Review – Racing Hard: 20 Tumultuous Years in Cycling
Racing Hard 20 Tumultuous Years in Cycling by William Fotheringham with a forward by David Millar Reviewed by Nick Dey & Sim Parrott Nick Says: Riding hard comes from the pen, via newspaper and magazine, of one of professional cycling's most respected and...
Book Review: Domestique – The Real Life Ups and Downs of a Tour Pro
Domestique The Real Life Ups and Downs of a Tour Pro by Charly Wegelius Reviewed by Lawrence Bywater Pro road cycling is feted for its heroes, its superhuman efforts, its panache filled endeavours and mainly its winners. Yet perhaps what is most captivating...
Book Review: Cycling Science – How Rider and Machine Work Together
Cycling Science Cycling Science - How Rider and Machine Work Together by Max Glaskin Reviewed by Nick Dey (Neunkirchen-Seelscheid, Deutschland (and Wigan, Lancashire) Investigate the scientific wonders that keep cyclists in their saddles! An ageing...
Review – Superdomestique Espresso Cup Set
From one of, if not the, very best cycling podcasting teams* out there comes a pair of rather charming and stylish espresso cups and saucers. Scott and John: a pair of professional cycling obsessives and irrevocable addicts of all things vélo, are the brains...
Buying a new bike – an alternative guide for women
I have noticed recently that there have been many articles flying around about women's bikes, but so far nobody has given a review of a women's specific design bike for racing. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that you can't race on one - for the past two years...
Review: Consumed by Jonathan Budds
Consumed by Jonathan Budds Reviewed by Nick Dey The cover tells the prospective reader so much; the despairingly single-minded Pantani-Armstrong-esque posturing, perhaps desperately imploring, to the cruel gods of victory, fortune and wealth. From the many hued...
Review: K-Edge Garmin Mount
Robust construction and a smart design combine to allow for a more comfortable and ergonomic viewing line when riding your racing bike. Two bolts secure the unit to the bars, adjacent to the stem. A single bolt clamps the adjustable head mount to the unit. All leading...
Review – Cycling Turbo Training for Beginners by Rebecca Ramsay
Cycling Turbo Training for Beginners a quick start guide to cycling indoors to explode your fitness fast. (20 interval workouts included). by Rebecca Ramsay Reviewed by Nick Dey Cycling Turbo Training for Beginners is written in no-nonsense, ‘does what it...
Revolution Series from a first-timer’s viewpoint
Revolution from a first-timer’s viewpoint Revolution 39 There’s a cliché about velodromes that, if you’re like me and have never been to one before, you’ll have heard a time or two on telly – it’s that the camera cannot show just how steep those banks...
The London Bike Show 2013 (Review 2)
Hopefully this will add something to the great article written by Tony here. Last week was tough for cycling, hitting the national headlines for all the wrong reasons. Yet help was at hand with the start of the pro tour season in Australia and Argentina and...
Book Review: Riis – Stages of Light and Dark by Bjarne Riis
Riis Stages of Light and Dark by Bjarne Riis I read this book for Cycling Shorts during the summer and it has taken me a long time to finally put my thoughts about it into words. Not that I have mixed feelings about the book I do not but I needed to take time...
Book Review – Seven Deadly Sins by David Walsh
Seven Deadly Sins My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong by David Walsh David Walsh's Sisyphus has finally emerged victorious over his eternal struggle with the boulder - half man, half media - named Lance Armstrong. Beautifully written, shocking, occasionally...
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