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 …
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 …
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 .
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 …
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 …
Cycling is a lot like everyday life . You get more out of it if you have something to aim for . Last week the route for this years FBD Ras was announced and there was that palpable sense of nervous excitement around those who are riding in this years event , which may possibly …
He tells his story here : http://the-pedaling-pensioner.org/ . There is nothing that I can add , but to wish him well and to encourage everyone to support his efforts . Barry ww.worldwidecycles.com
I’ve just found out that we’ve been nominated for two catagories in this years Irish Blog Awards . Many thanks to whoever nominated us and to the organisers for including us ! We are in some very good and inspiring company as can be seen below ; Best Sport & Recreation Blog – Sponsored by Boards.ie …
Club secretary is Dan ‘ the man ‘ Clancy . A fine sprinter in his day when conditions were right , ie ; all downhill with a tailwind and no-one to beat but himself . An excitable secretary who lets Willy handle the money , he was driving behind the training group during the winter when one rider punctured . He tried to pass a rear wheel out the window of a hillman hunter instead of opening the door . The wheel became lodged in the window and had to be deflated to get it out , which defeated the purpose of having it in the first place .
A customer was in the shop recently who is a professional photographer . Whilst chatting he mentioned that he had a teenage girl on work experience with him at present . One day whilst going through a batch of photographs they happened upon an image of Sean Kelly . The fourth greatest cyclist of all …
189 days to go and everything is falling in to place nicely . Deposit and entry fee are all paid up . I’ve applied to my local health board for an E111 card . Flights are booked . Shannon – Carcassonne return . Having spoken to Sean from trail-seekers who advised that the transfer is a …
I was eating my breakfast this morning when Rurai Quinn came on morning Ireland and gave me indigestion . In his eyes the whole country is finished and we may as well all bail out now . Well I for one am going to stay and fight . Life is like a bike race and …
There are very many new ways of interacting on the web . Time is valuable so it helps if the ones you choose are relevant to your lifestyle . Two new ways that I have found recently are ; www.igopeople.com and www.twitter.com/worldwidecycles see what you think Barry www.worldwidecycles.com
When you are out on the bike you always get plenty of time to think . That is , when you’re not hurtling down a steep descent at almost 100 kph when you enter what Eckhart Tolle might call ‘ The now ‘ . Yesterday as I rode up over the climb of ‘ The …
Best wishes one and all for a great Christmas and an even better New Year with plenty of more miles in the legs . Many thanks to every one of our customers . Your business is very much appreciated . Barry & Ray www.worldwidecycles.com
The delivery van pulled up outside the shop and I felt a surge of anticipation well up inside of me . We looked out as the driver carried a large box towards the door . I wondered if it was big enough to contain two of the worlds most sought after road bike frame-sets . Ray …
Somewhere along the line I heard this phrase and it got stuck into my psyche . If there’s an easy way to do something and a hard way I will very often find myself doing it the hard way . Winter training is no exception . Instead of just ‘tipping away’ on the bike and …
Carlton Reid and Tim Grahl have written a new work focussing on Cycling to work . The first part of the book is now available as a free sample on the website www.biketoworkbook.com . The sampler itself is a pretty slick piece of software . There is also a sample video here ; [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW4sb1BpAz8] Barry …
Times are changing rapidly . The whole structure of doing business is constantly evolving . The next number of years will see many cycle shops either sink or swim . Our view , is that the level of service that we offer our customers has to improve constantly . If a customer is spending 2, 3 …
The Pogues are on the radio singing their Fairytale of New York . Here’s a real life experience of being an Irish cyclist in New York . It ‘aint no fairytale . In 1993 I lived and worked in New York city with my friend Bernard . We rented the upstairs apartment of a two …