Category Archives: Cycling

Tour de France – first few days

Posted on July 8, 2010 by stuartelden

An interesting few days in the Tour, with several crashes in the first few stages. The Guardian has some fairly gruesome images here. Mark Cavendish won his first stage today; and Geraint Thomas remains in second place and in the white … Continue reading →

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Tour de France

Posted on July 4, 2010 by stuartelden

The Tour de France began yesterday, with an individual time-trial. An 8.9 km course, that Fabian Cancellara won in a flat 10 minutes. That’s an average speed of 53.4 kmph. It was a shame that the weather and the staggered … Continue reading →

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Sloterdijk on Cycling

Posted on May 14, 2010 by stuartelden

Eighteen months old, but still interesting, discussion of cycling, doping and Mont Ventoux… http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,565111,00.html

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A ‘progressive alliance’?

Posted on May 8, 2010 by stuartelden

Earlier today I had a bike ride in central London, where after heading down the river to Putney and back on the other bank (about 17 miles) I took a detour via Trafalgar Square to see the pro-PR protests. About … Continue reading →

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Copenhagen

Posted on May 2, 2010 by stuartelden

Beautiful day in Copenhagen… good to see another city that seems to have worked out how to make cycling safe and easy, unlike London.

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