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I've always cycled. Well, strictly, that's not true: I came to cycling late, getting my first bike at the age of about thirteen. But since then I've always cycled, both as a cheap and efficient means of transport and just for enjoyment.

Now and again I write about it.

Girvan 2008: Tales from the back of the fridge

by Simon Brooke in Girvan, Monday, 24 March, 2008

Easter is a festival which commemorates the death of a man nailed to a frame, and hung out in the wind for three days to die. Health and Safety regulations now forbid the use of nails... [read more]

Damsgaard on Contador - and the future of Riis Cycling -- Friday, 1 October, 2010
Bjarne Riis' chosen anti-doping guru says publicly that he believes Riis Cycling's new star is guilty. Is he right? And what does this say about the future of what has been my favourite team?
The best laid plans... -- Saturday, 21 August, 2010
So the plan for today was I was going to meet my friend Andrew on the Old Military Road at about ten. The plan was I would take my race bike... Well, it didn't work like that.
Two new route mapping systems -- Sunday, 22 March, 2009
Two years ago I wrote about two different cycle route mapping systems which were available then, Toporoute and Sanoodi. Recently I've evaluated two new systems. Both are much better, but they have different merits.
It's not cricket! -- Monday, 18 August, 2008
Well, we're half way through the Olympics.And already jounralists are saying we spend too much on cyclists, that our cyclists are pampered... It's not cricket.
The old road -- Sunday, 17 February, 2008
The old road has sunk back into the landscape. It's still a good road, well engineered, avoiding swamps and hollows, built, for the most part, of well graded, well compacted stone. It's a road used now by the shepherds on their quadbikes, by the horse folk out exercising, and by walkers in the summer. But a cross bike, now. This is a road for a cross bike.
Tools for mapping cycle routes -- Tuesday, 22 May, 2007
Over the weekend I've experimented with both Toporoute and Sanoodi to map routes and create elevation profiles for a cycle event. Here are my conclusions.
What's happening to the Highway Code - and why it matters -- Tuesday, 22 May, 2007
The highway code is changing, and it will put cyclists at risk. This issue is so important I'm posting two articles on it; this one is the background.
A Journey through a Battlefield -- Tuesday, 22 May, 2007
Scouting the Glentrool-Kirroughtree route seems to have become one of my annual rides, almost by default. Two years ago I rode it simply to check that it was possible. Last year I rode it to check an new route (and to waymark it). This year, it had to be waymarked again... I wasn't looking forward to it.

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