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.…

With the 104th Tour De France less then 24 hours away, we give you a small selection funny cycling moments. The video reel includes everything from Mark Cavendish slipping in his own champagne on the podium, to cycling fans tripping over themselves to Peter Sagan’s legendary finish line celebrations. Sit back and enjoy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRMBe1TB2_Q

A few months ago, Kevin Ryan contacted Cycle SuperStore regarding a restoration project. Buried in his back garden shed, was his old 1987 Raleigh 653 Race, which he wanted to bring back to life. With the help of Cycle SuperStore mechanics, Martin Fagan and Lincoln Harper, this restoration project became a reality. Kevin had bought the bike back in 1989 from a bike shop in Bray and had regularly used the bike up to four years ago. After a minor accident, the bike had been placed in storage in the garden shed. Martin had to remove the old Shimano group…

It is in the legendary setting of Alpe d’Huez, a Mecca of road cycling and just days before the start of one of the most beautiful and demanding cyclosportives in the world, the LOOK Marmotte Alps, that the French brand, LOOK Cycle, made a world debut of its new HUEZ collection. Introducing the 785 HUEZ RS, an ultralight bike that proves its comfort and efficiency as soon as the road starts to rise, and its little brother, the 785 HUEZ, also comfortable and efficient on all terrains. And also introducing the new KEO 2 MAX CARBON pedals in the presence…

Cycle SuperStore is currently running two Facebook competitions. We would like to thank everyone that has liked and shared the CEP picture. There is still time to enter this competition. To enter, simply ‘like and share’ the CEP post. The CEP winner will be selected at 12pm on Friday 30th of June. This post can be found HERE   Entries are still flooding in for the Tour de France Competition. To enter simple guess/predict the overall winners, winning margin. In other words, what will be the time difference between 1st and 2nd place overall. As way of thanking everyone that…