By Slate Olson • 5th November 2012 • Posted in Misc
This is probably my least favorite week of the year. The shorter, darker days that accompany the clocks 'falling back' always puts me off a bit. Suddenly it's dark both coming and going, and it takes me a full week to adjust.
This year, the first dark ride into the office on Monday will be even a bit darker than usual. A year ago November 5, we all lost a friend of the bike. Most of us didn't know it, and until I picked up a panicked phone-call, I had never heard of Robert Hyndman. But ever since I got the call from Ben Lieberson that somebody had "crashed pretty bad" on what was otherwise a terrific group ride from Santa Monica into the beautiful canyons overlooking the Pacific Ocean, it has been a steady reminder of appreciation.
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By Jeremy Dunn • 2nd November 2012 • Posted in Misc
City Riding is more than just cycling in the metropolis. The bicycle gives the rider in the city freedom and exhilaration through the teeming infrastructure of streets, places and people. The gentlemen appearing in the new City Riding Lookbook » embody this approach. We asked them a few questions about the city they inhabit.
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By Joe Hall • 24th October 2012 • Posted in Misc
CITYSCOPES: The Winners
It took a while but the votes have finally been counted and we can now reveal the winner of the Rapha Cityscopes competition. Suffice to say it was tough to overlook so many of the superb entries but the people have clicked, carried, uploaded and voted. So here they are.
4th
In fourth spot, an image that speaks of the divine truth of city riding. Even if you are just cruising to the shops, it’s always a race. This was taken during the Tour of California by the looks of things so these men aren’t commuting to the office.
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By Joe Hall • 28th September 2012 • Posted in Misc
Italy was, after France, the second nation to truly embrace cycle racing and in doing so, help define the sport throughout the 20th century. In fact, according to some, the sport’s first true professional was a racer from the northern Italian town of Asti. And it was this man, Giovanni Gerbi, who won the first ever edition of the Tour of Lombardy, in 1905. Originally named Milan-Milan and run over a distance of 230km, in its formative years it became known as the ‘World Championship of Autumn’.
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By Guest Author • 24th September 2012 • Posted in Misc
Words by Max Leonard
When the professional peloton take to the roads between Milan and Como for the Race of the Falling Leaves this coming Saturday, there’s a good chance the foglie morte will still be clinging to their branches. The UCI last year ordered the Lombardia move two weeks forward, ostensibly so that participants can make the most of their World Champs form. It also makes room for a new ProTour race, the Tour of Hangzhou.
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By Guest Author • 14th August 2012 • Posted in Misc
Words by: Klaus
Gossip travels quickly within the peloton, and at the 1985 Tour de France one story was being passed around by European riders. The Colombians, the rumor went, were doping. And they were doing so mid-race, out in the open, and for everyone to see. Like most rumors, this one took hold because it attempted to answer two questions that riders were asking themselves: First, how could these relative unknowns climb like they did? And second, what was the brown substance they were putting into their mouths during stages, which they also dissolved in their water bottles?
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By Guest Author • 27th June 2012 • Posted in Misc
by Klaus of CyclingInquisition.com
When Team Sky’s Rigoberto Urán was only 14 years old, his father was senselessly gunned down in the streets of Urrao, Colombia. In that moment, Urán became the head of his household, taking over his father’s job, while still attending school, and trying to spend time on a new endeavor that he’d only recently taken up: cycling.
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