A couple of days ago, there was a great interview with Team Sky boss David Brailsford, done by the sports editor for The Times, Matt Dickinson (which you can read here). It was probably more interesting to me than your average reader, because it starts with Brailsford talking about my book: It made me think,… Continue reading A Brief Reflection on the 2015 Tour de France
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By Bread Alone by Ernie Old
I had a wonderful time at the Melbourne Writers’ Festival last week with Emma Ayres, Tom Doig and Greg Foyster, notably all long distance touring aficionados. Coincidentally, so is the MWF’s director, Lisa Dempster, who rode across the Nullarbor on her Surly. Whilst I’ve done long rides, I’ve never done so without ending back at… Continue reading By Bread Alone by Ernie Old
Wonder Wheels by Eileen Sheridan
Eileen Sheridan’s Wonder Wheels is one of my favourite books on cycling, originally published in 1956 when she was thirty-two. She’d turned professional a three years earlier with sponsorship from Hercules. In that time, she’d broken all of the twenty-one records kept by the Women’s Road Records Association. She still holds five of them. Now… Continue reading Wonder Wheels by Eileen Sheridan
Personal Best by Beryl Burton
When I was in London I picked up a copy of The Independent with this article on the ‘unknown’ cycling legend Beryl Burton. Unknown is probably the wrong word. Within a particular subculture of British club cycling, Burton’s legend is on par with Eddy Merckx. The two are certainly quite comparable in that both won… Continue reading Personal Best by Beryl Burton