Tag Archives: cyclocross

What’s with your Victoria Pendleton obsession?

Posted on 26 November 2008 by Alex Murray

I know she’s cute, I know she’s pretty much unbeatable in a sprint event, but why is she the most common search term people end up at this site via? Is there nothing I’m writing about that is of interest … Continue reading →

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A good time to be ill

Posted on 24 November 2008 by Alex Murray

If ever there’s a good weekend to come down with a heavy case of the manflu, aka the common cold, this weekend past was it. Temperatures below freezing added to sleeting snow and rain should and would have had me … Continue reading →

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The off-season?

Posted on 20 October 2008 by Alex Murray

If you love riding a bike is there really such a thing as “the off-season”? It feels like there are less competitive periods of the year but, as I ride most days to commute, I don’t feel like I ever … Continue reading →

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Wrecks and Mechs

Posted on 11 February 2008 by Alex Murray

A busy weekend with two days of racing, none of which went quite as well as it could. First a quick hello to Paul, a reader who races and who I met on Saturday at Hillingdon. It’s good to know … Continue reading →

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A better result all round

Posted on 28 November 2007 by Alex Murray

Note one: If you are visually impaired it is advisable that you wear your glasses or contact lenses when racing. That way you won’t go at corners like a sparrow at a closed patio door and end up forming a … Continue reading →

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Hail, hail, hail. Oh!

Posted on 19 November 2007 by Alex Murray

Winter is here but that apparently is not the sort of thing to stop the hardened cyclocross loon. Not even a freezing gale, hail and a course that turned into muddy hell midway through the race at Brighton’s Stanmer Park. … Continue reading →

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Mud, glorious mud

Posted on 30 October 2007 by Alex Murray

They say that the ‘cross season doesn’t start in earnest until you come home caked in mud. In which case, as of Sunday: IT IS ON! Sunday was the offroad circuit at Penshurst which was muddy in every way imaginable. … Continue reading →

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Bruised and lightly battered

Posted on 22 October 2007 by Alex Murray

Lydden Hill. Well there’s definitely a hill there, that much I can be sure of. And it hurts like hell. Race two of my season was tough but not as much of a shock to the system as last week’s. … Continue reading →

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Converted to ‘cross

Posted on 16 October 2007 by Alex Murray

One race into my cyclocross season in the London League and, despite riding convincingly towards the laterne rouge end of the race, I really enjoyed it. In fact I’m rather hooked and can’t wait to get cracking again next weekend. … Continue reading →

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The finished Dolan Cyclocross build

Posted on 13 October 2007 by Alex Murray

The finished Dolan Cyclocross build, originally uploaded by leguape. At last, after many hours of tinkering, crying and wailing it is ready for riding. Woolsey’s of Acton sorted the headset star nut this morning but otherwise all the fitting and … Continue reading →

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