Author Archives: Alex Murray

Bad habits in the Benelux – the wayward learning of Andy Schleck

Andy Schleck has probably forgotten more about bike riding than most of us will ever learn. but the one thing he is yet to learn is perhaps the lesson he most needs: Success begets success. Image by Jean Pierre Belot … Continue reading

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Hi-Viz yellow, a blot and a blight on the landscape

If tomorrow you burn your hi-Viz jacket or bib, then you will have done something to restore a little bit of beauty to the experience of cycling Continue reading

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What we learned from the London Track World Cup

Who better to show you around the new London Velodrome than cycling addict Sir Paul Smith? Percy Pigs are the food of champions Lizzie Armitstead ate no less that five of them, doesn’t seem to do her any harm. I … Continue reading

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