I get 'cross

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On the buses

Sometimes when I want to give my legs a rest I take the train, bus or Tube up to the smoke. I used to catch the train from Gipsy to Tulse and change for a train to Farringdon. But then the train got delayed and made me late. So then I caught the bus to Tulse and it was working perfect. Then I found out about the ALMIGHTY X68. £2 and it will take you to the heart of the capital. The r


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BRIGGSY

I have a new campaign. The Briggsy campaign - after seeing a tweet by Rapha Condor Sharp Press guy Paul Rowlands I've decided he has the bunt mantra. @RaphaCondor "first crash of the day on slick roads, no RCS involved, briggsy already on the attack, someone told him there's some food just up the road" 7:13 PM May 22nd via web Nice face Boob Find out more about the legend of Briggsy here


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Bloody hell

Ergh, not nice a bleeding eye. Not a fan of Lance but that must be well annoying and you'll probably end up wanting to itch it. I'd wear oven gloves to stop me scratching. Speaking of which, I was rushing to answer my door and slipped on the lower stairs, carpet burned my road race which was nearly on the mend. WHY. boy does that itch and it bled as well. Ergh


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Tiny Pooley

I nicked this from Maryka's blogpost. I just love the fact that Emma Pooley is so little, this pic highlights it perfectly. The writing is a bit across her face but wow she is Tiny. FYI - Maryka's post is actually an interesting discussion of geometries and sizing rather than pointing at smaller riders.


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I suffered my first major race crash ever on Sunday. Last time I properly fell off my bike was about four years ago when a car couldn't wait behind me and over took as we passed an island forcing me into a parked car. Anyways racing is different, crashing is part of racing and really you can't do nout about it. I've avoided a few crashes in my time, jumped into hedges and bushes for soft landings this time my bike was brought to a dramatic stop as someone elses went skittling across t


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I get angry sometimes and I bang my bars when I loose a sprint by a wheel. Its only natural because you've just expended a whole load of effort to try and the feeling of winning is soo great but missing it sucks. So I can see why Cadel Evans gets cross but when he gets cross oh boy is it delightful. After yesterdays stage at the Giro, super team Sky crashed and bought down Cadel he rode alone to limit his loses. He spoke to journalists after the stage but got a bit sick of one of the


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Take a good Look

Take a good Look bicycle, then ride it into the ground, race etc etc blaaaaaahhh! So basically it's so old it's got 9 speed Dura Ace with the pointy hoods. Old is quite not true it's not like I have original 6 speed. But when this bike was first bonded together when I was doing my GCSE's. I've been riding an S Works with full 7800 Dura Ace, Dura Ace wheels and carbon bar, stem, post everyday to


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Plane Sailing

Not a bad day as days go. I was dreading it actually, already pretty tired from a late one at wednesday's Rapha launch, Thursday was a serious struggle.But it turned out really well, bit sereal.Got up at 5am for a flight.Landed 9am.Sunshine makes eyes feel less heavy.Celeb Big Brother house mate Dane Bowers on my flight.Spanked a load of cash on airport taxi's.Had a morning meeting, lots of good


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Bedford 2 Day Stage Race

I raced a 2 day race which features 4 stages. A team time trial and then a road race in the afternoon. The following day we rode an individual time trial and then a road race in the afternoon. Both road races were on lumpy courses. Stage 4's road race hurt like crazy and featured a 14% climb and 7% climb. I remember riding in the peleton and seeing 4 laps to go and my brain said "what, I don't th


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Waves

I like this guys photos. He's done a couple similar. Check the link and also the final shots on his portfolio. They are a bit alarming but cool.


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Palace

Toughest course in London. Fact. Summer means Tuesday night Crystal Palace, 17 races that each week inflict serious pain in the legs and make you feel like you are breathing razors. Each week I go back its such an excellent course. Canadian born Maryka Sennema attached a small camera to her seatpost. She wanted to see what happens in an attack,  how quickly the bunch caught her and for her o


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