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Infographic: Exercise adds 30 extra minutes to your life
Sitting on your arse for a long time can be fatal. If you don’t die of boredom, you will certainly die of inactivity as this infographic shows. The good news is that 30 minutes of exercise per day can...
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Cycling is rock n’ roll at Rollapaluza National Series
The Rollapaluza National Series at Hoxton Square in London last night was a fun-filled urban sufferfest. Anyone could enter – men, women, amateur or professional riders. One of the contestants was...
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Infographic: 10 ways cycling improves your sex life
Our hats off to the good people at Tredz who came up with this infographic gem. We all know that cycling and cyclists are sexy, so the more reason for us to keep going. According to the infographic,...
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Go with God: Spiritual ride, Land’s End to John o’ Groats
It’s not everyday that you get to see a bicycle named Herman blessed in church. But the archdeacon of St Bride’s Church, Fleet Street – the spiritual home of British journalism – thought that blessing...
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Peter Stetina, it’s Pantai Kok, but you say Pantai Coke
So Peter Stetina, currently riding for Garmin-Sharp at Tour de Langkawi, arrived on the island, went around town and tweeted this photo. To be honest, I find his tweet very funny, if not a reminder of...
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Happy International Women’s Day
To celebrate International Women’s Day, we’d like to share with you a lovely snap of the three golden ladies of cycling – The Netherland’s Marianne Vos, GB’s Lizzie Armitstead and Russia’s Olga...
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Infographic: Four Types of Road Bikes
There are different types of road bikes for different cycling purposes. The good people at RovobikeReviews.com have produced this useful infographic explaining four types of road bikes. They are: 1)...
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I entered Rollapaluza, got my ass kicked, but had fun helping Herne Hill...
Given that I had never competed on a stationary fixie bike, it was scary – no, absolutely crazy – to agree to enter the Rollapluza Herne Hill Velodrome Trust Spring Opener. But I did it. I came third....
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‘Some of the men didn’t want us to row. But we did it anyway.’
Jenny Rees was the Ladies Captain of the Transport for London (TfL)’s District Line Rowing Club, one of its first oarswomen in the 70s. TfL had four rowing clubs, and former GB coach Richard Tinkler,...
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Fitness: Mobility training with Pi Lifter
What is mobility, and how can it improve our fitness? GLUE speaks to mathematician and power-lifter Dominic Patmore on strength and conditioning coaching to improve sports performance. Dominic Patmore...
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Isn’t it time cycling moves on from the podium girls?
Why would anyone take women seriously as cyclists if they are still widely seen as fawning decorations around victorious male riders? That moment. Photo © Eurosport By now, the cycling world has almost...
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Ladies Only: How to enjoy cycling and get motivated
Preparing for Cycletta 2013? Here are some tips on how to get motivated. The Cycletta 2013 series has begun yesterday at Tatton Park in Cheshire, which will run from May until October at seven venues...
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Social: Bikeminded events in summer 2013
The temperature is still a bit fresh for late May, but we are optimistic at GLUE. Bikeminded is rolling out several cool social events around London for cyclists this summer. The Blue Plaque Tour....
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Infographic: Giro d’Italia 2013
We came across this amazing infographics Giro d’Italia 2013 designed by Jake Stevens who is studying BA of Journalism (Sport) at La Trobe University, Melbourne. According to Stevens: “The colour pink...
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Five hottest Maglia Rosa jersey wearers
Giro d’Italia Stage 19 is cancelled today due to adverse weather condition. But fear not the lack of excitement. GLUE brings you a list of the hottest (male) Maglia Rosa wearers in history. The Maglia...
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Talk to the socks. ChattyFeet put fun and theatre on your toes
Life is too short to be so stressed and serious. GLUE speaks to the founders of ChattyFeet, Gil Kahana and Humberto De Sousa, who are on a mission to delight sock-wearers with their uplifting...
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Infographic: When someone yells at you from their car…
Buddha says, “Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.” As cyclists we don’t want to get burned – we just want to...
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Infographic: Who will win the 2013 Tour de France?
It’s not a fair comparison, although controversial enough to merit our curiosity. Plus the infographic is well-designed. (Thank you, Saxo Capital design team!) Chris Froome is undoubtedly the most...
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Infographic: Touring France for over 100 years. How the time has changed.
An insightful infographic designed by Joe McNamara, where he makes a clear comparison between 1903 and 2013 Tour de France. In 1903 riders had to complete the Paris-Lyon route of 467km. Whereas today...
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Infographic: Get Lucky, wear a helmet. A sartorial tribute to Daft Punk
One thing GLUE couldn’t get out of our heads is Daft Punk’s single, “Get Lucky”, which opened the penny farthing race at the IG Nocturne Series which took place on Saturday, 8 June 2013. That and...
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