tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74621259955381198992024-03-05T14:20:59.181-08:00Bell Hall VeloCount Catseyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12849335782523870612noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462125995538119899.post-67388169060749128802011-05-08T12:45:00.000-07:002011-05-08T12:48:08.419-07:00homework<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCHmazIrsHnh1hAQx_GQomW1qdS7GYuRjD54_BT9MULUs2dS74d2oVSyywA3Htn786vF3uxtJzpySbEBvi2R9q_5zYz1vW-C2a3um7rgcSNUkwxtzTBk0CnxZT6xD4mlhCj46uTlsvCUfV/s1600/Untitled-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 249px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCHmazIrsHnh1hAQx_GQomW1qdS7GYuRjD54_BT9MULUs2dS74d2oVSyywA3Htn786vF3uxtJzpySbEBvi2R9q_5zYz1vW-C2a3um7rgcSNUkwxtzTBk0CnxZT6xD4mlhCj46uTlsvCUfV/s400/Untitled-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604434314076724898" /></a>Count Catseyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12849335782523870612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462125995538119899.post-10070775454658026852011-05-02T00:58:00.000-07:002011-05-07T04:56:41.935-07:00safety smurfThese hats are very popular in scallyfax at the moment.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihWoyT5y1wtaIRmxoiiUhiU7_bMklpfcOBEdWt5C0qdNcZwuPK2aSneZW-EM2Sb4bykk0JRlppSYITNkh6Pdz82bPaAL8LXM5VZVc7XlPqw8Jm5LHX4ot3x6taoPEYOTrdSPFC9ZupughK/s1600/IMGP1453.PEF.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihWoyT5y1wtaIRmxoiiUhiU7_bMklpfcOBEdWt5C0qdNcZwuPK2aSneZW-EM2Sb4bykk0JRlppSYITNkh6Pdz82bPaAL8LXM5VZVc7XlPqw8Jm5LHX4ot3x6taoPEYOTrdSPFC9ZupughK/s400/IMGP1453.PEF.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603941620880258418" /></a>Count Catseyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12849335782523870612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462125995538119899.post-71200924594571315382011-04-23T02:27:00.000-07:002011-04-23T02:44:07.447-07:00Restrap Tool PouchSam from <a href="http://fixedgearleeds.blogspot.com/">fixed gear leeds</a> lent me one of the new <a href="http://restrap.co.uk/shop.html">restrap tool pouches</a> to keep my malibu tanning oil in. 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifxW5u7xasxxRbdp-rNEYSTzw1gxcL8XX1LUjVt8_-5UBDQIJ6DzZGLa8ccW2gkwxXyxqkU4kuuJkOa8pXy5rvMLMfi-8TTZ9o1x0wSnkSiIW6b6JNRvkchFypL2UhH3GVXaxGkiyxYKq3/s400/IMGP0616.PEF.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585773352810333538" /></a>Count Catseyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12849335782523870612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462125995538119899.post-75444887026265995462011-01-26T05:40:00.000-08:002011-01-26T05:46:22.420-08:00Scalextrack<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.slotforum.com/images/Scalextric/Bike-track-03.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 320px;" src="http://www.slotforum.com/images/Scalextric/Bike-track-03.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.slotforum.com/images/Scalextric/Bike-track-02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 320px;" src="http://www.slotforum.com/images/Scalextric/Bike-track-02.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.slotforum.com/images/Scalextric/Bike-track-01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 320px;" src="http://www.slotforum.com/images/Scalextric/Bike-track-01.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />from CNET apparently, cheers <a href="http://twitter.com/therealyorkie">@therealyorkie</a>Count Catseyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12849335782523870612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462125995538119899.post-29439646353321564632010-12-12T13:01:00.001-08:002010-12-12T13:03:21.522-08:00says it all...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLsaEcJ_KjFKx8ac2w8cna7UDgSoPhug8cLX6kCZbh-NSOlEXdM-Pg-f4qaeW4Ayzc11Z7kICSyANbLZuzSCdVF3RmMkkYPImnh7OXRSeXBnRx4z0vbT7kWdb4MZ2s1BinOcHrF06XsRY0/s1600/IMGP0489.PEF.psd.