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A question that baffles cycling fans around the world - what is inside my handlebar bag.
The contents will surprise, baffle & inspire you.
Support this podcast
www.patreon.com/anthony_walsh
Everything I recommend
www.roadmanresources.com
“The boiling the bag raincoat is the number one thing you should have in your cycling wardrobe. If you don't have one, get yourself one now. Every descent when I'm away abroad, I chop it on at the top of the descent.”
“forget your knee-print, your Castelli, your ass-us, your Velocia, all your high-end stuff. The boiling the bag raincoat is the number one thing you should have in your cycling wardrobe.”
“When I was in Canada and you're training there in the colds, you know, maybe you're up in December, January, and it's getting down to really like negative 15, negative 20. another sneaky one that I've heard people do is a candle and a match. So you can go into somewhere like a phone box and you can light the candle and it'll give you a bit of warmth to fix your puncture.”
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