DerailedUK Archives:1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27a | 27b | 28 | 29 This was a busy time in work and in life. We had been working on a lot of content over at Cycling.TV, and this, a monthly cycling quiz with fiendishly difficult questions and only modest prizes, was one of the…
Author: Harold Dalton
Harold Dalton
Cycling industry professional with over 14 years of experience in professional journalism, television, and industry writing.
Proving that we just throw darts at our inbox and write about whichever random email they land on, today we’re breaking the exciting news that Stages Cycling has today launched its new app, imaginatively called the Stages Cycling App. It replaces Stages Link and adds new features and functionality for Stages SB20 Smart Bike, Stages Dash and Stages Power meters. Is this newsworthy? Not sure. Seems like there are bigger things going on in the world. But we like our Stages Dash and maybe writing about the new app will remind us to download it sometime in the next six months.…
Between the outbreak of World War III, Liverpool winning another cup final, and a blizzard, you’d be forgiven for missing the start of the cycling season. Substitute your own nonsense for numbers two and three on that list. Yes, the start. Omloop and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne are when the season starts, and fuck anyone who tells you that the UAE Tour or Qatar or whatever actually matters. Yet, for the first time in two decades, we missed both races. Well, fuck. These are unprecedented times. Hey, add a pandemic as number four on our list of excuses. Omloop Guess who won? Hey…
Please welcome our new total site sponsor and wonderful patron of our art, Gazprom. Wait. Oh fuck, oh crap, I’m trying to back out of the deal. This post was revealed to us in a dream and we’ve forgotten how the second half went. Sorry for the lack of punchline. To clarify, we’re not really sponsored by Gazprom. Please don’t get upset and make us have to post that sportswashing essay we’ve been sitting on. Although, if Roman Abramovich has a spare $500M lying around, we could totally ignore all our principles and accept it. Like, immediately.
There used to be a cool Greek cocktail bar by my house. It was clean and modern, but also a slightly bit strange. One example is that on the shelves, among all the classy trinkets and every type of glassware known to man, was inexplicably a Wu-Tang Clan logo. The bar was too close to be worthwhile riding my fixie there on a night, but I did often swing by and lock up outside for a cheeky liqueur-based beverage on my way home. The ravings of a madman? Perhaps. But also a man trying desperately to form the only connection…
Mallorca will host the second edition of Mallorca 140.6 Triathlon on September 24th. The race, which will take place in Playa de Muro (north part of the island), offers half and long distance. A top-class event where the participants are the main focus of the organization. What makes this event unique? Limited to 1.000 participants. Full and half distance for relays.Fast bike course (closed roads to traffic), completely flat run course and swim in the wonderful and quiet bay of Alcudia.20 meters drafting distance with 50 Marshall’s and motorbike controllers.10.000€ total prize money for professional athletes.Incredible and special after race area inside…
The Tour of Britain has revealed its route! Wait, the Tour of Britain has revealed its host towns. Wait, the Tour of Britain has revealed the vague areas in which its stages might take place. Whatever. We’ll write some bollocks about it anyway. Gives us a chance to introduce three new characters we’ve been working on. Might see you at the North Yorkshire stage? Stage one | Sunday 4 September | Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire The general area should come as no surprise: this will be the eighth Scottish Grand Départ in modern Tour history. This is also the furthest north the race has…
Ah Dan Benson, we know him well. By which we mean we made small talk with him a couple of times at Interbike or Eurobike or something else about a decade and a half ago. In his role as editor at CyclingNews, he developed the world’s leading cycling website significantly, amassing a strong editorial team who’ve quietly unfollowed us on Twitter as they’ve become more successful. Wait, ignore the last 11 words in that sentence. He also didn’t interview us that one that we applied to work with him, but we’re not taking it as a personal affront. Not sure…