Tag Archives: Fausto Coppi

Back in Black: Why black shorts make you a better dressed cyclist

Posted on 14 January 2010 by Alex Murray

Women have the little black dress. Very few women have just the one. This should tell the predominately male cycling population something. Sadly, far too many choose to ignore a simple truth: black is the most stylish of colours. Rapha … Continue reading →

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Fallen Angel: The Passion of Fausto Coppi by William Fotheringham reviewed

Posted on 19 August 2009 by Alex Murray

The lack of a good biography of Coppi is one of those omissions in the field of English-language cycling books that seems barely credible. But having read Fotheringham’s book and looked around on Amazon, it does seem fair to say … Continue reading →

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In praise of the silk scarf

Posted on 2 September 2008 by Alex Murray

So Rapha have added one to their range and quite sexy it is too but as ever it’s Rapha so it’s getting a knocking on the internet forums, part in jest, part in earnest. But a silk scarf or neckerchief … Continue reading →

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