by ragtime cyclist February 26, 2019 6 pro cycling real life cycling Don’t buy upgrades, ride upgrades “Don’t buy upgrades, ride upgrades” – Eddy Merckx Wise words, of course, from perhaps the greatest bike rider of allContinue Reading
by ragtime cyclist May 22, 2016 7 pro cycling What’s in a name? Pro-cycling, with its inherent European-ness, throws up all kinds of testing pronunciations for the average English speaker. Southern Europe isContinue Reading
by ragtime cyclist September 22, 2014 1 pro cycling The Hour Record (or, how to suffer on a bike) The hour record is simple. The participant turns up to a velodrome with a bike and rides around it forContinue Reading
by ragtime cyclist August 6, 2013 4 pro cycling Was Eddy Merckx ‘the greatest’ or is that a silly question? Who is the greatest cyclist of all time? Well….Eddy Merckx of course. That’s already been settled hasn’t it? End ofContinue Reading