike for about a year and created this nice little video of his daily ride to show just how changeable the weather can be. Bike Commuting in...
And the winner is………………………..
Our automated winner picked at Random for the amazing Galibier Colombière Defense Training Jacket is Edward Owen. Well done and happy riding. Don't forget to leave a product review over on the Galibier site once you have tried out the jacket.
Could we see a record five Irish cyclists at the Tour de France?
This year, five Irish cyclists are in the running to appear at the Tour de France, and if it were to happen, it would be a record number to line up in a particular edition of La Grande Boucle. Three Irish cyclists are on World Tour teams, namely Philip Deignan and Nicolas Roche with Team Sky, and Dan Martin with...