Sprinting For Signs

As manufacturers are always looking for the next new sub genre, I think one has evolved organically already. A S.T.A.R. has risen in the horizon, read on for my thoughts on this new bike.

I have been watching the Vuelta today and I noticed that Sandy Casar (Francaise des Jeux) was wearing a Gore Oxygen Paclite jacket. As far as I'm aware Gore do not sponsor the Team, so obviously somebody knows there products and has purchased a quality bit of kit.

There is something within the human brain that seems to thrive on the difficult, the things that many normal people would shy away from. Not all cyclists are lured by the cobbles, but I now have a quixotic relationship with them as my experience was cemented at this years Ronde. In many ways it is much harder than any cross country mountain bike trails that I have ridden, with a less than appropiate bicycle.

Are you going to this years Tour of Britain

Too often on a ride you get to a point where your mouth or your stomach can't take any more sweet food. Most people are well educated enough to know that cycling depletes the carbohydrate stores quickly, so what do you do.