Some folks on twitter asked me for tips on dismount/remount. I'm not a National Champion. Therefore I cannot garuntee that my summary of how to get on and off a cross bike is the best way. Helen Wyman or Ian Field or Paul Oldham would probably be a better person to give the best best advice. So this is NOT advice, this is the way I learnt to dismount a cyclo cross bike for a cyclo cross race. Thi
I read in Simon Burney's CX book that one should lift your bike, as weight training, lift it in the same way as you would over a hurdle. So I've been doing 20 min runs, coming back, nicely loosened up and bashing out 2 sets of 20 reps, each side. I've been trying to keep the technique of the movement, working from a good solid core. But unlike in a race, lifting the bike as high as a could. Ju
Meaning When a decisive point at which one's future course is determined. Origin This isn't a particularly old phrase. The first citation I can find of the phrase in that form is from The Times, July 1960: "Even the holders of Government bonds turn out to be chiefly philanthropic institutions and trade unions when it comes to the crunch." What is 'the crunch' exactly? Crunch isn't commonly used as a noun, but it seems that the word was taken up by Winston Churchill, who was fond o
Rarely do I write about things I do outside of riding my CX or road bike or going to a bike related event. All those design things I leave to Benedict Spurrier and his team of colouring monkeys or the Condor Blog as it mostly relevant to that. However I've completed another thing on my list in life. A book. I'm hugely pleased with the result ( i know big head!), thank $%!£ it stayed on budget, t
Went to the crunch today. On the journey I listened to Herve x Kissy Sell Out Mash Up Mix but on Crunch FM channels there was also Jaguar Skills (free downloads) and Electro Swing that I can recommend. I got drenched in sodium, chlorides, ammonia, bit of glucose and some H2O It took 42 minutes to get to the crunch. I didn't like the journey but I'd actually like to go again. My directions
