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Why an ‘ethics of fairness’ is a better way of looking at doping

As another decade in cycling begins with WorldTour doping investigations (Operation Aderlass) and news of Bjarne Riis returning to the WorldTour, occasional CyclingTips contributor Craig Fry offers a different way of thinking about doping. In the article below, Fry proposes an “ethics of fairness” that can help us understand how the real victims of doping …

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The life and death of a bike pump

What is the measure of an object's worth? It wasn’t a very good floor pump. It didn’t cost much, didn’t have Bluetooth and didn’t have a digital gauge; it just put air into tubes, over and over again. But when it broke, a decade's worth of memories came flooding back.

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Culture, Features, Greg LeMond, Jonathan Vaughters, Mont Ventoux, Peter Sagan, Rupert Guinness, The weekly spin -

The weekly spin: 10 cycling books for the holiday season

The holidays are a great time for buying and reading books, whether that means curling up on the couch on a cold day with a good read, gift giving, or both. It’s also a quiet time for the sport of cycling, a perfect opportunity to fill the void with the written (or spoken) word. As …

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What your Instagram says about you as a cyclist

Do you use Instagram? Chances are you do. And given you’re reading this on a cycling website, cycling probably features heavily in your Instagram experience. And fair enough, too — Instagram is a great way of keeping up with what other riders are up to, what cycling brands are doing, and what’s happening in the …

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Bikes vs the world: Cyclists’ battle for legitimacy is nothing new

With his gleaming new bicycle and the very latest in cycling apparel, Dr G.A. Thorne decided to take a long ride in the country. On a narrow road near Bairnsdale, Victoria, he waited for an oncoming vehicle to pass. The driver pointed aggressively at his beloved new ride: “The Government should not allow those things …

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