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By mrfergieman December 27, 2019December 29, 2020 Just bike stuff

Thinking in the dark is like thinking on a bike ride. It’s very powerful.

It might sound a bit mad writing a blog post in the dark on an iPad, but actually it’s not. Writing in the dark is like listening to music in the dark. You hear sounds in a music track that you would never hear if you were listening to it

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By mrfergieman October 7, 2018December 29, 2020 Just bike stuff

Rant! Part 2 & last weekend’s bike ride

Sometime ago, I wrote a piece on this site, called ‘Rant!’, which was about the differences found in the cycling world between men and women, and particularly in the range of clothing, equipment, bikes, and equality in cycling sport. Since I wrote it, it is now my view that things

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By mrfergieman August 3, 2018December 29, 2020 MTB

Pioneering MTB cycle design in a shed, and in Hull!

Whilst very early mountain bike design was developing over in Marin County USA, and those pioneers were figuring out how to move from fat-tired Schwinn cruisers onto something a bit more ‘mountain’, something else was going on in a shed, in the UK. East Yorkshire to be precise, and in

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By mrfergieman June 29, 2018December 29, 2020 Road bikes

Tour de France Cinderella shoes

Two people meet at a party one summer evening in the middle of France somewhere, and in late June, 1975. They are dancing that evening to songs like ‘Jive Talking’ by The Bee Gees. They are having fun, fuelled by a couple of glasses of champagne. This means they are

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By mrfergieman June 17, 2018December 29, 2020 Just bike stuff

Brexcycle and…..Why are cycling things so different just because they are separated by 22 miles of channel?

Question: In addition to everything that is on the Brex-list that will be (maybe or eventually…) used to negotiate the North Sea Island of the UK out of Europe, what specifically does it mean for us British & European cyclists, and what are some of the differences that we managed

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By mrfergieman May 8, 2018December 29, 2020 Road bikes

Blatant bicycle doping, canine drinkers, a good night and fresh eggs!

Doping investigation has moved on from the professional cyclists themselves to their actual bikes. Discreet electric motors concealed inside the seat tube that drives the bottom bracket are old news now, and the testing of both bikes and riders is now mandatory in cycle sport. There’s a fine line between

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By mrfergieman April 17, 2018December 29, 2020 Just bike stuff

RANT!

What will it really take to get female cycling racing to the same level of support, exposure etc etc etc as we have for men??????? The world has changed, is still changing, and cycling needs to catch up take an equal gender approach to what its doing, every minute of

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By mrfergieman April 16, 2018December 29, 2020 Just bike stuff

This decades performance cycling fabrics and S&S.

“Does this cycling jersey need washing at 30 degrees” shouts my wife from the laundry room, where she’s trying to categorise fabrics and colours for the next few washes. As the saying goes “you’ve got to go there to come back”, and thats exactly what has happened to cycling jerseys

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By mrfergieman April 16, 2018December 29, 2020 Just bike stuff

A rubbish cycling poem or great lyrics to a punk-cycling song?

Ride away The hills are hard, the hills are easy. Spinning & grinding legs. You probably don’t have need for an ashtray. Ride away. New cycling kit, looking good, feeling good. Cappuccino and Cake. Cafe tray. Ride away. New tyres and punctures. Go-faster helmet. What a display. Ride away. Big

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By mrfergieman April 15, 2018December 29, 2020 Road bikes

Spoke Tailor

Back in the early 1990’s, ’Spoke Tailor’ was the title of an article about the great fashion designer, Paul Smith, and which appeared in one of the Sunday paper colour-section-magazines. Whilst the article gave a chronological cycling tour of Mr Smith, it focussed on his latest, new bike. It was

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By mrfergieman February 26, 2021February 26, 2021 Interesting Interviews

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