Category Archives: General

Materials, mechanical snake oil…

Cycling

Scientists have created a new metal. A new metal that is four times tougher than titanium! This new alloy sounds like a cyclist’s dream come true. After all, it’s an alloy of titanium and gold – so it must be phenomenally expensive! You may or may not remember that bike frames were once made of metal…. Continue

The Worst Things to Encounter While on a Ride

Cycling

Cycling can be about the pleasure of the journey, and cycling can be about the satisfaction of overcoming adversity and pain. However, sometimes cycling is just a figurative and literal pain in the back passage. Here are some encounters that make you question why the hell you are doing something so uncomfortable, antisocial and ludicrously… Continue

Chris Froome, Riding Positions, Hair Metal…

General

On the Col de Peyresourde on Stage 8 of the Tour de France Chris Froome first clobbered a Colombian spectator with a bony fist (something akin to being clubbed with a toffee hammer I’ll warrant), and then gave the other riders a good clobbering by snatching the points at the summit He then proceeded to then put the stage… Continue