Tag: cycling
Dopeology
At last! My personal project to develop a web application on doping in pro cycling is finally released after a year’s hard work.
Bike and kayak in Lisbon and Arrábida
Lisbon is great to visit by bike – provided you start at the top of a hill. And when you’re done with the city, the beautiful coastline awaits!
Madrid by bike
With such wide rights of access to cyclists, Madrid is the perfect city to see on two wheels.
Postcard from an old friend
Sixteen years after I won several races on it, my old bike is still working hard for someone.
Natour Criterium Sint Niklaas
A thriving criterium circuit brings the stars of the Tour de France to small town Belgium.
Ronde van Vlaanderen
A ronde to remember: atop the Muur van Geraardsbergen for the great cobbled Classic.
Three Days of De Panne
Easter weekend started early as we headed up to the Flemish coast at De Panne.
Kuurne Brussel Kuurne
The 2010 Kuurne Brussel Kuurne was marked by strong winds and heavy rain. We caught up with the riders on the Oude Kwaremont.
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
After a hard winter and a week of rain, we go roadside at the opening race of the 2010 Spring Classics season in professional road cycling.
Reflections on Relocation: Part 1
First of two articles, written five months after we arrived in Belgium, comparing the UK to our new home.
Elsewhere on MikePadgett.com …
A bit of Crupet
Looking for a way to enjoy the rest of the summer after our holiday, we began our Belgian weekend walking adventures here.
- Originally published: 17 Aug 2009 in Walking
Black Albert
5/5. Don’t let the heavy alcohol content put you off: Black Albert is nothing less than a sour revelation.
- Originally published: 20 Nov 2011 in Beer
Barcelona
The Barcelona of my expectations turned out to be a bit different to the Barcelona in reality.
- Originally published: 14 Jul 2009 in Europe
Seun Kuti & Africa 80
After a deliciously long intro, the youngest Kuti races through a short but sweet set.
- Originally published: 25 Oct 2008 in Concerts
Grotesque
Kirino’s painful critique of the enormous pressure put on Japanese youth to conform and succeed needs no advertisements.
- Originally published: 14 Oct 2008 in Books
Who you gonna call?
Hello you, I'm Mike Padgett. I'm not a Princeton curator, Knoxville mayoral candidate, Kentuckian pastor or Arizona journalist, I just share the same name. In fact, I am a consultant working in user experience and information design.
I also enjoy travel, concerts, films and walking.
I'm originally from Yorkshire, England but nowadays I live in Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is Black Albert.
Shameless self-promotion
Over a year in the making, Dopeology.org is my latest personal project: a topology of doping in thirty years of European pro road cycling.
I collected information from thousands of sources, then I modelled and published it via a lightweight user interface.