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Cycle Sport
Road-racing, time-trialling, BMXing, mountain biking, track racing, keirin, downhilling: there's hardly an end to the variety of competitive cycling. More articles to follow soon.
Polo for the people
Crowds of 25,000, strong media coverage and interest from Nike and Sony… can it really be bike polo? JOHN KENNEDY, Director of Operations for the US Bicycle Polo Association, explains the renaissance of the sport.
Living the dream
KENT PETERSEN shares his personal memories of French roads, fans and new friends…
Bikes get physical.
Some famous quotes on the nature of cycling. Taken, with some alterations from www.10ktruth.com/the_quotes/cycle.htm
The Competitive Edge
Bike racing is hard, says PATRICK FIELD, but all cyclists can benefit from giving it a go, and he suggests some easy ways of getting into the game
Death on the Tracks
JIM McGURN writes about the many dangers associated with early motorcycle racing, and the measures devised to overcome the high death toll (some of which have been passed over to generations of modern cyclists!).
Interview: Beryl Burton
Englishwoman Beryl Burton dominated women's cycling for twenty-five years from 1958, and was world champion repeatedly in many disciplines. JIM MCGURN interviewed her in 1984 when she was 47. This is an edited text of the original interview.
A quick return: go faster with the right clothing
Cycling fashion says that to ride like the wind you need only open your wallet. Cycling science shakes its head and suggests that the rider has a rather more important role to play.
The amazing ocean-going world of Yvon Le Caer
Le Caer was a world-class competition cyclist before he embarked on his ocean-going exploits. His speed records for human powered water craft still stand more than twenty years later.
An Intimate Portrait of the Tour de France
A review of Philippe Brunei's book by SIMON LEVERMORE
1904 The Tour de France which was to be the Last
ARTHUR CLUNE reviews a book by Jacques Seray, which gives a fascinating insight into the history and intrigue of cycling’s greatest race.
Graceful riding
By improving your pedalling technique you can ride further and faster with less effort. Here, in an extract from his book, 'Cycling for Fitness', JOHN SCHUBERT explains how it can be done
Bad Blood
There's little love lost between bike racers and the drugs testers. But who holds the moral high ground? PATRICK FIELD says it's not as simple as it looks
The Best of the Bunch
JOHN STUART-CLARK, German team coach Peter Konopka PETER KONOPKA and BEN SEARLE explain, each in turn, advanced riding techniques for fast group or peleton riding.
Racing the high wheel
In several countries of the world the racing of High Bicycles is an exciting and highly competitive sport. Former champion DOUG PINKERTON from England tells the story.
The Art of Racing
DAVID ECCLES describes some of his favourite works of art which take cycle sport as their subject.
FarRad - the radiator bike
Winner of the final of the first Pedal Powered Furniture World Championship
Randonneurs do it at 15kph
An introduction to the nocturnal world of the long distance cyclist. Written By GREG MELIA.
Profile: Maurice Burton
It’s Leicester’s Saffron Lane velodrome, August 1974. The newly crowned British 20 kilometre champion, Maurice Burton waves his bouquet. Sections of the crowd are booing. Is it because the champion rode a tactical race – or perhaps because his skin is a different color? By EDMOND HOOD
Profile: Joe Waugh
The man behind M Steel Cycles in Newcastle was formerly a road racer for Britain - and a good one at that...
Pedersen bikes outside a Copenhagen house
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Refrain from throwing your bicycle in public. It shows poor upbringing
Jacquie Phelan
Cartoons
From Phil Somerville
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