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLsaEcJ_KjFKx8ac2w8cna7UDgSoPhug8cLX6kCZbh-NSOlEXdM-Pg-f4qaeW4Ayzc11Z7kICSyANbLZuzSCdVF3RmMkkYPImnh7OXRSeXBnRx4z0vbT7kWdb4MZ2s1BinOcHrF06XsRY0/s400/IMGP0489.PEF.psd.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549904319589012418" /></a>Count Catseyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12849335782523870612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462125995538119899.post-7563357643456716412010-12-05T07:26:00.000-08:002010-12-05T07:33:04.172-08:00Halfway UpBell Hall Velo nipped up to the lakes yesterday in a misguided attempt at bagging a few peaks. A few things stood in our way however including; snooze button, rear-wheel drive and family commitments. Halfway up was the best we could manage in the time we had.<br /><br />It was good to get out for a few hours anyway, cheese and pickle sandwiches and real ale saved the day. <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizDjrZI6CW6gGhRJEomhDkRlTcE6qTBr2LAPvpBnOzMR4MUzTzY2pI5fR3Letvl4GqjIb5semdjn__1ENICSoMqhPclmXqaeDS_waF0sXbIGgKMcyPpP9SwrRJ0LWTZGPCVYmO6Iu8o4xY/s1600/IMGP0362.PEF.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizDjrZI6CW6gGhRJEomhDkRlTcE6qTBr2LAPvpBnOzMR4MUzTzY2pI5fR3Letvl4GqjIb5semdjn__1ENICSoMqhPclmXqaeDS_waF0sXbIGgKMcyPpP9SwrRJ0LWTZGPCVYmO6Iu8o4xY/s400/IMGP0362.PEF.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547220487345886610" /></a>Count Catseyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12849335782523870612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462125995538119899.post-64922733672488342312010-11-22T14:07:00.000-08:002010-11-22T14:09:40.733-08:00CX Backflip<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/plQvOwKUwxE?fs=1&hl=en_GB"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/plQvOwKUwxE?fs=1&hl=en_GB" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />God knows who, where or why he has a spacesuit on.Count Catseyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12849335782523870612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462125995538119899.post-81979359039292390132010-10-28T05:45:00.000-07:002010-10-28T05:49:38.916-07:00Crazy Seatstays Vol 1I might be after some stupid seatstay action on a future frame. Early research dug up this thing.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.moyercycles.com/whitneysgallery.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: ;" src="http://www.moyercycles.com/whitneysgallery.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />built by <a href="http://www.moyercycles.com/">Moyer Cycles</a> who do a bottle-opener trackend like <a href="http://www.feathercycles.com">Fev</a>Count Catseyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12849335782523870612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462125995538119899.post-30210982777535867882010-10-27T12:59:00.000-07:002010-10-27T13:09:46.764-07:00here come the belgians..<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfTO9YDzVfoibsc-uH8LwkVkvBT-PyV8DHuAWPzwtYyRsAM62sCw-wQY-APCaA4Aw4A5iKFiqBDNj9GqSTkvw9DgJ8r4kjCksDkA4xIhFYwc-XFHFBZ8nblZNNPKhI5WRzCRfHyk7JzpI/s1600-r/web-team-neg.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: ;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfTO9YDzVfoibsc-uH8LwkVkvBT-PyV8DHuAWPzwtYyRsAM62sCw-wQY-APCaA4Aw4A5iKFiqBDNj9GqSTkvw9DgJ8r4kjCksDkA4xIhFYwc-XFHFBZ8nblZNNPKhI5WRzCRfHyk7JzpI/s1600-r/web-team-neg.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I don't claim to understand cyclocross but i do like a bit of northern cobbles.<br /><br />Plus these boys have the best team kit going.. i'm thinking Stijn Devolder. <br />Screw these cappucino sipping italianos, beer and frites is real cycling.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBMAQSVjlVw93BLNiGtjAhQr3F-KEWc6ow6ra32xUD27nvMwzbuzGx_2srB6RQ9NUdtPnQtd7-EceaBhWdk8DJmC9S1SF4r5Mq_eKtgBCiUuU_Ft4zLcN_mJ1snhMHYDTWPnALKfWN_Ug/s400/ScreenHunter_03+Oct.+19+10.30.