Tag: road cycling
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Style Icons: Gert-Jan Theunisse
Click or not: Style Icons: Gert-Jan TheunisseNowadays you would be hard pressed to find a mullet as sensational as the one Gert-Jan Theunisse rocked in the late 80s and early 90s, certainly not in the peloton and only slightly less likely in everyday life. Unless you’re from Rooty Hill, the Hutt, or maybe Shane Archbold, who gives it a pretty good… …
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Eroica Montalcino
Click or not: Eroica MontalcinoI thought I was pretty lucky getting the chance to ride Eroica Japan in 2017, but my luck continued in 2018 with a five week trip to Italy, Croatia and Slovenia, with five days in Montalcino Tuscany, to ride the Eroica Montalcino. It started out as an opportunity to reunite with some Eroica friends from the Japanese… …
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Boneshaker Animates The Tour
Click or not: Boneshaker Animates The TourIt’s that time of the year again for the most predictably boring Grand Tour, the one that gets the most attention, is always surrounded by scandal, and like a car crash we just can’t look away. It’s also the time where we find ourselves trying to explain to non-cycling friends how it all works, and… …
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Riding Is The Answer
Click or not: Riding Is The AnswerIt doesn’t really matter what the question is, does it? Personally, there’ve been many queries that the bicycle, and the motion of the body it takes to move it, has provided the solution to. What are yours? …
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All Roads Lead To Innsbruck
Click or not: All Roads Lead To InnsbruckClimbs steeper than the Muur and Koppenberg, repeated en masse, makes Innsbruck’s claim to be the toughest Worlds Road Race for years a legitimate one. Like a Spring Classic in the alps, it promises to be a proper war of attrition played out on scenic roads in one of Europe’s most beautiful cities. If Sagan… …
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Insider Rides: Buck’s Hinault Custom
Click or not: Insider Rides: Buck’s Hinault CustomIt’s always strange meeting people that you’ve previously only known by the wonders of the internet. I’d talked to American ex-pat Buck Rogers on a popular forum many times over the years, and his enthusiasm for all things steel, Euro, and unique leapt off the page in a cacophony of “fuck yeah!”s and “right on”s. When… …
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Worst Retirement Ever: Revenge On Lookout Mountain
Click or not: Worst Retirement Ever: Revenge On Lookout MountainPhil don’t like losing a KOM. He’s a professional retiree, after all. Revenge is seeked, but will it be sweet? …
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Best Retirement Ever: Yosemite National Park
Click or not: Best Retirement Ever: Yosemite National Park It must be hard to be the worst at something if you’re still pretty good at it. Phil seems to have figured that out and now, instead of sometimes sucking at taking back KOMs for the good guys, he’s turned his lazy-ass ways to kicking back in some of the USA’s most scenic destinations. …