Well now look at this, Phil Liggett standing tall in front of the town hall of my home town. Can’t get enough of this footage… more, more, more!
If you liked this you may want to take a peep at this and this too.
Posts Tagged ‘cycling’
Tour of Britain 1990 ( Birmingham stand up ).
November 5, 2010Bicycle Quarterly.
October 21, 2010
What? How do I not know of this?
I clicked on the webpage and instantly thought I was looking at someone’s paper-magazine collection from decades ago. Mistaken. This is a modern magazine. Like, made now, today. Awesome. I want a read.
They say:Bicycle Quarterly is a magazine for discerning cyclists, who enjoy their bikes, whether on a weekend ride, commuting, randonneuring, racing or touring the countryside. In Bicycle Quarterly, you find professionally written articles about a variety of topics rarely covered in the “mainstream” cycling press.
Go seek.
Image taken from TFG where you can also purchase BQ magazine.
Gordon Johnson vs Giordano Turrini 1971.
October 18, 2010
Spinwell for Road.cc.
October 18, 2010
I wrote some words about my recent trip to L’Eroica for road.cc and the piece has just gone live! So if you fancy a read about the perils of riding along wet chalk, go take a peep.
L’Eroica, meaning ‘The Heroic’ is a race held every year in Tuscany, giving up to 3000 like minded, fanatical individuals the chance to ride and race on the ‘Strada Bianche’, the famous white gravel roads of Chianti and to spend two days wallowing in pure cycling nostalgia. In true heroic style only pre-87 bikes are allowed. So there are no auto-indexing gears – this is golden era cycling where shifters are mounted on the down tube, where tubular tyres are also favoured, alongside chrome, cloth bar tape, solid colour paintwork and water bottle holders that attach at the front and where the woolen jersey reigns. Any man interested in the traditions of the Italian cycle race can certainly get his fill here.
The Hemingway Way.
September 28, 2010
I just got back from a fishing trip in Snowdonia and while the car journey through the Welsh valleys was beautiful and at times spellbinding, I simply wanted to be on my bike because as Hemingway rightly wrote:
It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle.
Rapha Cross Gear.
September 27, 2010
The start of the cyclocross season is upon us and Rapha have refined and developed cross products to help you charge through the field quickly and comfortably. The Cross Jersey and 3/4 Bibs use performance fabrics and rider-specific features and sport the tricolour of the Rapha-Focus cyclocross team, who will do battle in North America this coming season.
Awesome cyclo cross collection here from Rapha and I must say I am completely loving the colour palette. If only I had the Umbrella today.
Ever since attending the National Cyclo cross Championships early this year in a windy, sodden Sutton Park I have been intrigued. That said, spending more money on yet another bike will not be permitted by the other half so I should stop thinking about it.
Le Coq Sportif and the Maillot Jaune.
September 24, 2010
Photographs from Haute-Savoie.
September 9, 2010
Smoke fags.
July 7, 2010
This guy must think he’s me.
Women! Reclaim the bike.
June 10, 2010
It is ashame that for one reason or another you don’t see an awful lot of women cycling around our city, but by the looks of it Femme Pedale are looking to change all of that starting on the evening of the 18th June.
I already know of a good handful of girls that are attending this next week but if you know any that aren’t… let them know!
Such a great thing to do.
More info here.
Sunday morning Necessities.
June 7, 2010
Home made leather pouch.
Jimi Wallet.
Phone.
Mini Pump.
Tyre levers ( 4 year old Pedros’, the best I have ever used ).
Tube.
Mini tool kit.
Pu****re repair kit.
October 1967.
June 3, 2010
Loving the minimal graphic design on this one.
Seen.
Page 38.
May 28, 2010
Time for a new jersey?
May 17, 2010
This one looks good.
AURORA collective teamed up with MONOW, a one-man design studio based in Stuttgart/Germany. Together we designed 3 unique Bike Jerseys / Riding Jackets.
The Jerseys are made of high quality materials by Champion System. They will move and breath with you, so that you can concentrate on riding your bike.
Spotlight on…
May 17, 2010Femme Pédale.
Femme Pédale is a blog for cyclists in Birmingham, with the aim of encouraging more women to ride. We are members of the Birmingham Bike Foundry which is working to make cycling around the city safer, easier and funner (!) for everybody. We post anecdotes, maintenance tips and pictures from our adventures.
A super blog and as they say they are from sunny Birmingham too. Double bonus.
Check it out here. Oh, and Birmingham folk! Have a root around and look out for some real exciting news on some future happenings for our city.
Speaking of Shoes.
April 14, 2010
Shouts to Jon, did you win the bid?
Vintage Find.
April 13, 2010
Puma Giro cycling shoes bought today from a vintage store.
The cat’s name is Banton, our cat he is. He likes the shoes.
Moving Photographs.
April 8, 2010Want.
March 19, 2010
Designed to complement the British Country Jersey, the GB Cap is made from a soft, lightweight technical cotton. Featuring a Union Jack-style stripe down the centre, it is highly water resistant, windproof and extremely breathable. The cap is finished with colour-on-colour Rapha logos and the inside is lined with moisture-wicking anti-bacterial tape. A thick elastic fastener holds the cap in place and the cap has a low enough profile to be worn under a helmet. The cap can be folded into a jersey pocket when not needed.
