The team of eight riders singled into a line in front of me as we entered the cobbles. As the surface changed from smooth tarmac to uneven stone with patches…
Alps/Pyrenees Pre-Tour Training
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Up and Down in the Alps and Pyrenees
The month prior to the Tour de France, Team Sky organized a small training camp in the Alps and Pyrenees for us to ride in the high mountains while also…
Recovering
I was pedalling at a consistently higher tempo on the stationary trainer but my heart rate was not increasing at the same rate as three weeks before. Tired from one…
The Shop Cozy
In 1972 my father opened a bike shop with his good friend Mike Brown in the center of Toronto named Bicyclesport. At the time, the bike shop was unique in…
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A Trail of Pink Around the Boot
Lying on the hotel room bed with my legs stretched vertically against the wall, I stare at the ceiling. A spring breeze blows through the window cutting the stale odor…
Giro d'Italia SRM Graphs
The Giro has taken us from the Netherlands to southern Italy. Up north, we battled the wind, fought for position on narrow farm roads, weaved through traffic islands and sprinted…
Brit Rocker
Our fearless leader rocking out last year. Photos by Camille McMillan.
Highs and Lows.
As the peloton of 198 riders crowded around the start line in Amsterdam there was an air of nervousness and excitement. Crowds of people leaned over the steel barriers craning…
Giro d'Italia TTT Training
In preparation for the Giro d’Italia Team Time Trial we were training as a team outside to find our fluidity as a team. After a few efforts we were moving…
Cutting The Grass In The Flowing Peloton
Like a crowd of thousands surging for a door, which has just opened into a stadium the riders in the peloton push, shove and panic as we near the cobbles.…
Greg Curnoe
There are few people who can draw, or paint, a bike well. Greg Curnoe, a Canadian artist who was also a keen cyclist, was able to do just that. The…