Latest articles by Michael Hutchinson
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Identifying the rider who will get a lot of punctures is just as valuable a skill as anticipating a crashA sixth sense for avoiding crashes is useful, observes CW's columnist, but so is an intuition for spotting spongers and puncture-prone clubmates
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Components that cost too much and don’t last long enough make us truly appreciate the oppositeThe age of product recalls and built-in obsolescence gets CW's columnist reminiscing about indestructible components that refused to die
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'Zone two' is what cyclists call 'having a nice time' when we want to make it sound scientificIntensity zones may be based on science but it's the subjective scale of suffering that really counts
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I know very little about football, but I know that there is no sport in the world that you can’t analyse to the benefit of the player, says Dr HutchDave Brailsford is poised to enter the world of Premier League Football, and the Doc believes he will fit right in
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Old kit ought to be one of the pleasures of having been in the sport for a long timeThe Doc celebrates the joy of owning 'no longer cool' short socks
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The 'greatest rider of all time' is always the one who inspired you in your youthThe generational debate is always easy to solve: the riders of our youth are always better than the riders of today...
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An important element of any training programme is just how long you can put it off forMany riders seem determined to peak in December, observes the Doc, who's tempted to delay his winter training until the spring
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There’s no good reason to have a winter hack any more, but try telling that to the rider with 15 bikes on ZwiftThere's always room for one more bike, goes the theory (N+1), and Cycling Weekly's columnist agrees, but it's a position he's finding harder to justify
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'In winter I select routes based on the amount of mud I’ll encounter': how to avoid cleaning your bikeThe Doc would rather haul his bike over mud than to clean it later, such is his aversion to wielding a bucket and a sponge
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However good genetic testing gets, there will always be plenty of space for you to make a total mess of things entirely of your own free willA DNA test could determine if you have the genetics to win the Tour. The Doc ponders, even so, if all the training might be a bit of a faff
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FTP in cycling is all homebrew lab testing and blatant exaggeration (but mine is still bigger than yours)His friend Bernard's FTP may be questionable but so is the concept itself, says Cycling Weekly's resident columnist
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I never thought the next breakthrough in doping would be fishing worms, they don’t even go very quicklyThe performance-enhancing properties of the humble lugworm get the Doc wondering whether cyclists are going to dig for victory
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Cycling is no longer cool - the in-crowd spent its summer wearing rubber suits and being plucked from their stand-up paddleboards by the RNLICycling's stock may have dipped but fear not, its long-term prospects are assured, and there'll be bargains on the way back up
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You can spice your winter ride up with intervals or a slice of Bakewell tart - I know which I'd chooseWith the dark nights stretching out before him, Cycling Weekly's columnist Hutch considers ways to conquer the winter blues
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The algorithm for who should be riding a 'nice bike' is complicated, explains Dr HutchHutch's longterm riding buddy has many bugbears, but among them are nice bicycles - and God help anyone riding a Dawes Galaxy
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The 'local bike shops' of a bygone era weren't as good as you remember them, argues Dr HutchFollowing the financial troubles of one of cycling's online super sellers, the Doc offers a reality check about the shambles of pre-internet bike shopping
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The UK could be the perfect place to train for all the bits of bike racing you like the least, muses Dr HutchCycling Weekly's columnist reckons the truly dedicated pro riders should be travelling to the UK for their training camps
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'You young Zwifters, you don’t know you’re born': In memory of life before smart trainersCycling Weekly's columnist, Dr Hutch, remembers the torture of indoor training years gone by...
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Dr Hutch: Why do gym bike saddles require a Lego-shaped buttocks to be rideable?Cycling Weekly's columnist details the nuances of a standard gym steed - on which a square derrière would be highly beneficial
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Dr Hutch: Lending kit to friends is a cycling ritual, but maybe draw the line at skinsuitsLoaning kit doesn't always pan out as planned, advises Cycling Weekly's columnist
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Dr Hutch: You, too, could pay £300 a month for a dysfunctional relationship with your coachCycling Weekly's columnist discovers that coaching is quite possibly voodoo, but far more importantly, he's being underpaid for it
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Dr Hutch: The aesthetics of the 'chest-fairing' is a funny hill to want to die onThe earnest buffoonery of budget aero hacks may rile TT diehards, but Cycling Weekly's columnist salutes the cut-price cunning of their innovations
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Dr Hutch: Motor-doping isn't rife, there's no way cyclists would use it discreetly enoughSome 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 upCycling is a numbers game, says Dr Hutch, and the more complicated the figures the better
