Cycling – crookedshore

Big Win at the Vuelta

It’s been a great year for Irish cycling and the emerging talent is such that the country can begin to…

Heading down south this weekend to the family homestead. The Tour of Ireland starts on Friday just a few miles…

As someone who has had his fair share of close shaves on the bike, even being hit by a car…

There is some good news for the country – cancer survivor, alleged drug cheat and cycling legend Lance Armstrong has…

Well now we know what the riders will have to do in 2009 to win the monstrous Tour de France,…

I said in the opening post of this occasional series that I did not wish to be defined by my…

I’ve just watched Chris Hoy win the World Championship Sprint title at the Manchester Velodrome. It was a wonderful race.…

Read two fine books on cycling during the Tour so far. The first is ‘The Hour’ by Michael Hutchinson. He…

It’s 11.45pm here in Ireland and my wife just called to me 10 mins ago from elsewhere in the house…

This biopic of Graeme Obree, former holder of the world 1 hour record (i.e. the man who travelled furthest on…