Posts filed under 'Cycling'
Elliptical Trainer Bicycle
ElliptiGo is a combination of a stationary elliptical trainer and a bicycle. It looks a bit unstable to me, but the official website says that it was successfully used on the grueling 129-mile Death Ride in California. What do you think — is this a useful exercise tool?
Add comment September 1, 2010
The Shweeb — A Human-Powered Monorail
The Schweeb is an experimental transit system in New Zealand that combines the bicycle and a monorail track. Users lie down individual pods and work the pedals to move forward, basically extreme cycling:
Add comment July 23, 2009
Amazing street cycling
This clip is of Danny MacAskill doing street tricks on his bike, well worth watching and being amazed:
Add comment May 13, 2009
Cycling has another Armstrong drugs issue
Unfortunately yet again cycling seems to have another drugs issue. Initially as Armstrong was accused of a test breach it was thought he was in trouble again. But the UCI has leapt to Lance Armstrong’s defence with an attack on the French testers, UCI president, Pat McQuaid said:
“…proceedings between anti-doping agencies and the UCI are supposed to be kept confidential until “a decision to open up the case has been taken”.
“Normal proceedings between institutions such as national anti-doping agencies, the international federation and Wada are normally done in a professional and confidential way until a decision or sanction has been taken,” said McQuaid. “In this case it was leaked to the press and I do find that disturbing.”
Add comment April 11, 2009
Chris Hoy is Sports Personality of the Year
Hoy races past Hamilton to be crowned sports personality:
Chris Hoy landed the most unexpected and stunning win of his sporting year last night as he was crowned the BBC Sports Personality of the Year. His triumph came in the most hotly contested edition of the award in its 55-year history. Hoy edged Lewis Hamilton into second place, with swimming heroine Rebecca Adlington third.
I am surprised but pleased. For me it always had to be Hamilton or Hoy, and I’d said it should be Hoy. His achievement is amazing – to get 3 gold medals in one Olympics is outstanding, and he is the most successful male Olympic cyclist ever. Hamilton
I loved what RebeccaAdlington said about him:
“I’m just so happy for Chris. He deserved it… It’s such an honour just to know Chris. His attitude is utterly professional and he’s a really nice person and fantastic role model too.”
The night was all about the Olympics with Ellie Simmonds, who won two swimming gold medals aged 13 at the Paralympics, as the Young Sports Personality of the Year; and Usain Bolt won the Overseas Sports Personality of the Year award for his amazing 100 metres and 200m double Olympic gold achievements in world record times.
A lovely touch was the Lifetime Achievement award which was awarded to Sir Bobby Charlton by his brother Jack with emotional speeches.
Sports Personality: Roll of honour
- Sports personality of the year: Chris Hoy
- Overseas personality of the year: Usain Bolt
- Team of the year: British Olympic: cycling team
- Lifetime achievement: Sir Bobby Charlton
- Young Sports personality of the year: Eleanor Simmonds
- Coach of the year: Dave Brailsford
- Unsung hero: Ben Geyser
- Helen Rollason award: Alastair Hignell
2 comments December 15, 2008
Armstrong is back
Cycling legend Lance Armstrong said on Tuesday he will return to professional cycling in 2009 and try to win an eighth Tour de France crown:
“I am happy to announce that after talking with my children, my family and my closest friends, I have decided to return to professional cycling in order to raise awareness of the global cancer burden,” Armstrong said in a statement, while in an exclusive interview posted on vanityfair.com the 36-year-old cyclist says he has his sights set firmly on the Tour de France in 2009.
Read the whole story… “Comeback Confirmed”
Add comment September 10, 2008
The etiquette of bicycle parking
As I’ve started cycling to and from work more in my new job, I was interested to see this article:
With more and more cyclists taking to the roads and designated bike racks in short supply, where they park has tremendous capacity to annoy. So how can those on two wheels avoid winding up officialdom, pedestrians and even fellow cyclists when they lock up their trusty steeds?
Go here for the five potential pitfalls and how to avoid them.
Add comment August 18, 2008
The Bicycle Tutor: helps you fix your bike yourself
As I’ve moved to Tonbridge I am hoping to sell the car (Seat Ibiza, Y reg, nearly 100,000 miles – shout in a comment if you’re interested) and get back to cycling, so it was very pleasing to see this pop up in my Google Reader:
If your two-wheeled transport is in need of a seasonal tuneup or any kind of fix, The Bicycle Tutor can clearly explain what you’ll need to get it done. Run by a photography enthusiast and serious bike geek, the site offers plain-English tutorials in both hi-res video and full text. The streaming videos are free to watch on the site, but you can buy QuickTime videos for a buck or two to load on your iPod and bring out to where the work is. It’s a good bookmark for everything from changing a flat to replacing your chain rings.
The Bicycle Tutor [via Lifehacker]
Add comment July 2, 2008
Reflective cycling gloves
As I prepare to move to Tonbridge, and to cycle more I was interested to read about Glo Gloves Reflective Cycling Gear. Aside from improving your visibility to oncoming traffic, they’re also very useful for signaling turns. I’m going to see if I can find any that sell in the UK. Otherwise it might have to be the old reflective tape stuck on to a normal glove.
Add comment June 15, 2008
Choosing bicycle pannier bags
I have a pair of Creek2Peak cycle panniers that are past their best. For my birthday I was given some money to replace them but am not sure what to get. Here are 3 of the best options I can see around:
Altura Dryline 56 Ltre Rear Panniers – £67.45
Ortlieb Rear Roller Plus 40 Litre Panniers – £89.95
What does anyone suggest. I will be going back to using my bicycle for all my commuting and travelling to local schools etc., come the new academic year (more on that decision later).
Add comment May 20, 2008
DIY bike rack
There have been a few different ideas posted recently as to how you can make your own bike rack. This is something in the long run I would love to do to store my bike in a better way so I may well try one of these ideas (but then again my DIY skills are very poor so this may never happen):1 comment February 19, 2008
Great cartoon
1 comment August 9, 2007
Why do you cycle?
Add comment May 28, 2007
Memory issues
Add comment March 19, 2007
