A positive cycling story
Taken from the Blazing Saddles Column in the Tayside Courier Weekend Supplement 20.10.12 Scot Tares looks towards a bright future for young cyclists. “After being encouraged by the team, pressured to perform and pushed to my physical limits I crossed a line I promised myself and others I would not: I doped. It was a……
Creaking from the bike
Taken from the Blazing Saddles Column in the Tayside Courier Weekend Supplement 13.10.12 Scot Tares is relieved to find the creaking sound he hears as he rides is not coming from his knees. “When your bike functions best, you don’t hear it – it’s silent, there’s no cracking, just shhhh – you’re gliding.”― Ralf Hutter,……
Discriminiation in cycling
Taken from the Blazing Saddles Column in the Tayside Courier Weekend Supplement 6.10.12 Scot Tares considers the potential effects of discrimination in the sport of cycling “Women who love mud too much have what it takes to transform mountain biking from a boy’s club to a human’s club”― Jacquie Phelan From the time of Beryl……
Cycling and lights
Taken from the Blazing Saddles Column in the Tayside Courier Weekend Supplement 8.9.12 Scot Tares sheds some light on riding in the dark “Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.” ―……
Cycling and disability
Taken from the Blazing Saddles Column in the Tayside Courier Weekend Supplement 22.9.12 Scot Tares looks back over a stunning summer of cycling. “Wow 4 golds brill! Went to Costco yesterday & when he saw my name he said excuse me love shouldnt u be racing not shopping – Thank you to everyone who made……
