Tag: Beer
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M.R Feels Like A Tooheys. Or Two.
Click or not: M.R Feels Like A Tooheys. Or Two.Surfing is a rite of passage in Australia, and growing up near the beach as 90% of Aussies do, I floundered around in the breakers a bit, but didn’t have the same dexterity as I did on a bike, so a short-lived stint it was. The Aussies have laid claim to numerous World titles by… …
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The Flandrian Diaries: De Ronde
Click or not: The Flandrian Diaries: De RondeThis was it. The time had arrived. Belgium’s biggest day of the biggest month of racing was finally here, the holiest of days falling on Easter Sunday no less and the church was overflowing with worshippers. Drunk, loud, super-hyped worshippers spread over a 260km diocese, all with their own personal gods who they hoped would… …
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The Flandrian Diaries: Gent-Wevelgem
Click or not: The Flandrian Diaries: Gent-WevelgemAs we exited Rick’s Hungarian SUV that I still didn’t believe was a bonafide thing and something he’d made up, the smell of freshly ploughed fields and the unmistakable cowshit filled our noses. But there was something else that had our senses abuzz: “bicycle racing in Flanders… YES!” Strolling along through a mix of centuries-old… …
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In Den Hengst
Click or not: In Den HengstThe Classics are more than just bike racing. It’s the melting pot of people that fill the cafés and bars, most not cyclists but each and every one with a knowledge of the sport, the history, the riders. You can pick out anyone from the throng of lubed fans lining the cobbles and kassien and… …
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Akrigg Gravels
Click or not: Akrigg GravelsIs there anything a gravel bike can’t do? Not when it’s piloted by Chris Akrigg. …
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Hüttcross 17.?? – Moonshine & Posses
Click or not: Hüttcross 17.?? – Moonshine & PossesThe state of ’cross now is an interesting thing, Pat observed. What- I offered, like it used to be kind of a low down punk scene, but now we’ve come away from that? Sort of like it’s still got its punk element, but now it’s finding its own self, yeah. I always had this vision… …
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Set Clocks to Slide: Hüttcross 2017 Kicks Off
Click or not: Set Clocks to Slide: Hüttcross 2017 Kicks OffIt’s like Jonty says: one minute you’re just trying to go about your life, the next minute you’re plunged straight into hell. Forget the catch cries of ’cross is coming. It’s here. And there is nothing your husk-filled lungs or jammy legs can do about it. The first round was about as good an introduction… …
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Hurt Yourself, Drink Beer, Have Fun
Click or not: Hurt Yourself, Drink Beer, Have FunHave you ever really wanted to hurt yourself? On the bike that is… not just riding a really long way, or climbing an alpine pass, or crashing your brains out on a nasty trail. We mean taking the long distance, adding in the toughest cobblestone secteurs of Paris-Roubaix, detouring over to the steepest and roughest… …