Current favourite blog

iainf72
iainf72 Posts: 15,784
edited October 2010 in Pro race
I'm currently loving

http://italiancyclingjournal.blogspot.com/

Anyone else found anything recently which is worth a look?
Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.

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  • Coyote
    Coyote Posts: 212
    What a great blog! Thanks for sharing. :D
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    That Tirreno poster is the nuts.
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    Strava is not Zen.
  • The Prodigy
    The Prodigy Posts: 832
    calvjones wrote:
    That Tirreno poster is the nuts.

    Absolutely fantastic!
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    NY Velocity is an interesting site, plenty of NY-specific stuff but they reach out beyond this and cover pro cycling with some insightful stuff.

    A new version of the "Bickering with Pickering" blog is up, featuring Ed Pickering of Cycle Sport mag.
  • pomtarr
    pomtarr Posts: 318
    Twisted Spoke

    http://walshworld.wordpress.com/
    "Difficult, difficult, lemon difficult"
  • Team Banana Spokesman
    Team Banana Spokesman Posts: 538
    tirreno poster is brilliant!
  • Damien_KW
    Damien_KW Posts: 47
    I know it's not exactly new, but I've recently discovered Cycling Tips which is excellent: http://www.cyclingtipsblog.com/

    There is also, ahem, my new blog IN THE SADDLE:
    http://inthesaddleblog.wordpress.com
    IN THE SADDLE
    "Locals are watching from pavement cafés. Non-racers. The emptiness of those lives shocks me." Tim Krabbé, The Rider
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    http://www.belgiumkneewarmers.com/ is worth a read during the classics season.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    I'll second the Twisted Spoke blog above, I'm a convert to the regular pieces, good fun.

    I'd add http://theinnerring.blogspot.com/ , the info on today's Paris-Nice stage is quite useful for example, might help for PTP too.
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    Kléber wrote:
    I'll second the Twisted Spoke blog above, I'm a convert to the regular pieces, good fun.

    I'd add http://theinnerring.blogspot.com/ , the info on today's Paris-Nice stage is quite useful for example, might help for PTP too.

    "it's a classic scenario of easy tailwind for ages and then a crosswind in exposed territory. Watch out for crashes at this moment at least. Certainly the team managers will have to warn their riders about this and Rabobank will be at ease, the terrain is so flat it's almost Dutch. Expect a tactical sprint, the finish should be into a stiff headwind"

    Indeed.
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    Strava is not Zen.
  • zoom gordo
    zoom gordo Posts: 78
    *cough* http://zoom-gordo.blogspot.com/ *cough*
    Gordo's World of Zoom http://zoom-gordo.blogspot.com/
    Those that can, do. Those that can't write about it.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Here's the Milan San Remo poster.

    I love it! Found it courtesy of http://italiancyclingjournal.blogspot.c ... -away.html

    EDIT: grr, you can't seem to copy blog images. Visit the blog link above for the story, worth the click.
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    milan%2Bsanremo%2B2010.jpg
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    FabioParraCR112-600.jpg
    Courtesy of the inner ring blog, that's Fabio Parra above in an election leaflet. He's standing for election in Columbia.

    For those of you that don't know or need reminding, Parra was part of a golden generation of Columbian riders who set the Tour de France on fire in the mid 80s with their impressive climbing abilities.

    The leaflet gives instructions on how to mark your ballot paper - for CR and candidate 112 (Senor Parra) as well as the not very catchy slogan of "a sports leader in the chamber".

    Italian cycling journal, also above, has news of Michele Bartoli and Eros Poli back in competition - and winning. This time in a team time trial. Poli was part of the Italian team time trial squad when it was an Olympic discipline. Discipline's the word since it was a 100km 4-up trial, a killer effort.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Take a look at http://cyclocosm.com/ , I think Micron might be shopping online today :wink:

    ...but if that's not your thing then the other posts are good.
  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,716
    I like this one http://road.cc/blogs/jimmythecuckoo but then again I suppose I would, wouldn't I? :lol:
    http://fendrieneu.home.blog
    My blog and pod...
    Beers of Belgium Cycling Club UK
  • megateuf
    megateuf Posts: 5
    Le blog de l'Ardoisier : http://21virages.free.fr/blog

    The blog is in French, but there is many galleries of podium girls, which includes ladies from the 10 last Tour de France (from 2000 to 2009).
    http://21virages.free.fr/blog/index.php?galleries

    (in French, l'Ardoisier is that guy on his motorcycle who gives the gap between the echappée and the peloton)
    In French, l'Ardoisier is that guy on his motorcycle who gives the gap between the echappée and the peloton.
    Le Blog de l'Ardoisier : http://21virages.free.fr/blog
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Matt Rendell just tweeted this one

    http://pavepavepave.blogspot.com/
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,473
    I've just been reading it. It's very, very good.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Thanks for that, it's very thorough. Having tipped Belgian Kneewarmers on the previous page, it now seems it's a case of "pro is program no go", that blog seems to have shut down. Pave offers a lot for the upcoming classics.

    It's interesting that some of these blogs can deliver a lot more that the normal media, you get humour or insight that traditional reporting often doesn't deliver, even though the main websites and magazines have press passes. Cyclesport have linked up with NY Velocity to incorporate the uber-wry Toto comicstrip and I wonder if other outlets will start to harness outsider voices.
  • andyrr
    andyrr Posts: 1,822
    Not sure if this has been mentioned elsewhere
    http://lefthandcrank.wordpress.com/

    It was mentioned with reference somewhere in the recentish past about the Agritubel bus but it's current front page is wrt Korn and Team Sky

    Quite amusing stuff.
  • stagehopper
    stagehopper Posts: 1,593
    Kléber wrote:
    Thanks for that, it's very thorough. Having tipped Belgian Kneewarmers on the previous page, it now seems it's a case of "pro is program no go", that blog seems to have shut down. Pave offers a lot for the upcoming classics.

    BK seems to be working for me.
    @stagehopper
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    http://velogogo.com/ is a nice easy one to check occasionally. It isn't updated that often but often has some good things on it. Well worth going back through older posts.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Hasn't been update for a very long time yet it is worth it for reading the first post that comes up alone.
    http://www.thevirtualmusette.com/
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    In good form recently
    http://www.bigringriding.com/
    Contador is the Greatest

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