Michael Hutchinson
Michael Hutchinson is a writer, journalist and former professional cyclist. As a rider he won multiple national titles in both Britain and Ireland and competed at the World Championships and the Commonwealth Games. He was a three-time Brompton folding-bike World Champion, and once hit 73 mph riding down a hill in Wales. His Dr Hutch columns appears in every issue of Cycling Weekly magazine
As a writer, he wrote the award winning The Hour about his attempt on the sport’s most famous and sought-after record. He followed that up with Faster, about the training, the science the genetics and the luck behind the world’s fastest riders, and Re:Cyclists, a history of cyclists from 1816 to the present day.
He’s written for outlets ranging from Cycling Weekly to the New York Times, and has presented and and commentated for the BBC, Eurosport, Channel 4, and Sky Sports.
Before he did any of that he was a legal academic at Cambridge and Sussex universities. He now lives with far too many bicycles in London and Cambridgeshire.
Latest articles by Michael Hutchinson
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Dr Hutch: Motor-doping isn't rife, there's no way cyclists would use it discreetly enough
Some fans think that motor-doping is rife, but Cycling Weekly's columnist Dr Hutch is having none of it
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Dr Hutch: The best numbers in cycling are the ones you can just make up
Cycling is a numbers game, says Dr Hutch, and the more complicated the figures the better
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Dr Hutch: Pick your ride mates wisely, or endure the consequences
Any mismatch in ability or intention will guarantee that one or both of you suffer, counsels Dr Hutch
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Dr Hutch: Cycling is not a good sport for wearing glasses
It’s hard to race a bike in non-tinted glasses without looking like a Swiss cyclo-tourist from 1985 who has stumbled onto the course by accident, muses Cycling Weekly's columnist
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Dr Hutch: Cyclists are basically a group of giant Lycra wasps cruising round the countryside looking for sugar
Cycling Weekly's columnist looks into the fairground mirror of cyclists' relationship with food and decides that, on reflection, he's OK with the weirdness
By Michael Hutchinson Published
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Dr Hutch and the pothole disaster: 'The roads are returning to nature'
Cycling Weekly's columnist Dr Hutch reckons the degradation of UK roads is all a part of the circle of life
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Dr Hutch: WLTM someone to join him on long rides
Doctor Hutch leaves sightseeing for others and dedicates his long rides to the pursuit of solitary suffering. But now he’s looking for ride-mates - A GSOH is a must
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Dr Hutch: Do cycling fans need to up their game?
Cycling isn’t best suited to cheering spectators so it’s hardly surprising fans awkwardly utter such nonsense, says Dr Hutch
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Dr Hutch: Why go big when you could go home?
Don’t bother bragging about your big rides, size doesn’t impress the Doc so much as the wisdom to know when to quit
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Dr Hutch: Has turning chains up to 11 created cycling's weakest link?
Modern bicycle componentry is largely without fault – but through meticulous note-keeping the Doc thinks he's uncovered one area with room for improvement
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Faster: The cycling podcast from Dr Hutch
Dr Hutch is back with season two of his podcast Faster as he speaks to the worlds best riders about how they go.... well, faster.
By Michael Hutchinson Published
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Dr Hutch: When did bikes start to cost half the UK average wage?
Modern bikes are better, Hutch admits. But are they five times better?
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Dr Hutch: Cyclists are not intrinsically tougher than footballers, but sympathy is in much shorter supply
Cycling is still the brutal, unrefined punch-up that it’s always been, muses Hutch
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Dr Hutch: Are smartwatches now ruling our lives?
Cycling Weekly's columnist discuses the pleasures and pitfalls of owning something tracking every movement he makes in a day
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Dr Hutch: Back pain is your body's way of telling you to cycle more
Cycling Weekly's columnist explains why he decided on curing his back pain by getting on his bike even more
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Dr Hutch: When cyclists use the term 'pain cave' they hurt themselves, and fellow riders
Cycling Weekly's columnist explains why the Zwifter's favourite colloquialism - 'pain cave' - is stupid
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Dr Hutch: The competitive instinct still runs deep
Why we cyclists put ourselves in the middle of a Venn diagram between competitiveness and stupidity
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Dr Hutch: Why women were the pioneers of bike racing
If it wasn't for female riders, we'd all still be falling off our Penny Farthings
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Dr Hutch's retirement advice for former pros: 'By June you’re going to be baffled at how you ever had time to train'
Retiring from racing leaves a gaping hole in your daily routine but you'll have no problem filling it with nothing, says the Doc
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Faster with Dr Hutch: 2X Olympic champion Alastair Brownlee on keeping your focus
Dr Hutch speaks with Alastair Brownlee, Dr Josie Perry and physiologist Louis Passfield on staying focused
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Faster by Dr Hutch: Dan Bigham and his relentless search for more speed
Dr Hutch speaks to engineer, aerodynamicist, World Cup winner and multi national champion Dan Bigham
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Faster with Dr Hutch: How ultra endurance riders gain their edge
Dr Hutch speaks to Transcontinental winners and RAAM riders about the power and mindset that allows them to keep going.
By Michael Hutchinson Published
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Faster with Dr Hutch: Stepping up to the senior ranks
How a rider makes that difficult transition from U-23 to the senior ranks and how the latest wunderkinds are changing the game
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Dr Hutch: Reverse ‘proper cyclist’ snobbery
All ‘proper’ cyclists are used to being taunted by civilians, says the Doc, but what happens when one turns out to be better than you?
By Michael Hutchinson Published