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBMAQSVjlVw93BLNiGtjAhQr3F-KEWc6ow6ra32xUD27nvMwzbuzGx_2srB6RQ9NUdtPnQtd7-EceaBhWdk8DJmC9S1SF4r5Mq_eKtgBCiUuU_Ft4zLcN_mJ1snhMHYDTWPnALKfWN_Ug/s400/ScreenHunter_03+Oct.+19+10.30.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Photo is from <a href="http://www.ckimages.co.uk">Cheryl King</a> who has some quality cycling snaps on her <a href="http://www.ckimages.co.uk">site</a>.Count Catseyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12849335782523870612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462125995538119899.post-24286337327616288992010-10-06T03:49:00.000-07:002010-10-06T10:29:42.152-07:00One for the missus<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_8M1AOlRglSI/TKtIwajtabI/AAAAAAAAf5o/dnNJSw3HFKc/20100827-20100827-_MG_0760-1-5.jpg?imgmax=400"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_8M1AOlRglSI/TKtIwajtabI/AAAAAAAAf5o/dnNJSw3HFKc/20100827-20100827-_MG_0760-1-5.jpg?imgmax=400" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />nicked from the immense <a href="http://www.jjjjound.com">jjjjound</a>Count Catseyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12849335782523870612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462125995538119899.post-44666322306943262032010-10-05T14:45:00.000-07:002010-10-05T14:57:15.682-07:00CraneShimano's first ever dura-ace derailleur apparently..one of their other range was called "shimano pecker", epic.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqJkHe9MUjCJm9Oej4G1VRYIgXqqBfpi5I5t3nD9wbTl0AYFU5nfUO4LicmLrcPG9uzAqTldaFmtbxNQhctszAjYsJOBh0FMSdLryCh7NWtE6Jol5BM5c-lGyjUJhSxw5q2yNV7TZ7Bt_q/s1600/IMGP0026.PEF.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqJkHe9MUjCJm9Oej4G1VRYIgXqqBfpi5I5t3nD9wbTl0AYFU5nfUO4LicmLrcPG9uzAqTldaFmtbxNQhctszAjYsJOBh0FMSdLryCh7NWtE6Jol5BM5c-lGyjUJhSxw5q2yNV7TZ7Bt_q/s400/IMGP0026.PEF.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524682824927334626" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgghFVSBQv7LmGSWC3ADg7Sp34YsT_Dqyuoa_CqArJBfleCw5q1PBDTRsJDmsYtIgPWXopiS4CNzBhG-FlPsbJ2qSOb49lZ2MaxLPrB-eP8pCs_hrW8JaXuiJsqa_zpFwVuU4S_SxOhkWBs/s1600/IMGP0031.PEF.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgghFVSBQv7LmGSWC3ADg7Sp34YsT_Dqyuoa_CqArJBfleCw5q1PBDTRsJDmsYtIgPWXopiS4CNzBhG-FlPsbJ2qSOb49lZ2MaxLPrB-eP8pCs_hrW8JaXuiJsqa_zpFwVuU4S_SxOhkWBs/s400/IMGP0031.PEF.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524682182925758610" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiShraLp6xrwvHnLTv3wOE5u1_lBJ7INxd7i9Fs2PVHyDJNWOi0jWqMvFoEnBnwbBIaGsrfITSRs6D6t8FuYoBDIECt5xvsWSyxcWdStMUeTU1zOEmLJ_6jzMq0JLiT4fRZh3RTLjzSPJa/s1600/IMGP0021.PEF.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiShraLp6xrwvHnLTv3wOE5u1_lBJ7INxd7i9Fs2PVHyDJNWOi0jWqMvFoEnBnwbBIaGsrfITSRs6D6t8FuYoBDIECt5xvsWSyxcWdStMUeTU1zOEmLJ_6jzMq0JLiT4fRZh3RTLjzSPJa/s400/IMGP0021.PEF.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524681913167319778" border="0" /></a><br /><br />going to clean it up as best as I can and just keep as an ornament.Count Catseyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12849335782523870612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462125995538119899.post-55664192569851909102010-09-21T06:18:00.000-07:002010-09-21T06:31:42.739-07:00ola hipster<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf4YbS9iJ1cqVXZHWTNo6KJsKpr4Qp9y74SbmYGDq3giOg1i4venjfS-ZtSqjFhi5Ald7I13c4enJ_x8F54EG_FpVk4MOlqVEr_JDLmTy5qL2crByupLs5wcaJwHQRLUNb3PiGtAaESno8/s1600/IMGP9865.PEF.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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Pissed it down but the organisers did an ace job. It's always great to be able to walk around the team buses and get in with all the carbon and oiled legs.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1-t6XDtKcoWomDYTWq0lHaTze12rjA85DYlKqSL1B2LwMD8iIrmOIQXOlnK7G7wi52M101KUAzXuIvKBPFuk_H5KH-Z4j62tx75a84smwMvO9XjNzTzxOD-YVFFQsLylJy4pQt1l-42Ui/s1600/IMGP9289.PEF.