At 5:40 a.m. the group met, in the parking lot of the 24-hour grocery store. The city streets were void of the parked cars that line the curbs each day…
Wheeled Pupils
Recently, Team Sky asked the riders to design T-Shirts. It was a fun project, which my family helped me out with– my wife, Dede, came up with some ideas while our boys…
Giro d’Italia SRM Files
The course profiles we receive at the beginning of a race are often deceiving. The altimetry can be inaccurate, the maps sketchy and the distance off. And, we often deceive…
Training for the Giro d'Italia Team Time Trial
Three days prior to the start of the Giro d’Italia the team got together in Turin for a few days of training. The opening stage of the Giro was a…
On The Wheel
Like a river’s current carrying a stick, I float in the middle of the peloton. We speed through towns, over hills and across the plains. As we near the finish,…
Le Métier. French Translation.
A friend, Jean Michel Dupé, has translated the book Le Métier. Below is an excerpt from the first chapter. Hopefully, the complete translation will be published soon. The photos were…
As a Team
At the end of December the team was back together again. In Mallorca, Spain, away from the snow that paralysed the UK and slowed Northern Europe, we were able to…
The Cross
There was a knock on the bedroom door that woke me from an adolescent’s deep sleep. “Time to get up,” my mother said, as she placed a cup of tea…
The Treader
Fixed wheeled commuters are now ubiquitous in most major cities throughout Europe and North America. While in Barcelona last week, I watched as riders skidded, bounced and dragged their feet…
On the Bike Again
A professional cyclist is rarely off of his bike in the off-season for more than a month. Progressively, through the months of November and December I slowly ease back into…
Workshops
A few weeks ago when the latest copy of Rouleur (issue 20) arrived in the mail. The cover got me thinking about workshops. The cover shot was clearly staged but…
Racing
Scott Mitchell sent me some more photos to post. They were taken during the spring in Spain. [nggallery id=24]