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Author Archives: norbs
An Advert I Do Miss This Year
SBS aren’t showing it, but EuroSport are.
Pizza, Planes, Potholes, Pain and Panache in Melbourne
Last week end I spent some time riding and hanging out with mates and cyclists in Melbourne. A good time was had. I stayed at my mate Danno’s place on Thursday night and we stuffed ourselves with pizza and a … Continue reading
Big Pictures Tour de France – Part 2
The stunning photos keep coming from The Big Picture Web site.
Posted in Pro Cycling
Tagged Big Picture, photography, Thomas Voeckler, tour de france
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Making Carbon Wheels – Easton Shows Us How
Thanks to a Tweet from Carlton Reid, I saw this great video from Easton showing how they make a carbon wheel. It really is worth a look.
Posted in General Cycling Info
Tagged carbon, Carlton Reid, Easton, wheel
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norbs Attacks a WC Climb at Geelong!
Well, attacks is probably the wrong word. To use a phrase by my Scottish mate John “sofaboy” Galloway, I look like a bag of washing, but this time the bag has split! I’m 4th up the hill. The fat guy … Continue reading
Posted in General Cycling Info
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Just Like Cadel, This Blog has Cracked
I am away for a few days, so things will be slow on the blog for the next few days. Unless I can figure out how to post properly from my phone.
Posted in General Cycling Info
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Pat McQuaid, @UCI_Overlord and @inrng
Theory time. It has occurred to me over the past few days that there might be a ripple in cycling’s matrix. Pat McQuaid continues to make wild and ludicrous statements regarding, well, everything. The flip side of this is @UCI_overlord … Continue reading
Posted in Pro Cycling, Tour de France
Tagged @inrng, @UCI_Overlord, Cyclismas, Johnny Gunn, Pat McQuaid, Paul Sherwen, Phil Liggett, Ripp Finklemann
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Tommy Wins Stage and Gurning Competition
The man with the most animated tongue went above and beyond toady. His facial muscles working as hard as his legs! Chapeau Tommy, chapeau!
Posted in Tour de France
Tagged The Tongue, Thomas Voeckler, tour de france
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Google Maps, Now for Cyclists.
A nice addition to Google maps.
Posted in General Cycling Info
Tagged cycling, Google, maps, Route Planner
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Big Pictures Tour de France Photos – Part 1
The usual stunning collection of photos from the Big Picture.
Posted in Tour de France
Tagged Big Picture, Boston Globe, Photographs, tour de france
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