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1-t6XDtKcoWomDYTWq0lHaTze12rjA85DYlKqSL1B2LwMD8iIrmOIQXOlnK7G7wi52M101KUAzXuIvKBPFuk_H5KH-Z4j62tx75a84smwMvO9XjNzTzxOD-YVFFQsLylJy4pQt1l-42Ui/s400/IMGP9289.PEF.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516037239167668994" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEQ6kyJ5b2H0LLZoyXGveu5P7Qutc1FEPQDFxpVzD9uH1vDKtJr4HigMCNcxXK0CdhKStkJZIq2iAvFDk0Yr0Kt3jvZjiuYMhdYAC7yCxDCAbGpgBgT2J3tFebQHXq_WV9zgesRPuCLWMu/s1600/IMGP9326.PEF.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOiG0khB5OPAKmvyd748ebGi-9b1CcO0yx5u-2Zx-9IgWefOQMMKw9i-nGTvKkHxwjkVBqH6uWF46bae84gPPO0zLvwpi2JS26xXP2Qq0oFJbqIFbxf7VI_1xe9b2FJC-IhotZ4rcPw7c9/s400/IMGP9354.PEF.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516034643241594818" border="0" /></a>Count Catseyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12849335782523870612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462125995538119899.post-34121523846129044192010-08-07T09:10:00.001-07:002010-08-11T15:16:53.863-07:00Coffee<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_fXANLKGQz1Tl73QUBKY5f9qIzPKzQzvRg_5kSNjvqGSnqU1MSat9a-9cmFN3UjHpBKMX_8Egw2zj2shYZDhqPwQClMuHx3AAU71cROz1jNHT_DA1XTVeouas3ZKqxOQy8hM2TevES8Mi/s1600/bellhallvelo.com.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: ;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_fXANLKGQz1Tl73QUBKY5f9qIzPKzQzvRg_5kSNjvqGSnqU1MSat9a-9cmFN3UjHpBKMX_8Egw2zj2shYZDhqPwQClMuHx3AAU71cROz1jNHT_DA1XTVeouas3ZKqxOQy8hM2TevES8Mi/s1600/bellhallvelo.com.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502807693132105666" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtKIHgxqMDNM3b56hGXhPYBDV2ZzBqE99ohqkdR4zhZ89Z-adj2Teyams0AJlbLN5IFGwDtFJPlZeJ9fYKp0bXBraoafbxqiAuhsrhZC9PNfSfginK0E6kPdk0jsAyrgQngIwck8OPVhTq/s1600/IMGP8949.PEF.jpg"><br /></a>Count Catseyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12849335782523870612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462125995538119899.post-37322064310495614042010-07-31T07:29:00.001-07:002010-08-11T15:12:32.176-07:00bench grinder = beerSparks are flying down my cellar<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCZBuS83FaudNfGd7qESJ8xnMKVfLMxdf7W_tzENmejHk8Jp1K2eULYkd39IKzbTOBQ57avt84UqXS-R0uQKSAQml5EF2Ccoo-UFHdJ7dh6p5q9U_2TKQyxVWUTwSHHNxds61D3GDIM-uI/s1600/IMGP8915.PEF.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: ;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCZBuS83FaudNfGd7qESJ8xnMKVfLMxdf7W_tzENmejHk8Jp1K2eULYkd39IKzbTOBQ57avt84UqXS-R0uQKSAQml5EF2Ccoo-UFHdJ7dh6p5q9U_2TKQyxVWUTwSHHNxds61D3GDIM-uI/s800/IMGP8915.PEF.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500077843047897026" border="0" /></a>Count Catseyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12849335782523870612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462125995538119899.post-86486033444667375502010-07-29T06:51:00.000-07:002010-08-11T15:13:14.251-07:00The worst smells in cycling #2 - Fish & Chips<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnbullas/4047772136/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height:;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1q905m1yT9kG36db535EJAiScb4UNf_ht1N6-rMGFdT4OAAOCpTm82vk0iG2hBnpwUcIEoTDfKRmvRBMpLFR5cQeiRSeNSaJgpPb7qJaJuD5mFP1IbVeIbl4fWiwCYwOswaxqqkBelT7c/s800/fish&chipsbike.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499331942179221458" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Friday evening.<br /><br />Out of work early and determined to ride. If only to keep yourself out of the pub for a couple of hours. This requires focus, mustn’t get sidetracked. You burst through the front door, bag down, shirt off. Two slices of bread in the toaster and fish your bibs out of the washing basket (<a href="http://http//bellhallvelo.blogspot.com/2010/07/worst-smells-in-cycling-1-kit.html">see #1</a>)<br /><br />Already your phone is beeping, must ignore. “swifty?” “quick pint?” “you boozing tonight?.” Must ignore.