Gadgets on bikes
Taken from the Blazing Saddles Column in the Tayside Courier Weekend Supplement 11.8.12 Turn off, tune out, change gear. Scot Tares advocates a simpler approach to... Read More
Bike Saddles
Taken from the Blazing Saddles Column in the Tayside Courier Weekend Supplement 4.8.12 Scot Tares tells why cycling need not be a “pain in the... Read More
Cycling and Fashion
Taken from the Blazing Saddles Column in the Tayside Courier Weekend Supplement 28.7.12 Scot Tares finds some style over speed on his bike. “I was... Read More
Mark Cavendish
Taken from the Blazing Saddles Column in the Tayside Courier Weekend Supplement 21.7.12 In the last of his Tour de France retrospectives, Scot Tares considers... Read More
Barry Hoban and the Tour de France
Taken from the Blazing Saddles Column in the Tayside Courier Weekend Supplement 14.7.12 Scot Tares looks back to a sad day in British cycling history... Read More
The 1958 Tour de France
Taken from the Blazing Saddles Column in the Tayside Courier Weekend Supplement 7.7.12 In 1958 Brian Robinson became the first Brit to win a Tour... Read More
1995 Tour de France Prologue
Taken from the Blazing Saddles Column in the Tayside Courier Weekend Supplement 30.6.12 Chris Boardman crashes in the 1995 TdF Prologue Today sees the start... Read More
The Myth of “Road Tax”
Taken from the Blazing Saddles Column in the Tayside Courier Weekend Supplement 23.6.12 Scot Tares finds that cycling to work doesn’t have to be taxing.... Read More
Bikes and helmets
Taken from the Blazing Saddles Column in the Tayside Courier Weekend Supplement 16.6.12 Scot Tares gives the “heads up” on bicycle helmets “Let me first... Read More
Cycling and the Olympics
Taken from the Blazing Saddles Column in the Tayside Courier Weekend Supplement 9.6.12 Scot Tares gets all fired up as the Olympic Torch comes to... Read More
