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Dr Hutch doesn't do much off road riding, there are too many categories of bike: And he keeps falling offIs an endurance bike with space for extra wide tyres really a racing gravel bike, and is a cross bike just a gravel bike with narrower tyres?
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'The airport is essentially a giant bike crushing machine' - Dr Hutch runs his steed through the airport baggage gauntletHow do you pack your precious bike for a flight?
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The UCI shouldn't give recommendations on what to eat and drink: that's our jobThere was something very odd about the UCI's statement on ketone drinks, but that's nothing new
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Battery technology means no one knows who to hate anymoreWhere you once had pedestrians, cyclists and drivers, battery tech has turned roads and pavements into the wild west and no one knows who to shout at anymore
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I wouldn't enjoy being as good as Tadej Pogačar: I'd live in a permanent state of paranoiaCycling is a sport that tends toward a single dominant rider. But how do these riders cope, knowing everyone is gunning for them?
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There are only two 'real' bike races: everything else is just a little bit sillyDr Hutch - a former long distance TT champ - questions the point of riding up and down the same hill all day
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My friend will keep riding with the 20mph group, even if it bankrupts himFear of failure is good for business now you can simply buy more speed
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Just like the Tour of Flanders, knowing the parcours of your commute is essential for successDr Hutch is thinking of hiring a super-domestique just to 'win' his ride to work
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I'm still agnostic on tubeless tyres for road bikes – are they better or just different?Dr Hutch weighs in on the tubes vs tubeless debate and concludes little
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TV commentators would make great sports directors, but could they drive in the race convoy?Dr Hutch has done a bit of TV commentating himself, and he's the first to admit he'd make a terrible DS
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Science was telling us wider tyres were faster, we refuted this because they looked so slowDoctor Hutch gets all misty eyed over rock hard, 19mm wide racing tyres - they just looked so Goddamn fast!
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'I've known occasions where a star's bike has attracted more attention than they did' – how to race against your heroes with Dr HutchStaying cool when a big name turns up at your local race is mandatory.
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'If you look hard enough, there are always things to complain about' – Dr Hutch on the delights of cycling on the coldest daysThe Doc's friend Bernard lives for stoicism bragging rights
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'You've heard of junk miles? Well I've invented junk intensity' – Dr Hutch on why you should ditch training and just go for a rideHalf-arsed training isn't even fooling Dr Hutch himself
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'When I get in from a ride I now have to carry out an electronic device charging audit' – Dr Hutch on the tech perils of modern cyclingWeighing up the mixed blessing of cycling gadgets
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'The Tour de France throws a match into the box of fireworks and lets the whole lot go off at once' – Dr Hutch on the madness of cycling's biggest raceThe Doc hails the dizzying insanity of sport's most dazzling spectacle
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'When I look back at what has been going through my mind, I find the tapes are missing' – the joys of cycling on your ownRiding alone is a blissfully thought-free zone for this rider
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'It's a dull stretch of tarmac and I've spent 170 hours of my life on it' - Dr Hutch has tackled the same stretch of road more times than he'd likeThe Doc takes a ride down memory lane - for the 2,000th time...
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'I’m the cycling equivalent of the reserve goalkeeper for Plymouth Argyle' - How Dr Hutch explains why he's never ridden the TourThe Tour de France is still the only race that counts for ‘them’, says Dr Hutch
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The UCI's latest rule changes are designed to make us all a little more old-fashionedCycling's governing body likes nothing more than to measure things. And then decide they're banned.
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'Even dropping dead on the spot would have seemed overly aggressive on my part' - Dr Hutch on the trials and tribulations of ultra cyclingSaintly helpers make ultra-distance time trials tough to quit
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'My downstairs loo features a couple of pictures of me racing. I look ridiculous' - Dr Hutch wonders if TT helmets have ruined cycling photographyThe UCI's new rule, banning TT helmets from road racing, couldn't have come soon enough for some people
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The stress-free way to deal with a major technical issue on your bike, is to ignore itWhen Dr Hutch clattered through a massive pothole, he didn't dare check his rim. He figured he was better off not knowing
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If you had any talent people would get offended if you didn't make the most of itDr Hutch was regularly told that he was wasting his time if he didn't try road racing
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Some riders joined us on the road, they'd clearly been sent by God just to annoy my friend BernardFour riders good. Eight riders very very bad, says the Doc
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Jeremy Vine has had enough of the online abuse and threats, and you can't blame him for thatSadly no drivers watched the videos and thought 'Oh my gosh! I did just that the other day, and that poor rider must have been terrified!'
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'The better it is the less there is to talk about' - the impossible task of the post-ride chatDr Hutch fails the post-ride family interview every time
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Being a pro cyclist was sanctioned selfishness, but now I have to go to birthday partiesCycling Weekly's columnist, Dr Hutch, is out of excuses to get out of bad social events now he doesn't have to train as much
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Motor racing drivers take a test, so why not pro cyclists?Points could be up for grabs for knocking riders off bikes, soaking your manager in energy drinks and dodging TV cameras, imagines CW's columnist
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