<br /><br />Quick blast on the track pump and you’re back out of the door with a mouthful of toast. Just a couple of pedal turns and last week is already out of your system. This is invigorating. Friday night and you’re out getting the miles in, nipping through the weekend hometime traffic. Racing out to the hills.<br /><br />The vinegar hits first followed, seconds later, by the heady aroma of fresh batter. Beef drip batter as well. You’re still 200 yards away and already you can make out every subtle nuance in aroma. The cars abandoned at each side of the road are testament to the fish-fryers art. You feel a pang in your stomach, even your internal organs know that it is Friday night.<br /><br />All at once your mind races through the logistics. You probably have just enough cash in your saddlebag for a chip butty but no more. Ride to a cash point? You could get the works then; fish, chips, peas and a can of dandelion and burdock. Might as well sit inside for it, don’t want to be sliding around on the tiled floor in your cleats. What then though, you won’t fancy riding home after all that. You could always get one of your mates to pick you up, stick the bike in the back. They could bring you some clothes and drop you straight at the pub, buy them a pint to say thanks.<br /><br />But it’s too late; your stupid legs have carried you past the danger. The smells recede. You turn your attentions back to the matter at hand. The road ahead of you begins to rise almost imperceptibly.<br /><br />You feel the first few dots of rain.Count Catseyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12849335782523870612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462125995538119899.post-39166351028380185262010-07-25T11:34:00.000-07:002010-08-11T15:15:48.566-07:00Bell Hall's Man on the Mountain reports back<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjra5lHOPz07J8thDivBVPuWOdhJlOSGfNYjKMCPt0aCJA2lNR3YDgNnwxWXki_IJeaxbIBUFnqZ46tDYd2lFXHWFtHu76FEKOb7DgQaZ2Tgk99Q8kHjcaurIQUvppX03ph9VLleDhZ8S4u/s1600/37816_10150238300345711_611850710_13871978_672611_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: ;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjra5lHOPz07J8thDivBVPuWOdhJlOSGfNYjKMCPt0aCJA2lNR3YDgNnwxWXki_IJeaxbIBUFnqZ46tDYd2lFXHWFtHu76FEKOb7DgQaZ2Tgk99Q8kHjcaurIQUvppX03ph9VLleDhZ8S4u/s800/37816_10150238300345711_611850710_13871978_672611_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497915204360430066" /></a><br /><br />Yorkie was working out at the TDF as a modern day Willy Voet drug mule.. he took some time out from spinning Larry's white blood cells to take a few snaps.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28JTxCg-GzkgtdWC9ddjayqOFuMwfE7QRaHvbRabJuIq8HboszMxbWwxLOyUbxJ3yLcunxM5MojhyqXQsFzpqRdy7BbEiXpP45jJv1pm2DbXTVKBHKnqb_uTt1gtyiRmdI1fmrf0K4XkN/s1600/37816_10150238300330711_611850710_13871975_4576523_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: ;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28JTxCg-GzkgtdWC9ddjayqOFuMwfE7QRaHvbRabJuIq8HboszMxbWwxLOyUbxJ3yLcunxM5MojhyqXQsFzpqRdy7BbEiXpP45jJv1pm2DbXTVKBHKnqb_uTt1gtyiRmdI1fmrf0K4XkN/s800/37816_10150238300330711_611850710_13871975_4576523_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497915127505035378" /></a><br /><br />Looks like Dave Brailsford needs to up his marginal gains programme .. maybe if he stopped them wearing those stupid "magical bracelets".. or perhaps Wiggo's dream-catcher was tangled or his homeopathic bidon was under diluted? drop the mumbo jumbo and up the meds Sky.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4078/4821380586_6b36f7e754.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: ;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4078/4821380586_6b36f7e754.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Pretty good tour all in all, pretty rough on the riders which is good. I'd have preferred Schleck to have beaten Bertie but I don't buy all this whinging about mechanicals. Cuddles lost me £300 but who's counting.