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…
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…
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…
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
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…
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…
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One of the greatest advantages to owning and running a bike shop is the opportunity to work at something that you truly love doing . Both Ray and I are very lucky to be able to get up each morning and look forward to going to work . To have your consuming passion interwoven with…
Today there was uniformity in the group as all were in agreement to fall back on the old reliable , the inspiration for the 100k route of the Sean Kelly tour , the 'Ballymac ' spin . I decided that it was time to up my own training , especially having entered for the Etape…
Yesterday afternoon we were in a local supermarket when I bumped into a friend of mine who casually enquired if I had been out for a cycle that morning . I often wonder what image non-cyclists have when they ask that question . Of course it is a conversation piece when they know that you…
Take a look at this tv advert and remember that this guy is riding a fixed wheel bike with no brakes ! [youtube=http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=xh5Pr1k7I34]
Ish bosh bish . Bosh balla bectallawah bangdankint ! Well , that's what it sounded like to me the other day when a guy walked in to the shop and came up to me at the counter and just started blabbering on in his native tongue as if it were the most natural thing in…
They're at it again this morning on the radio , recession , recession , recession , we're all doomed . I know that Halloween is next week but they really are getting carried away with all of the ghost stories . There'll be no medical care for the elderly , no teachers in the schools…
Once again we were on the road at 5.00 am last Thursday morning . The new motorway to Cork is speeding the journey up every time I'm on that road . Very soon Fitzy will not be the only person capable of making it to Cork airport in under an hour . Fog in Heathrow…
Good interview with Nicholas Roche here today : http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/?pg=fullstory&id=6361
