How the Game is Broken..
I was searching through some folders of stuff the other day and I came across this piece I wrote in 2013. It’s still relevant today ..
How the Game is Broken..
You often hear the phrase bandied about “Don’t hate the Player, hate the game” and it’s never been more relevant than in connection with cycling. The game of professional cycling (and De Gri is turning in his grave at me mentioning it as a game) is broken. The twin doping positives from the Vini Fantini team are showing up a true broken game, it’s raised more questions about how we treat people, teams, riders and how Professional cycling has to use up and spit out riders to make it all go round. Read More
When Two Hours is more than that…
I’ve kinda stopped listening to Queens of the Stone Age in the last while after Homme’s well publicized melt down and assault of a female photographer, however this is a playlist that I do use when I’ve got a long enough turbo session. It manages to keeps me going and there’s not too much filler in it either. Read More
My One Time Commute
So this was my daily commute for nearly 7 years, I only managed to ride the full distance home a couple of times. And this was one of those occasions where I did get to ride home. The only downfall to working in an air conditioned building was when I headed off, I didn’t know how hot it had gotten. The air temperature that day got up to 35C, not too hot for many of my friends south of the equator, but for Ireland, properly boiling.
Episode 19 – Van Aert, Benoot, Kittel and Wiggins’s Bob
This week on the Podcast – John and Derek discuss the honesty of Wout Van Aert v’s Jeorme Cousin. Are Sprint Trains a thing of the past ? They also talk about Paris Nice, Tirreno Adriatico and Bradley Wiggins’s borrowing my mothers 1990s haircut.
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Episode 23 Giro Preview and Ardennes Wrap up ..
In this Episode of the podcast John and Derek discuss Ardennes Week and how it all played out, we also look at the Giro and the shoddy politics and money grabbing involved in it’s Trip to Israel
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The Belgian Machine – What’s it like from the Inside.
So I’ve been very busy lately with family and life, but I’ve managed a few appearances on The Velocast. To keep you going to the end of the Vuelta, I spoke with one of the riders I looked after during the Rás, Connor Lambert. I put a few questions to him about what life has been like for a Ginger Aussie/Paddy in Belgium these past few years and what he’s taken from it. Read More