<br /><br />Next year should be even better, Lance will be busy paying Landis off, Cancellara will be on the same bike as Valentino Rossi, and Renshaw will be wearing the UFC belt.. <br /><br />photos all from <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/therealyorkie/">yorkies flickr</a>Count Catseyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12849335782523870612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462125995538119899.post-50954477026278329042010-07-15T15:58:00.000-07:002010-07-15T16:00:49.447-07:00The worst smells in cycling #1 - Kit<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thescrapbook.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/picture-13.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 417px; height: 627px;" src="http://www.thescrapbook.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/picture-13.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />A week and a half ago you climbed off your bike. 35 miles in the saddle. You had spent the last 26 promising yourself two things, the second you got home you would raise your seatpost a couple of centremetres and the instant you’d put the allen key back in the fruitbowl you would stick your kit, ALL of your kit, on a boil wash. <br />You have promised yourself these two things on every ride for the last two years.<br />It is now 9am on Sunday morning; you are in the shed in your socks. You dig through the still-damp lycra sending mould spores billowing into the air. The bike leans dejectedly where you abandoned it.<br />You kid yourself that it doesn’t smell too bad. <br />It smells terrible, like a carrier bag in a long-forgotten school locker. A testament to human endeavour. Not one natural fibre. Generations of scientific study. NASA research. All to ensure that every odour molecule your underarms have ever produced is captured, stored, and magnified for future generations to behold. It smells like someone has covered a dog turd in blue cheese and human hair, set it on fire and then extinguished the flames with a pile of damp pensioners’ clothes<br />You put it on and swing your leg over the bike.<br />Your front tyre is flat.Count Catseyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12849335782523870612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462125995538119899.post-53825095582370315302010-07-08T03:36:00.000-07:002010-07-08T03:42:40.151-07:00Cav's Tour de Temper<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Sport/Pix/pictures/2010/7/7/1278531383156/Alessandro-Petacchi-006.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 460px; height: 276px;" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Sport/Pix/pictures/2010/7/7/1278531383156/Alessandro-Petacchi-006.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Photograph: Bogdan Cristel/Reuters<br /><br />Ned Boulting's <a href="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/sport/nedboulting/100010475/tour-de-france-2010-stage-4-a-good-day-to-be-in-south-africa/">Piece</a> in the Telegraph<br /><br />"I have to confess to feeling a little relieved. There are elements of my work which I wouldn’t swap with anyone at any price. But there are others which I’d happily swerve, given the choice. Chasing after Mark Cavendish when he’s blown his chances of a stage win falls firmly into that category.<br />Even from a distance of many thousands of miles, and through the filter of a TV replay lens, I could instantly identify all the hallmarks of a seriously miffed Manxman. The way his shoulders briefly slumped as he knew Petacchi had got the better of him, before he sat up, his teeth set in an agonised grimace of frustration. Even though he was no longer sprinting flat out, he still probably crossed the line at 35 mph.