Three friends are sitting at a bar one evening chatting about their respective sports . One , a formula one enthusiast , is animated as he describes the roar of the engines as he stood just fifty feet from the cars as they thundered past . The grey blur of the McLaren driven by Lewis…
Recently the 2009 edition of the Sean Kelly Tour of Waterford was officially launched . This years event is part of the very successful An Post Cycle Series of 5 leisure tours throughout the country . Sunday August 30th will see thousands of cyclists gather in Dungarvan for the event , which this year will be in aid…
It is always a little intimidating , walking into a shop with a rough idea of what you want to purchase , but not actually knowing what exactly it is that you require . Some people will just walk in anyway and ask for a little advice . Others will pretendthat they know what they…
Now that Summer has arrived and many cyclists are planning on bringing their bikes with them to either The Etape , The Marmotte or even just on their family summer holiday the question arises as to what is the best method of travelling with your bike . The professionals nowadays rarely have to travel with…
I've had a few people asking about what happened after a few different posts so here are a few updates ; We sell 'head'stones.com http://worldwidecyclesblog.com/?s=wesellheadstones Cormac from www.igopeople.com picked up on the story and got in touch with the company involved . One of the owners came on board and was very proactive in improving…
I've just had to search through some cycling gear to find a green jersey with 'Wicklow 200' plastered all over it to check when I last rode the event . Mine says 2003 , so it has been 6 years since I last took part in one of the toughest one day challenges in Irish…
Most people think that the FBD Insurance Ras is only an 8 day stage race . They are mistaken . The 'on the bike ' section of The Ras takes 8 days , but the analysis afterwards takes at least another 7 to 14 days . This years edition was no exception . The Ras…
Alan Kennedy is now preparing for an epic journey from Dublin to Paris in aid of the Irish Hospice foundation but he needs your help - please read Alan's message below: I've decided to undertake a cycle challenge from the 19th to the 24th of July 2009 to raise funds for the Irish hospice foundation, the…
Day in day out you meet all sorts of people with all kinds of different stories . Many are interesting to the people themselves but may not have mass appeal . Today however , I heard a good one . Recently a husband and wife were celebrating the wife's birthday in a Dublin restaurant .…
Each bank holiday weekend in Ireland AA road-watch inform motorists to be careful on the roads due to the increase in the volume of traffic . Usually there will also be a traffic warning about a cycle race taking place and motorists will be advised to drive with caution around that particular area . The…
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Jonathan Ryan of www.tipperaryphotos.com put together a great video of the 2009 Bill Hyland memorial promoted by www.clonmelcc.com [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRnXrjGuTtc] an here's another one from www.dungarvancyclingclub.com [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vliPHzKtlRg] Barry www.worldwidecycles.com
Yesterday Clonmel Cycling Club ran yet another very successful series of races . The circuit chosen was good enough to be a National Championship circuit , and as Ray said all week ' The strongest rider on the day would win the race ' . The days racing began with the underage riders testing out…
With only 13 weeks remaining until this years Etape du Tour Sean O'Leary of www.trail-seekers.com organised a training weekend in Kenmare Co. Kerry for some of the participants . Base camp was the Kenmare bay hotel where Sean had booked a number of the newly built attached holiday homes . The very best of local Kerry…
No two days standing behind the counter of a bike shop are the same , and no 2 customers are the same . Our youngest customer to hand over their euros at the till was a 3 year old girl who bought her own bell , with plenty of confidence and self assurance . Our oldest…
When I was building up my new Viner Maxima I once again became infatuated with every type of new technology that was available for bike builds . In my humble opinion the Maxima frameset is the pinnacle of what is available at present . Marcel Wust did seem to concur during his test in Pro…
This morning as I threw my leg over the bike at the back door looking at the orange hue of the sun rising over the Comeraghs I inhaled a deep breath of crisp air and thought that this was a great day to be alive . And what better way to get it off to…
One weekend recently , a group of leisure cyclists from Cork decided to visit Dungarvan Co. Waterford for the weekend and ride parts of the route of the Sean Kelly tour . They were well organised and had even gone to the trouble of printing off the route map online . ( soon this will…
Setanta Ireland are showing a programme called 'Wheel of Dreams ' on Tuesday night next 7/4/09 at 10 pm . The show will revolve around the Carrick Wheelers cycling club and will include footage of events such as The Sean Kelly tour . There will also be interviews and profiles of local legends such as…
Sir Alan Sugar , seriel entrepeneur and star of the hit TV series 'The Apprentice ' on BBC is a huge cycling fanatic . He rides his bike as often as possible and always tries to get out each Sunday morning for a 50 mile spin . His recent birthday saw him turn 62 and…