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  • Addendum to 5 & 9

    It’s a long while since I rode the North-West Passage in biblical weather. Look what just arrived! Maybe I’ll do another… Read more

  • Frustration

    It is easy to become frustrated with the limited success of anti-doping. What with the post-EPO world of xenon-therapy and AICAR, seemingly bizarre inconsistencies of sanction, and the fact that riders, team-staff and management still reflect a past which is Read more

  • Ticket to ride…

    Last Saturday I took a ferry. I had travelled a long way to get there, and not to get my bike across a bay: but sometimes doing the right thing isn’t obvious. Read more

  • Beyond five and nine: why we ride regardless.

    VecchioJo’s recent Road.cc piece on just riding was a lovely stab at the business of epic, heroic, and sometimes fictional cycling. Similarly, Gavia wrote a magical piece which captures the serendipity of an enjoyable ride. However, there are days when Read more

  • 20 years on (part 1)

    Last year I rode for 3 hours in January, having been ill after Christmas, but also because life is, well… busy. 2014 is special though. Amongst many changes I have found the time and motivation to ride, partly driven by Read more

  • Performance for 25 Passing Vehicles – John Reid

    A naked body lies beside the side of a desolate highway, close to a road sign, next to the carcass of a kangaroo. 25 cars pass… I met John Reid, the Australian artist, at a conference in Bavaria in 2001. Read more