<br /><br />In that instant, I thought of my colleagues on the finish line, covering the Tour for ITV. Intuitively they would have set off in chase: a reporter wielding a microphone, a sound engineer with a weighty mixer strapped round his waist cabled to a cameraman lugging a 25lb camera on his shoulders. Dodging team cars, fans and other TV crews, not to mention the other 190+ members of the peloton all streaming past, they would be in a comic, lumbering, flat-out sprint for the HTC Columbia Team bus, which might easily have been situated a kilometre away. All for the big prize: The Soundbite.<br /><br />They caught the briefest of glimpses of Mark Cavendish, by all accounts, entering the side door of the bus in what has been described to me by my friend and colleague Matt Rendell, as an “aero-tuck” which enabled him to escape the clutches of the media at a speed he hadn’t been able to replicate in the closing 100m of the sprint. Shortly after that a hemlet flew through the air, and landed on the ground at their feet. They waited for some time in the heat of the afternoon for a comment, before giving up and going off in hunt of easier prey.<br /><br />Cav and Matt have a little history, it must be said. Not that that had anything to do with it on this occasion. Indeed, Cav devotes the best part of a chapter of his autobiography to dissecting a post-stage interview from the 2008 Tour which Matt had the misfortune to conduct. It’s probably best for all concerned if we don’t pick away at old wounds by re-printing it here (you’ll just have to buy his book, “Boy Racer”). The questions, for the record, were perfectly reasonable. The answers, though terse, were perfectly reasonable too. It’s just in the nature of an Alpha-male like Cav that he doesn’t enjoy talking for long about failure. Fair enough, too. He’s an athlete, for God’s sake. Not a philosopher.<br /><br />But, it was a sobering performance yesterday, for sure. OK, his lead-out train has been diminished by the absence of both Kim Kirchen and George Hincapie, but there wasn’t much wrong with the work of Grabsch and Renshaw et al. In fact, he was beaten fair and square. And comfortably, too. Not since his maiden Tour of 2007 has he finished so far off the pace of a bunch sprint. Something’s very definitely wrong. We may look for answers everywhere: his winter dental problems, his dimished team, his feud with Andre Greipel, his fractured relationship with a section of the peloton. He may not even know the answers himself.<br /><br />Still, I hope he starts winning in time for my re-insertion on the Tour (I join the race on Tuesday). Otherwise, I might have to start interviewing Robbie Hunter as a potential stage winner. Now there’s a man who once signalled through the window of a bus that he’d like to cut my throat. But that’s another story, for another day."Count Catseyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12849335782523870612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462125995538119899.post-84057882084585207132010-07-07T03:11:00.000-07:002010-07-07T03:12:35.908-07:00Bit early for Paris mate.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-8mzmObL2Rvc7eMJcKZXYIpK9PTI7cBOMmB3iAuy0a2MlVqDWrQDWF1h2JL4dbOsCNefzur0qZcP8J_iqr5UDqBVTLmEEJ3vlYboqXttsaE1racVgcRoHSghAz11JIPfHAOReiBVIjAlw/s1600/photo.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-8mzmObL2Rvc7eMJcKZXYIpK9PTI7cBOMmB3iAuy0a2MlVqDWrQDWF1h2JL4dbOsCNefzur0qZcP8J_iqr5UDqBVTLmEEJ3vlYboqXttsaE1racVgcRoHSghAz11JIPfHAOReiBVIjAlw/s400/photo.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491105002884353378" /></a>Count Catseyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12849335782523870612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462125995538119899.post-52991336364664237772010-07-05T00:37:00.000-07:002010-07-05T00:41:27.618-07:00the blue and red<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxn7awaxF11qav6uw.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 340px;" src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxn7awaxF11qav6uw.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Awesome photoblog from a So Cal cyclist, all done on film camera I believe.. <a href="http://theblueandred.tumblr.com/">have a butchers</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvndvh90At1qav6uw.