When cycling’s your job, real-world skills remain frozen in time

The Doc defends the right to splash out on a pro rig – for what it’s worth

NATIONAL CHAMPION AND 1950s RACING PIONEER

‘Believe it or not this was my first audax. I’ve been eyeing PBP [Paris-Brest-Paris, 1,200km] for decades but you have to do a series of audaxes to qualify, and there aren’t any organised audaxes in M

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The Doc salutes cycling’s boredom-vanishing powers