Author Robbie Woodcock

Cycle SuperStore are proud to announce that they will be holding an Assos Experience Weekend on the 22nd and 23rd of September. On the 22nd of September, Cycle SuperStore will welcome Andrea Berlusconi from the Assos Lugano store. Andrea will go through the Autumn/Winter collection as well as exciting new projects that are on the horizon. When Assos last held an ‘Experience Night’  in February, attendees on the night were treated to a talk from the daughter of the founder of Assos Desiree Bergman-Maier and Andrea also spoke about upcoming products. On the 23rd of September, there will be an…

Cycle SuperStores resident Retul certified bike fitter, Shane Foley gives us his thoughts on saddles and problems cyclist can encounter. Sometimes cyclists are convinced that their saddle is fine as they find it “comfortable”. What people must realise about saddles is that as humans we will sit whichever way we have to in order to feel comfortable. A common failure I’ve come across is the rider who sits very poorly to accommodate the saddle. When shown and asked to sit with some kind of healthy correct posture the “comfortable” saddle will all of a sudden become ” uncomfortable”. A comfortable…

Dublin By Bike -A Cycling City Guide is fantastic FREE book written by Fergal Flannery & Steinar Crotterod. This book forms part of the Dublinby.bike web project and was written out of love of cycling, and of Dublin, and of sitting in pubs talking about cycling and Dublin. The book is made up of 10 fantastic routes which will appeal to all standard of cyclists. Included in the book are routes like Howth Head,  The Dublin Waterways and The Southern Coastline. All routes include a basic map, a difficulty level as a well as GPS. Each route also includes a…

Most people would never of heard of Michel Debien. Michel paid Cycle SuperStore an unexpected visit, yesterday (July 4th) during the Irish leg of his epic 14,247 Km cycle around Europe. Michel, expects to complete the 14,000 km trip in 100 days and in the process visit 38 countries  The cycle started on the 21st June, when he left his home city of Toulouse. Michel, had already visited Spain, Portugal, Andorra, France and Wales before arriving in Rosslare yesterday morning. He was making his way from Rosslare to Belfast when disaster struck.  On the outskirts of Dublin, his pannier broke.…