by Simon Crisp
Cycling films featuring an embedded journalistic team are getting ever more common, and indeed ever more desirable as teams becoming increasingly closed off from the public eye. A great call for more "openness" from teams as regards their methods of training, as well as methods of preventing doping, has also contributed to the desire to... Continue Reading →
Perhaps the Vuelta isn't your thing and you're bored of the salavation over Bradley Wiggins at the Tour of Britain. Maybe you're already nostalgic for the Tour de France, and fancy a bit of dabbling back into the history of the sport. You're in luck. Cycling documentaries are a rare thing, but this year has... Continue Reading →
The Champs-Elysees, feted as the most beautiful avenue in the world, has hosted the finale of the Tour de France every year since 1975, where the mass finish was won by Belgian Walter Godefroot. Thanks to the dogged work of Felix Levitan and Yves Mourousi, the co-director of the Tour and popular Parisian TV anchor... Continue Reading →
About a year ago, I was lucky enough to purchase myself some Campag Record EPS - the electronically actuated groupset from Campagnolo that, according to their own ranking system, sits synonymous with Shimano's Dura Ace in terms of quality. Since then, I've put it through it's paces to the tune of a good few thousand... Continue Reading →
I have never been a particularity huge fan of bike shops. Well, perhaps I should rephrase. I love bike shops - it's the old cliche of an Aladdin's cave of technology and trinkets, of soft curves and harsh, striking aerodynamic forms all with price tags to make you grown. Yet still, you can lust after... Continue Reading →
As I mentioned in a previous post, I recently acquired some Campag Record EPS. I've since had it fitted to my bike, and have basically been waiting a couple of weeks for the weather to clear up a bit, not because I was concerned about water and Italian electronics (Campag themselves put up a video... Continue Reading →
So I bought some Campagnolo Record EPS. To cut a long story short, I should point out, as I feel obliged to justify the expense, that I got it significantly cheaper then the around £2800 asking price, having had it shipped from Colorado by the very pleasant guys at Planet Cyclery (http://www.planetcyclery.com/) which essentially meant... Continue Reading →
The last couple of months have seen a new entry to the pantheon of cycling magazines, with Cyclist, a magazine that promises to deliver the 'thrill of the ride' and is apparently based out of answers from a questionnaire that asked people 'why do you ride a bike?' Answers apparently included 'to annoy Dail Mail... Continue Reading →
Cycling fans are blessed with hours of TV coverage these days, especially if you have Eurosport (or Eurosport Player and a subscription as I do), but curiously, there have been few films made about cycling. There's only one fictional film that I'm aware of, Breaking Away, and then a few documentary films, such as Overcoming,... Continue Reading →
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