Category Archives: Opinion

If your bars are only as wide as your hands

Posted on 10 March 2008 by Alex Murray

Then you are riding a plank. No, it’s not going to make any difference to how easy it is to glide through those gaps in traffic that you wish you were brave enough to take on. At the weekend I … Continue reading →

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Victoria Pendleton Naked!

Posted on 26 February 2008 by Alex Murray

Yes, in this weekend’s Observer Sport Monthly. On her Trek road bike. There’s a peek at it on Cycling Weekly’s Tuesday comment piece: Pendleton poses nude and the demise of the Archer Their take on it seems to be that … Continue reading →

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Farewell then, fat lad!

Posted on 26 February 2007 by Alex Murray

So Jan Ullrich has announced his retirement: http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/feb07/feb26news2 (Incidentally cyclingnews.com is one of the best sources of cycling news out there) Who now will us amateurs look to for inspiration when we suffer with our “winter weight issues”? This legion … Continue reading →

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