Monthly Archives: February 2009

  • Don’t mess with Lance !

    During the recent Amgen Tour of California there was a large amount of exuberant overweight fans running alongside the riders . At one stage the tv shot showed a glimpse of Lance Armstrong pushing one guy away . These pics. give a clearer view of what happened when a Livestrong coloured Didi the devil lookalike…

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  • 21st Century bike riding

    Today was a normal pre-season Sunday in Clonmel . I rode down towards Carrick to meet the group and we headed out to Dungarvan and back to Carrick - The 'Ballymac' spin . I rode home via the back road and had just over 4 hours in my legs as I arrived back at my…

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  • And then there were 5 !

    We have made it into the final of this years Irish blog awards .We feel very privalaged to be there and a big thank you to all who nominated us . Best Sport and Recreation Blog - Sponsored by Boards.ie mayogaablog.com worldwidecyclesblog.com kopblog.com oleole.com/blogs/arseblog okeydokefootball.blogspot.com Barry www.worldwidecycles.com

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  • Twitter changes how we watch sports !

    Last night as I sat down to watch the live coverage of the Amgen Tour of California on Eurosport I also switched on the twitter application tweetdeck on the laptop . I noticed @carltonreid ( all usernames on twitter begin with @ )  had 'tweeted' that both Eurosport commentators Brian Smith ( @cyclevox) and David Harmon…

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  • Two Paddy’s and a Yank – the power behind the bike !

    Cycling  is traditionally a European sport . It is a majority sport in countries like France , Italy , Spain , Belgium , etc . People of these nations have all grown up with cycling and bike racing coursing through their veins . Times change quickly , however , and now it is English speaking…

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  • There’s more to life than the recession !

    Now , what we have done is that we have really squeezed our margins and are working with suppliers who are willing to do the same . The result is that every bike on our website is less expensive than the UK . Rather than sitting around moaning about it , we did something about the hemorrhaging of sales up north and across the water .

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  • Blog Awards – We’re through to round 2 !

    The judges have been sifting through the nominations and we are delighted to have made it through to the long list in both catagories . Now we have to choose which catagory to remain in as we can only remain in one . Decisions , decisions . Here are some other fantastic blogs which we…

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  • ‘Floody’ from Clonmel

    A number of years ago , on an unusually warm summers day , a young 5 year old boy was playing outside his home on the outskirts of Clonmel . Noticing that his neighbours door was open he decided to call in to see if anyone would like to come out to play . Not seeing anybody…

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