Monthly Archives: July 2012

Why I Feel Sorry for Cav

Posted on July 29, 2012 by norbs

This may come as a shock to some people, but I genuinely feel for Mark Cavendish. He put aside aspirations of a Tour de France green jersey to help Sky team mate Brad Wiggins win the coveted maillot juane. Who … Continue reading →

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Red Bull 5000 Down

Posted on July 27, 2012 by norbs

Getting down and dirty!

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Olympic Rumblings

Posted on July 27, 2012 by norbs

I woke up this morning and Twitter was going off like an Aussie road cyclist in golden knicks! Plenty of cycling fans seem miffed that Cadel Evans or Stuey O’Grady aren’t going to be the official flag bearer at the … Continue reading →

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Olympics Road Race Course.

Posted on July 25, 2012 by norbs

Thanks to Nic O’Donnell for the heads up on Twitter. A good look at the Olympics Road Race course that will be used this weekend at the London Olympics. I have no idea what sort of coverage the free to … Continue reading →

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A Cool Bike Animation

Posted on July 24, 2012 by norbs

This is very cool. Short and sweet. VELO from MOTIONLAB on Vimeo.

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Congrats Cav. Congrats Wiggo.

Posted on July 23, 2012 by norbs

Nothing to say, just this pic.

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Highs and Lows of the 2012 Tour de France (Part 2 The Highs)

Posted on July 22, 2012 by norbs

Picking up from the last post on the Tour lows, here are my top 5 Highlights of this years Tour de France. Highlights #5 Team Sky’s clinical display Dave Brailsford got a lot of giggles when he announced that Team … Continue reading →

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Highs and Lows of the 2012 Tour de France (Part 1 The Lows)

Posted on July 22, 2012 by norbs

As I listened to the rain falling into the gutters this morning, meaning I missed my planned ride, I started to put my highlights and lowlights of this years Tour de France together in my head. For such a dull … Continue reading →

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Stage 17, A Farce!

Posted on July 20, 2012 by norbs

Forgive me if I go all Bradley Wiggins in this post folks. I wont, but I would love to! I have had 10 hours to sleep on it. 10 hours to calm down. 10 hours to mull over last nights … Continue reading →

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Wiggins or Froome Stronger?

Posted on July 20, 2012 by norbs

I would love to see what people think. I expect Wiggins to come out and belt the lot of them in the ITT on Saturday, but you have to wonder if he would be able to negate the time Froome … Continue reading →

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