( Great pics of The Suir Valley 3 day can be found on www.tipperaryphotos.com ) Right now as I watch a track sprinter from Trinidad in the Olympics I am reminded of a rider who has overcome many a hard road and come out on top. Mehall 'Fitzy' Fitzgerald was doing a bit of track…
Just what is it about Christmas that brings out the optical illusions of parents ? We always try to encourage parents to bring their kids into the shop to have them sized correctly for their santa bikes . A good excuse is to tell the kids that you are just getting the name and size…
Have you ever heard a song on the radio and immediately been reminded of being in another place at another time . It happened to me yesterday in the shop . As I was fitting a new rear gear cable into a Pinarello prince Alanis Morrisette came on the radio proclaiming that she had one…
Yesterday Carlos Sastre , the 33 year old Spaniard who stands at 1.70 m and weighs just 61 kg won his first Tour de France . He beat the ever present podium bridesmaid , Australian Cadel Evans by a slender margin of just 58 seconds after three weeks of racing . So what made the…
For my first birthday, my Father got me a ride on pedal tractor. It was way too big and I couldn't even reach the pedals, or so I'm told. I was only one after all so my memory of events is a bit sketchy to say the least. My mother had her reservations about the…
If reading about worldwidecycles isn't enough you can now hear us speak at the recent Irish Internet Association congress and on The Sunday Business show on Today FM by following the links below ; IIA - worldwidecycles IIA podcast third one down TODAY FM - worldwidecycles Today FM podcast select sunday 8/6/08 part 2
When you work in a bike shop no two days are ever the same . Different people and different bikes are in and out every day . Also because it's our own business there's everything else that goes along with being self employed , accounts , orders , marketing etc. Whilst I'm not one for…
In 1490 Leonardo DaVinci sketched a drawing of the modern day bicycle . Then in 1790 Frenchman Mede de Sivrac invented a wooden 'running machine ' which had no steering . However in 1861 another French man Ernest Michaux invented the modern style of bicycle with pedals and cranks . For almost 130 years the…
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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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…
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Each year during the third week in May several towns in Ireland reverberate to the sound of Paddy Fitzsimons voice encouraging the people of the town to ' Give a big Templemore ( or eight other town names each year ) welcome to the Men of The Ras '. ' The Ras ' holds a mythical…
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What to do if you get a puncture miles from home ! 1 : Always carry at least one spare tube along with a few patches and some solution (glue) . Most people will also need a set of two or three tyre levers and of course a pump . 2 : If it is a…
