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Tag: UCI

September 6, 2022January 10, 2023

Youth Rising

By Michael Barry Traditionally, the path to becoming a professional cyclist with a long and successful career followed a structured progression. Skipping steps in that process was thought to be…

Posted in History, National Championships, Olympic Games, Team Mariposa, Tour de France, Youth  •  No Comments on Youth Rising
May 19, 2022May 20, 2022

Inspiring The Next Generation

(Photo of Ashlin Barry and current Australian Road Champion and Ineos Pro Luke Plapp) Sporting idols and the events that bring them into town are essential to the growth of…

Posted in Events, History, Youth  •  1 Comment on Inspiring The Next Generation
April 22, 2020April 23, 2020

Time for reflection and the reengineering of Professional Cycling?

As the professional cycling peloton rolls indoors on its home trainers due to the Covid19 lockdown, the continuation of the 2020 racing season looks increasingly unlikely. Sean Kelly, the retired…

Posted in Events, Health, Tour de France, Tour de France  •  3 Comments on Time for reflection and the reengineering of Professional Cycling?
December 2, 2019December 4, 2019

The Off Season

By Michael Barry for Soigneur Journal Floating in the belly of the peloton, my thoughts drifted to the off season, as they often did during late autumn races. A team…

Posted in History, Racing, Training  •  No Comments on The Off Season
October 25, 2017October 25, 2017

Restoration Feature: Maurice Jefferies and his 1970s Masi

By Mike Barry Sr. My earliest memories of Maurice Jefferies are of him riding the Herne Hill Track in South London, England in the 1950s. He was a prominent member…

Posted in Bicycles, Design, Equipment, Events, History, Restoration, Stories  •  11 Comments on Restoration Feature: Maurice Jefferies and his 1970s Masi
May 11, 2017May 12, 2017

Vintage Bicycle Feature: Cinelli Super Corsa, 1951

By Mike Barry Photography by Walter Lai In the early 1950s, I was a kid living in London with very little money, but an intense interest in everything to do…

Posted in Bicycles, Design, Equipment, History, Racing, Restoration  •  4 Comments on Vintage Bicycle Feature: Cinelli Super Corsa, 1951

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