We’re still coming to grips with blogging but are delighted to have been nominated in the best business blog catagory for the forthcoming awards . We will have some very stiff competition from the following list but fingers crossed anyway ! Ice Cream Ireland Interactions McGarr Solicitors O’Conall Street Ask Direct Pat Phelan The …
Early last week a customer was in and spoke excitedly about ‘lynx’ in the Kilsheelan wood . At first I was visualising a pallet of Lynx deodorant sprawled about the wood . The smell of lynx is normally inhaled in either teenage discos or in the car park after a bike race . The first location …
Today the sun was out so we took in part of the coast road but were still back in Carrick by 12.15 . This is what it looked like : [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tfr7GepS26A]
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Lance Armstrong brought cycling to the mainstream public and here are a few of the best tv adverts I’ve come accross ; [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2Inx3878jU] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huEnJUzq8EU] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjcZNR6MiRE] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igEGZ2sQ2GY] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO8_N4YkEns] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcojlAmHMzk]
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When you haven’t trained for a while the one thing that hangs over you is the first spin back with the group . It’s a lot like the leaving cert , you know you have to do it but you just don’t want to face it . Throughout the winter I’ve been busy with family …
No two days are ever the same standing behind the counter of a bike shop . Many different and interesting types of people often drop in and we are often asked many different types of questions . The easy ones are , what size of bike do you think I may need ? , what …
December 26th , St. Stephens Day and I was still feeling bloated after all of the Turkey , ham , pringles and a host of other non essential foodstuffs , so i decided that it was time for a spin on the bike . We spent Christmas this year in Limerick with Ciara’s family so I headed …
Today fm has ‘Radio Roy’ but here in worldwidecycles we have a new cycling version called Radio Ray . Here is a transcript of episode 2 in the current series : Hello there listeners , and a very good morning to you all . We have a great show lined up for you today with …
MGM have recently released a film based on the life of Scottish cyclist Graeme Obree . Whilst Obree’s story is good what would a big budget film about Kelly be like ? It might be something like this ; Jack Kelly ( played by Gabriel Byrne ) wanders out into a field on a bleak …
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Today fm has ‘Radio Roy’ but here in worldwidecycles we have a new cycling version called Radio Ray . Here is a transcript of the first episode in the current series : ‘ Hallo and welcome to this , the first edition of our new show called Radio Ray . Over the coming season we …
Like most cyclists , I have taken part in a good number of charity cycles . Most have been one day spins around somewhere in Ireland but back in 1993 I did the ‘Florida 500 ‘ with the National Council for the Blind . I got involved through a friend who is blind called Stefan …
Last night , in a simple hotel in the town of Carrick on Suir a small town make up party planner staged a coup which left all of the swish marketing agencies like Saatchi and Saatchi in her wake . For over thirty minutes she gave a good account of all of the different beautifying products …
A group of ten Irish cyclists have entered a new type of off season competition called ‘I’m a cyclist – get me out of here ! They will be marooned in a deserted house in Merchtem in the Belgian outback . Each day they will be given some very difficult tasks to complete and the last …
I have had a number of people asking ‘ what happened next ? ‘ after a recent post about a cycling version of Sylvester Stallone’s most famous character so here is what I think might have been the next instalment ; Both cyclists are lying on massage tables in the Na Piarsaigh GAA club hall …
Last Sunday in a prelude to Ray’s stag night we decided to check out the new mountain biking centre in Ballyhoura . We have been hearing about it for the past twelve months now , so we were all curious to see just what it is like . It was first due to open back …
Cycling is fast becoming one of the most fashionable ways of keeping fit amongst the celebrity world . Madonna has become a keen cyclist and incorporates a few spins into her fitness regime each week . Colin Farrell is regularly spotted out on his bike training around the Toluca lake area of Los Angeles. Another …
Yesterday afternoon whilst recovering from another fantastic spin off road we were having lunch when a blast from the past appeared before us . Both Ray and myself had to do a double take when Shane O’Meara formerly of The Shannon Transport club in Limerick appeared before us . We had all raced together up …