Friday

Consider this the calm before the storm of a big biking weekend and some light news stories to take you through to the end of the week.

If anyone doubted the effort required to get that new tyre on the other day, this is the shape of a metal tyre lever now:

Less personal was a preview of the new Glyncorrwg trail that is getting me quite excited to make that extra long trip into Wales.

And finally everyone woke up to news that Dave Brailsford will most likely be quitting as Performance Director of British Cycling to focus more clearly on his role at Sky Procycling.

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