Checking in after the finish of the 2010 RAS, Ryan gives us his final video after finishing as second Irish rider. You can follow Ryans posts on his blog at http://ryansherlock.blogspot.com/
Entries from May 2010
Stage 8 of the RAS, Ryans final post.
May 31st, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: Racing · Road cycling · Video
Ivan Basso wins an eventful Giro
May 31st, 2010 · No Comments
Four years after pulling on the maglia rosa as Giro champion, a jubilant Ivan Basso repeated the feat following one of the most eventful races in years. With multiple leaders across the three weeks and a GC that was turned on its head the Liquigas rider rode into the Roman arena in Verona as victor. [...]
Tags: Racing · Road cycling · Tour de France
Ras Stage 6 Ryans penultimate blog post
May 30th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: Cross country · Racing · Road cycling · Video
Stage 6 of the RAS – Ryans diary
May 29th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: Racing · Road cycling · Video
Ryan Sherlock video blog Stage 5 of the RAS
May 28th, 2010 · No Comments
Ryan checks in with us after an eventful day on stage 5 of the RAS.
Tags: Racing · Road cycling · Video
Stage 4 Ras diary from Ryan Sherlock
May 27th, 2010 · No Comments
Irish MTB rider Ryan Sherlock checks in from the Ras after yesterdays stage. Ryan is having a fantastic race showing good form and attacking well although his speciality is climbing which hasn’t been a big feature of the race yet. In the interest of continuity we won’t talk about todays stage other than to say [...]
Tags: Racing · Road cycling · Video
Gaelforce 24hr cycle challenge 2010
May 27th, 2010 · No Comments
Taking place in the Nephin Beg mountain range just outside Newport, Co Mayo, the Gaelforce 24-hour Cycle Challenge involves a 24hr mountain bike event and a 24hr road bike event, as well as a recently added 8hr challenge. Irish adventure racer & 2009 Female solo champion, Fiola Foley For the truly hard core you can [...]
Tags: Cross country · Endurance events · Mountain biking · Racing
The Atherton Project season 2
May 26th, 2010 · 2 Comments
Ex DH World Champions Rachel & Gee Atherton along with older brother Dan are back with their video documentary series for another year. Here we check in with the trio who headed to California in the off season to train.
Tags: Downhill · Mountain biking · Video
Ryan’s blog Ras stage 3
May 26th, 2010 · No Comments
Our man in the RAS, Ryan Sherlock, checks in following a tough stage 3…
Tags: Racing · Road cycling
Kippure Estate XC MTB Development Summer Race Series
May 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Kippure Estate are hosting a new developmental series in its grounds organised by the IMBRC and sponsored by the Cycle Inn. The XC MTB Development Summer Race Series to be held over the next few months on the estate and will be similar to the developmental series run earlier in the year.
Tags: Beginners guide · Cross country · Mountain biking · Racing
Ras stage 2 blog from Ryan Sherlock
May 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Stage 2 of the RAS was marred by a large crash that took down a size-able group of riders. A jeep pulled out from a side road into the path of the race just as the lead peloton riders came around a corner at speed. Three riders suffered some quite serious injuries such as broken [...]
Tags: Racing · Road cycling · Video
Ryan Sherlock RAS video blog
May 24th, 2010 · No Comments
Top Irish MTB racer Ryan Sherlock is racing the RAS as part of the Eurocycles Team. Here is a video blog from Ryan immediately after the first stage.
Tags: Racing · Road cycling · Video
Red Bull Road Rage 2010 Kicks Off in Belgium this Saturday.
May 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment
Update – Word has just reached us that Janos has won yesterdays race! Congratulations to him on a stellar performance. Full feature to follow! Cycle Inn/Trajectoires Cycles rider Janos Köhler kicks off the Red Bull Road Rage season in Belgium this weekend 22nd May. Red Bull Road Rage events are a unique series of events [...]
Tags: Downhill · Racing · Road cycling
XC NPS 4 Magheramorne
May 21st, 2010 · No Comments
Round four of the Irish Mountain Bike Cross Country NPS takes place on Sunday 23th May, at Magheramorne Quarry near Larne in County Antrim, promoted by Team Madigan.
Tags: Cross country · Mountain biking · Racing
BREAKING NEWS – Armstrong crashes out of TOC
May 20th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Johann Bruyneel, the team manager of Armstrong’s team Radioshack has just posted on twitter that Armstrong has crashed out of the Tour of California. The full text reads – Sorry to report there was a huge crash, with Chechu and Lance involved. Lance had to abandon and is going to the hospital for Xrays. The [...]
Tags: General commentary · Racing · Road cycling
Floyd Landis admits doping – Updated
May 20th, 2010 · 2 Comments
We held off on talking about this as we have often heard similar rumours which have proved unfounded and we are wary of libel but this story has been gaining momentum all day and is a headline sports story on all the major news cycles. Disgraced rider Floyd Landis who was stripped of the 2006 [...]
Tags: Racing · Road cycling · Uncategorized
Ritchey present new road bars
May 20th, 2010 · No Comments
One of the oldest MTB component manufacturers, Ritchey, also make road components. They are one of our favourite companies and have just announced two new road bars to their lineup. WCS Carbon Curve
Tags: Road cycling · Tech
Resumption of service
May 17th, 2010 · No Comments
The eagle eyed of you out there will have noticed a certain quiet on this site over the past 2 weeks. Fear not we have not dissapeared but are merely on holiday. Normal service will resume shortly although has been somewhat delayed by the return of the ashcloud! Stay tuned…. Meanwhile there is lots happening [...]
Tags: Downhill · General commentary · Mountain biking · Racing · Road cycling
First ride – Trek Remedy 8
May 10th, 2010 · No Comments
The Remedy is Trek’s All mountain machine. Designed around a 150mm suspension platform the bike is destined for going downhill fast.
Tags: General commentary · Mountain biking · Reviews · Tech
Review – Specialized Captain Control 2 bliss tyres
May 4th, 2010 · No Comments
Confidence in the corners, great straight line speed and good mud clearance are all features of this tyre from Specialized. A good sticky rubber compound keeps things glued to the trail, this is a great tyre for muddy trail conditions and is ideal for the early racing season. We recommend the tubeless 2.0 version but [...]
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Review – Rockshox Reba XX fork
May 1st, 2010 · No Comments
XX is the range topping groupset (sorry, family) from SRAM and this is their range topping trail/race fork.
Tags: Mountain biking · Reviews





