Hi everyone, It's been absolutely ages since I last wrote a blog post about myself and what I've been up to. Indeed it is getting close to a year ago now. My blog in the last year has instead become an occasional site for a bit of campaigning, mainly to do with the current state of UK road racing (see here, here and here). Anyway, my last "proper" blog was for Veloveritas in June - http://www.veloveritas.co.uk/2012/06/16/whats-going-on/ in which I explained that I didn't ...
Hi everyone, As usual it has been a while since I posted anything. After the recent tragedy at the Severn bridge road race I was contacted by my friend John Heaton-Armstrong (who has written for this blog before) with some positive action we can all take from this in order to move forward and make road racing safer: The Community Safety Accreditation Scheme was introduced into the 2002 Police Reform Act by the 2005 Serious Organised Crime and Police Act. ...
Updated 08-03-2013 at 06:22 PM by David Mclean
It's been a while since I posted, sorry but there isn't a whole lot to report cyclingwise, except to to say that I have started riding again, but only a little bit. Perhaps it's time soon to do a post about my ongoing recovery, but not yet. Below is a post from John Heaton-Armstrong about BC and the current state of the domestic racing calendar: British Cycling at a crossroads? by John Heaton-Armstrong on Tuesday, 18 December 2012 at 07:05. ...
Updated 18-12-2012 at 11:26 AM by David Mclean
I remember May 29th 2005 like it was yesterday, do you? Of course you do. The place: Indianapolis. The man of the hour: Dan Wheldon. Indeed, from that moment on in Great Britain our lives changed forever and a new era began. Yes, the country shut down that weekend and we celebrated from the rooftops, it was the first British Indy win of many, here is a photo ...
Updated 05-10-2012 at 01:31 PM by David Mclean
There is no doubt that British cycling is alive and well at the highest echelons of performance - Britons won the Tour, the world champs and pretty much the entire velodrome; there's also no doubt that British cycling is alive and kicking at the grass roots level too - membership has doubled since 2007. It makes sense to assume that all is well in between, too, right? Unfortunately not; BC is the governing body for beginner’s racing, Regional racing (2nd and 3rd cats), all levels of women's road ...
Updated 07-09-2012 at 01:07 PM by David Mclean