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La Charge by Wiscot

September 2, 2020

Guilty as Charged? As if losing their rising superstar Remco Evenepoel to a horrific crash in the Giro di Lombardia, Deceuninck-Quick Step now have the added “issue” of “the bottle.” …

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Tirreno Adriatico 2020

September 2, 2020

As La Tour winds its way through France we have Tirreno Adriatico running in parallel. This year’s Tirreno-Adriatico will be the 55th running of the race which starts on Monday…

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Summer project

August 25, 2020

I’m still waiting for my road bike frame to be built by Chris Chance (ordered last October). Since it’s too hot to ride much, I ended up with a different…

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Prisma art app

August 24, 2020

I’ve been having fun messing around with it just to make pictures different/interesting. Also been working on #bikeselfies.

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Upcoming Events this week 24th – 29th Aug 2020

August 23, 2020

Gazzetta, OTR League

Keep your heads up this week as we have the following OTRL events. Picks are open for Bretagne Classic and GP de Plouay but will close at midnight on Tuesday…

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Tyre pressures, Resistance and Rollers

August 17, 2020

Lead Photo by Teocalli With the current trend to wider tyres and tubeless there is also a trend to running lower pressures. The manufactures and the science says that there…

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F1 tires for your bike

August 15, 2020

P Zero Race TLR tubeless. Have just over 350 miles on them. Posted my review in Tech.

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Criterium du Dauphine and Il Lombardia 2020

August 10, 2020

Photo – Double Header Steam Engines Well, unless I have my calendar all screwed up we have Criterium du Dauphine kicking off this week and il Lombardia at the weekend. …

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Milan San Remo 2020

August 3, 2020

Lead Photo – Cycling News The rearranged 2020 season continues with the 111th Milan San Remo this coming weekend. The route is over 299 kilometres and although there are some…

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Maglia Rosa by Wiscot

July 22, 2020

Lead Photo by Steel Vintage Bikes Details, details Introduced in 1931 and first worn by Francesco Camusso, the Giro d’Italia’s general classification leader has worn the maglia rosa – the…

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