Adam Chamberlin

Yesterday I had my last lesson on the CB500 with Ian over at Excel Rider Training. It started at 9:30 in the morning with my test booked for 13:30 that afternoon. To be honest it was a long day and as it went on my nerves were getting worse, have not felt like this for a quite a while; well since my driving test. I knew my Achilles heal would be the U-Turn having slam dunked the bike twice on the...

Born this morning at ten past ten, Francesca Emily Chamberlin weighed in at 7lb 4oz. Welcome to the world, it is most definitely a better place...

This morning, I woke to find that Rasmussen was no longer yellow jersey leader of this year’s Tour de France. Now, it is best to point out that Rasmussen has not failed any dope tests or returned any positive results. He has been sacked by his team; Rabobank, following the confusion about his location regarding his missed out of race drug tests. At first, I was pleased to know that Contador would...

Say it is not true? Please, just say it was one of those April Fool’s jokes but a couple of months late. Yet given the speed the Astana bus left last night, you can only presume that Vinokourov has a big fight on his hands trying to prove he is not guilty of blood doping. Either that or he comes clean and disappears from the cycling scene as another broken dream. I added this picture to my...

Today saw the first day in the Pyrenees, and it is now turning out to be a completely remarkable tour. Since before the Tour started, my money was on Alexandre Vinokourov to take the yellow; Robbie McEwen for the green and good old Michael Rasmussen for the polka dot. Vino deserves the tour win, for so long he has sat in the shadows of someone else and now with time against him, this could have...

The other month I wrote aboutthe condition of the local cycle paths and, more importantly, the plans to change the Highway Code respecting the use of these paths. Well, I signed the petition to campaign against it, and it turned out to be a fruitful exercise; refer to the response You recently signed a petition asking the Prime Minister to “Listen to cyclists and not approve the revised highway...

The idea of taking part in another end2end cycle ride has always been at the back of my mind. In fact, Dave did talk of it after last year’s ride, but due to work commitments and the like, it was quickly forgotten. Now that there is a bit of a cycling buzz back in the air with the Tour currently taking place the thought of trying again is strong. So strong in fact that we have set a date to work...

This year’s Tour is off to a great start, especially given last years mess. The Prologue was off to a great start, Britain’s hope was in the form of David Millar and Bradley Wiggins. Personally, I doubted that either of them would be wearing the yellow at the end of the day, but I really did not think that Fabian Cancellara would smash the field wide open by 15 seconds! Stage 1 definitely belonged...

On Sunday, the 7th July the Tour de France will start her in old Blighty; the prologue taking place around London with Stage 1 on Sunday starting in London and heading 190 km down to Canterbury. Last Sunday was the turn of the dedicated, serious or down right sucidical cyclists out there in the world. The British Cyclosportive was the chance for everyday cyclists to have a go at the very same...

Yep, I’m just another web2.0 sheep; following the herd and signing up to the latest trend site and social networking community. If you check your radar, the current must have invites are for Plasq Skitch and Pownce. Plasq Skitch enables you to capture and share screen grabs and images with ease Pownce is the new social networking site that looks to take some of Twitters thunder. Thanks to Luxury...