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2010 Sean Kelly Tour
Today I was impressed by many people at The Sean Kelly Tour . The huge team of over 300 volunteers who gave up their Sunday to help out , and many gave a good deal more time than that . The 3700 determined cyclists who were all so cheerful and friendly to each other and [...]
2010 Sean Kelly Tour – Pre entry only !
worldwidecycles The entries for the 2010 Sean Kelly Tour of Waterford are flooding in as the closing date approaches . This promises to be the best event yet so be sure to get your entry in before the closing date of Friday the 20th of August as there will be no entry on the day [...]
Dan the Man
On Saturday Daniel Martin , the nephew of Stephen Roche , cousin of Nicolas and son of former professional Neil Martin won a race . The race was the Tour of Poland , the first national tour victory by Irish rider since Kelly’s victory in Spain in 1988 and uncle Stephens wins in France and [...]
The day Paidi met Tom Boonen !
A couple of years ago I was a mechanic on the Irish team during the Tour of Britain . Each day after the stage the riders would recount different events that had occurred . One of the highlights was the day that Paidi O’Brien , all 5 ft 2 inches of him , came up [...]
The first week of a ‘clean’ Tour !
The past week has seen some real edge of your seat viewing for any cycling fan . Some stars have fallen whilst others have catapulted to the top of the GC .Even though Cadel Evans has the style of a donkey on a bike he has shown the heart of a lion all season and [...]
2010 Ring of Kerry
Lost !
Last Saturday two of the volunteer crew on a charity cycle from Cork to Carlow were in the shop . They mentioned that almost everyone was accounted for aside from one lady who they presumed had gone straight on in Cahir in the direction of Cashel . At least she would be able to make [...]
The Playstation Generation
There is an article in today’s Irish independant about a new initiative in Mayo where 1000 cyclists will be using number plates on their bikes . The reason given is to highlight road safety for cyclists as the number plates are reflective . I think that many cyclists are slightly ahead of the curve on [...]
Have a good one !
I was asked recently what the best way to train for an event in 4 months time would be . After explaining the benefits of tapering and working back from the date of the event and training in 4 week blocks ,I began to wonder just how much the person would actually enjoy riding their [...]
Cancellaras’ Electric bike ???
Whilst watching this years Paris Roubaix I wondered to myself why Fabian Cancellara had a bike change for no obvious apparent reason . He is the biggest powerhouse of the modern era but the following video poses a few questions ; Barry www.worldwidecycles.com