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 340px;" src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvndvh90At1qav6uw.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Count Catseyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12849335782523870612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462125995538119899.post-73266241158604981802010-07-04T06:56:00.000-07:002010-07-04T06:59:36.508-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7PsOjsd3lzcri-f7phiOakDshImBhi8fD1OB3D0eLHnj8Innrbfgd96klIWZ8BoJCZXBLbQRW4j02dLQ5TqlrTxhKfjIIUMSXWYpaLohv6-NrOTRZ_CPrbsIUzNrMphP1JgbCWMR5TyG8/s1600/bike1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7PsOjsd3lzcri-f7phiOakDshImBhi8fD1OB3D0eLHnj8Innrbfgd96klIWZ8BoJCZXBLbQRW4j02dLQ5TqlrTxhKfjIIUMSXWYpaLohv6-NrOTRZ_CPrbsIUzNrMphP1JgbCWMR5TyG8/s400/bike1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490049849897033698" border="0" /></a>Count Catseyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12849335782523870612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462125995538119899.post-60707642619715537552010-06-29T11:20:00.000-07:002010-07-03T09:47:36.138-07:00lost my thread<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZzXXxVYkaM5-xiUu9t9HU0RaG0PaSX8uhUj48UygkQW3mZ53cYIvgyxrhQ3fuuJcpXq3mPQufjAY-UKawZ-AU6erU64_ndU__RCxY-412ZAXISh0I1x7htMdRFPmWWsrLfnzvnvgyuEUr/s1600/IMGP8515.PEF.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZzXXxVYkaM5-xiUu9t9HU0RaG0PaSX8uhUj48UygkQW3mZ53cYIvgyxrhQ3fuuJcpXq3mPQufjAY-UKawZ-AU6erU64_ndU__RCxY-412ZAXISh0I1x7htMdRFPmWWsrLfnzvnvgyuEUr/s400/IMGP8515.PEF.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489722553023626482" border="0" /></a><br />Converted shimano MTB hub and bolt-on cog arrived from <a href="http://velosolo.com/">velosolo*</a> today - looks pretty beefy, looking forward to getting my wheel built and getting fixed up again.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJrTrEzky_jujJTTSL9oIx3dbvPCspC1nih-YL9Bmg6b5un7QDn_dMn0k4aRmYz0e28AioYwNnaJaVs6dRoRvPRC9Ectzq_ggvm3JPNHZbZ1-IxFdleJdxpcso6RssOdpHM9tfQg0lMgM-/s1600/IMGP8479.PEF.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJrTrEzky_jujJTTSL9oIx3dbvPCspC1nih-YL9Bmg6b5un7QDn_dMn0k4aRmYz0e28AioYwNnaJaVs6dRoRvPRC9Ectzq_ggvm3JPNHZbZ1-IxFdleJdxpcso6RssOdpHM9tfQg0lMgM-/s400/IMGP8479.PEF.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488262965421112114" border="0" /></a>* great customer service and superfast deliveryCount Catseyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12849335782523870612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7462125995538119899.post-10143375801519595102010-06-28T13:11:00.000-07:002010-06-28T13:16:51.766-07:00team sky clean up at national champs<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuqx4saxzgcA8GrjJPNGvN2AxrU9s1DozVnh0Vxl6S5txXzexjGPYqXudVURNGnLdZ3ZCyvZKxsg945mwTzg5wQJwh-94rZSrjDTiv185ZXCpr31fXafBdn1Q0fni0vehorFUBj86cqeO0/s1600/photo.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuqx4saxzgcA8GrjJPNGvN2AxrU9s1DozVnh0Vxl6S5txXzexjGPYqXudVURNGnLdZ3ZCyvZKxsg945mwTzg5wQJwh-94rZSrjDTiv185ZXCpr31fXafBdn1Q0fni0vehorFUBj86cqeO0/s400/photo.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487920284205047682" border="0" /></a><strong><br />Yorkie managed to get this shot of the winners before completing his epic 80 mile round trip with six pints of real ale in his legs....<br /><br /><br />"Team Sky secured a clean sweep of the podium positions in the men's national road race championship in Pendle with Geraint Thomas taking the national jersey, pipping team mate Peter Kennaugh in the final sprint with Ian Stannard just behind to take third. By the final lap the three Sky riders were out on their own and a clean sweep was a foregone conclusion, only the order was up for debate." from www.road.cc<br /></strong>Count Catseyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12849335782523870612noreply@blogger.com0