Monthly Archives: June 2008

  • Why cycle ?

    Last Thursday morning I was standing in the shop when an old school friend walked in . He does a lot of running and was in to get a few energy gels . We were chatting or ' shooting the breeze ' as former Discovery team members would say  , when he asked me why…

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  • Cyclists doing good work !

    Cycling has always been a great way to get a group together and to raise money for different charities . Wheather it be a one day local sponsored cycle such as the emergency services cycle for autism next Saturday or a fortnight long overseas event such as those run by the NCBI or Crumlin Children's…

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  • New Bikes !

    We were recently appointed official BMC dealers , one of only two in Ireland and have been very impressed with the products so far . We have been receiving a number of inquires about selling them on-line but we advise people that framesets such as these are better assembled by qualifed mechanics only as the…

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  • Podcasts

    If reading about worldwidecycles isn't enough you can now hear us speak at the recent Irish Internet Association congress and on The Sunday Business show on Today FM by following the links below ; IIA - worldwidecycles IIA podcast third one down TODAY FM - worldwidecycles Today FM podcast select sunday 8/6/08 part 2

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  • A new cycling commentator !

    Yesterday , on the way back from Dublin I was listening to Miceal O Murahurtaigh commentating on the Tipp - Cork match , and wondered what he would be like commentating on a bike race , maybe it would be something like this ; ' Dia dhiabh agus failte , welcome , welcome , welcome…

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  • Today FM !

    A while back I came up with a few Radio Ray blog entries which were parodies of the Gift grub Radio Roy sketches on today fm . Well this Sunday I get to do it for real as a guest on The Sunday Business show between 10.30 and 11.30 am . We also got a…

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  • Dura ace 2009

    Well it has been everywhere for the past few months . Rumour and covert pics were all over the net but this weekend we got the first official pics from madison ( the official shimano importer ) and here they are : The chainset looks leaner and more aggressive . The chainrings are hollow and…

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