From mclaren.com Cavendish became the first Briton to claim the Green jersey, awarded to the rider who scores the most points over the course of the tour, just a couple of hours after Lewis took the chequered flag at the Nurburgring. Cavendish won five of 21 stages, including the final one which ends on the [...]

Apart from the fact that this concept sounds truly amazing, although the potential for getting it wrong is massive, this article contains the best name of a company ever. Deep Local. From Gadget Review: Toyota Prius Project Concept “PXP” Bike A bike that shifts gears using your mind…ludicrous, right? Think again. Toyota Prius Projects teamed [...]

Inspired by Andy Schleck efforts yesterday, I went for a hilly ride around the Hout Bay area. A friend of mine had told me about a certain climb, called Blue Valley Ave, on the left as you come down the Nek towards Hout Bay. He reckoned it was unclimbable (is that a word?) on a [...]

2 weeks ago on a road ride, I clipped my mate’s wheel and ended up with mild concussion and a nice headache for 6 days. And a split helmet. Then a week later I saw someone cruising down Constantia Nek without a helmet and it makes me so angry! I just don’t get why you [...]

Well, this is a bit mad.

Well this is a bit mad.

This has done the rounds last week already, but it’s worth taking another look at it and it came up again in conversation over the weekend. I can’t seem to really get my head around it! The Argus looks like someone just smudged a line of ink for the border or something.  It’s really a [...]

This post should probably be called Mud Sweat and Tears, but that’s been used before and I need to move up the google search rankings with some original’ish content. So for the record the Daily Crank took on the 75km MTB and the 50km road ride the next day. I should mention that I would’ve [...]

Tour de France Stage 11 highlights and Stage 12 preview – Mark Cavendish has claimed the 18th Tour de France stage win of his career and seized the points classification leader’s green jersey. Second on the rainy 11th stage was yeserday’s winner Andre Greipel of Germany. (Crank) Jens Voigt: A Room To Myself – The [...]

Header Image – Pelopics #Road – Tour de France Stage 9 highlights and Stage 10 preview – Frenchman Thomas Voeckler finished second and took the overall race leader’s yellow jersey from Thor Hushovd of Norway. #Road – Australian cyclist Hibberd killed in Italy – Australian road cyclist Carly Hibberd has been killed after being hit [...]

This is the last in the Rás series. A FRIEND of mine – Mark aka The Bionic Dude –  recently made me aware of the Rás, Irelands biggest stage race which he competed in this year. I’ve subsequently learnt that the Ras is indeed a unique event. For those of you who don’t know much about [...]

For most viewers, the Tour de France is all they know of cycling. And it always amazes me how many people watch the Tour who generally don’t give a hoot about cycling as a sport. But once a year, they find themselves caught up  in 22 days of drama in lycra. So if you’ve found [...]

If you’re looking for something to accompany that photo of you on your desk with your arm around Eddy Merckx, that one where you ambushed him in at the 2009 Tour as he walking away from a TV interview and he has this slightly surprised expression on his face….wait, I’m digressing. This is the Daily [...]

A FRIEND of mine – Mark aka The Bionic Dude –  recently made me aware of the Rás, Irelands biggest stage race which he competed in this year. I’ve subsequently learnt that the Ras is indeed a unique event. For those of you who don’t know much about the Rás, as a brief introduction it’s an [...]