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Climbing tips, Coronavirus, Dave's Shoddy Interviews, featured video, Features, Videos - November 6, 2020

How far can you climb under lockdown? The one hour, one km Shoddy challenge

I’ll give you the good news from here in French France. I’ve found a store that sells my favourite digestive biscuits from back home. Now for the bad news. I can’t get to the damn shop as we’ve been plunged into lockdown again. And it’s not just digestive problems that this four-week stay at home …

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Omens from the past: Tao Geoghegan Hart at the U23 Paris-Roubaix

When it comes to cycling documentaries, the 2015 French film “Rêves d’Enfer” takes on a special significance this year. Not only does it fill a small part of the gap left by the Paris-Roubaix that never happened this year, but importantly it highlights the story of then up-and-coming rider Tao Geoghegan Hart. “Rêves d’Enfer” (or …

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The good the bad and the ugly: A Shoddy history of crazy team kit

I thought I’d put a video together that looks back, pays homage, and roasts a few kits of old. The good, the bad, and the downright offensive. Who among you managed to get their grubby (or not so grubby if you’ve been washing properly) mitts on a set of that wonderful, yes I said wonderful, …

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Featured Video, Features, Specialized - October 8, 2020

Bike marketing has no business being this good

I hear you. More than any other bike brand, Specialized is the one that disproportionately annoys people. They sell expensive bikes. They have a track record of throwing their weight around. They’re one of the most influential brands in the industry, and they know it. That’s reason enough for some to write them off. But …

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Watch: Into the Rift, the story of the Atlas Mountain Race

Held in mid-February, before the world changed, the inaugural Atlas Mountain Race was an ultra-endurance bikepacking race held over 1,200 kilometres of the most rugged and remote roads in Morocco. Along forgotten gravel paths from Marrakech to the Atlantic coast, riders climbed a staggering 25,000 metres of elevation, over terrain that included snow-capped peaks, scorched …

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