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.
Author: Harold Dalton
Harold Dalton
Cycling industry professional with over 14 years of experience in professional journalism, television, and industry writing.
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…
Boring bike race winner turned boring bike race loser Chris Froome is no stranger to partnering with brands of questionable quality as he seeks to top up his pension fund. His latest venture is so fucking stupid that you’ve already read other websites taking the piss out of it. We spotted them muscling in our action. But it’s fair. Introducing New York’s Hottest Fashion Brand: Hanes Bulky T This time he’s partnered with a company that sounds like a made-up luxury brand from a Grand Theft Auto knockoff. British London, or whatever it’s called, sells overpriced fashion items out of…
Not sure how to feel about this one. Looks like an awesome platform and challenge, but all their pre-release media stuff involved riding with Floyd Landis as a sponsor of the challenge. It just feels like a betrayal to our past selves if we’re promoting something to do with Floyd Landis after all the horrible things we’ve written about him. So, reluctantly: Race Republic has officially launched its indoor training and event platform, taking participants on a photo-realistic journey up Mt. Everest. As a way of doing an Everesting, it doesn’t get much better than that. “Everesting” has become a…
We missed this news coming through to our inbox because it got buried under a pile of bizarre offers to review carbon wheelsets for a $300 discount. Which is a shame, because Stephen Hyde is a rider we’ve long admired. He began racing cyclocross in 2012, winning three U.S. National Titles and two Pan-American Continental Championships during his professional cycling career. Now he’s retiring. We’re sure we’ll still see him around the local cyclocross scene anyway. Stephen, we’ll buy you an $8 Notch if we ever bump into you at a beer tent. Here’s what he says: “I have given…