Singapore Spam !
There must be a huge cycling community in Singapore as we seem to receive one of these about once a week . This came in this morning from a lovely fella in Singapore once again ; Dear Sir or madam I’m currently looking for partnership business that will be able to supply road bikes parts [...]
Runkeeper update !
After my previous post I received some good tips from Jason from Runkeeper and @damianb on twitter re. extending battery life . Today I turnerd off the wifi and pressed the sleep button on the Iphone and gained power . I started a 3 hour spin on 85% and still had 27% when I got [...]
Iphone 3gs v Garmin edge 705
The Apple Iphone is a fantastic gadget . It has applications for just about everything . It can determine what gear you should use to ride up aple d’huez at 70 rpm in under 1 hour (shiftit ) , the distance , profile and location of almost every famous climb in Europe ( icols ) , and what length spoke you need [...]
10 years and still going strong !
On this day 20 years ago the Berlin wall came down . Sean Kelly was the world’s number one cyclist and Martin Earley had won a stage of that years Tour de France . Greg Lemond not satisfied with winning that years Tour beat Kelly in the World championships ( I don’t think I will ever forgive him [...]
BSO – Bicycle Shaped Object
Last Thursday evening the BBC consumer affairs programme did a feature on BSO’s ( a term coined in the UK ) details of which can be found here : http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/watchdog/2009/11/flat_pack_bikes.html These ‘bikes’ do have a place in the cycling society by getting more people on bikes and catering for people who are under [...]
Kelly’s Advice
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How Much ? for a bicycle !!
Sometimes , when you meet someone who is not a cyclist and they ask how much your bike is worth the reaction can be quiet amusing . In general , the information that a regular guy or girl has a ‘bicycle’ worth anything from two to twelve grand is responded to in a tone of [...]
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