On my first day in secondary school as I walked into the yard of The High School in Clonmel I bumped into the late Patrick Kennedy, the grandson of a neighbour from Grange. It was good to see a familiar friendly face and he brought me over to meet a few of his friends. He…
Life is so full nowadays that we rarely get a chance to take a break from its momentum. For many the day begins with a sleepy arm outstretched whilst a hand searches for a smooth rectangular object. A button is pressed and a screen lights up. Emails are checked for important work updates that just…
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…
A while back I came up with a few Radio Ray blog entries which were parodies of the Gift grub Radio Roy sketches on today fm . Well this Sunday I get to do it for real as a guest on The Sunday Business show between 10.30 and 11.30 am . We also got a…
Well it has been everywhere for the past few months . Rumour and covert pics were all over the net but this weekend we got the first official pics from madison ( the official shimano importer ) and here they are : The chainset looks leaner and more aggressive . The chainrings are hollow and…
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…
Back in the late eighties a bike race was a good indicator of what the latest trend in haircuts was . Former National champion and current surgeon in St James' hospital Dublin , Julian Dalby was the first to sport the dyed blond look complete with a diamond pattern shaved into the back of his head .…
Many Irish people have an unusual way of greeting each other . When passing someone that you know on the street the common greeting is how are you ? , how are things ? how’s life ? etc . And the most common answer is very often ‘ not too bad ‘ which may often…
