Michael Hutchinson
@doctorhutch.bsky.social
Bike racer. Bike writer. Bike broadcaster. michaelhutchinson.co.uk
"I'm your nemesis!"
"Sorry, who are you?"
"Sorry, who are you?"
December 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"I'm your nemesis!"
"Sorry, who are you?"
"Sorry, who are you?"
At the risk of getting put through to an opponent you didn't know you had.
December 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
At the risk of getting put through to an opponent you didn't know you had.
In a radio studio I once pressed a button I had not been trained to press, and put myself through to a programme I was not supposed to be on.
December 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
In a radio studio I once pressed a button I had not been trained to press, and put myself through to a programme I was not supposed to be on.
I quite like it. I'm less sure about the gold stem, if I'm totally honest.
December 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I quite like it. I'm less sure about the gold stem, if I'm totally honest.
I'd take the C35 Oro any day of the week -- at $13,000 it's almost a bargain.
December 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I'd take the C35 Oro any day of the week -- at $13,000 it's almost a bargain.
I'm notoriously mediocre at all of these things.
December 2, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I'm notoriously mediocre at all of these things.
I once attempted to play a mate's trombone while riding a unicycle. Much harder than you'd expect.
December 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I once attempted to play a mate's trombone while riding a unicycle. Much harder than you'd expect.
I think you've found the difference between 'a tip' and 'advice'.
December 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I think you've found the difference between 'a tip' and 'advice'.
My tuba teacher used to carry his tuba by bicycle. Trombone = not a problem.
December 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
My tuba teacher used to carry his tuba by bicycle. Trombone = not a problem.
Maybe "Sir Dave Brailsford" is the job title, and someone else will be hired to do it.
November 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Maybe "Sir Dave Brailsford" is the job title, and someone else will be hired to do it.
"I didn't say you plagiarised it. I said you were an idiot."
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"I didn't say you plagiarised it. I said you were an idiot."
Oddest essay was one that was literally word-for-word copied out of the course text book. Just in case I missed that, the student had put a footnote on every single sentence telling me where it had come from.
I couldn't decide if she was an idiot or a conceptual artist.
I couldn't decide if she was an idiot or a conceptual artist.
November 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Oddest essay was one that was literally word-for-word copied out of the course text book. Just in case I missed that, the student had put a footnote on every single sentence telling me where it had come from.
I couldn't decide if she was an idiot or a conceptual artist.
I couldn't decide if she was an idiot or a conceptual artist.
It possibly says something for the cycling journalists of the world that while I reckon 90% of what I know I know because of cycling, only about 1% of it is actually about cycling.
November 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
It possibly says something for the cycling journalists of the world that while I reckon 90% of what I know I know because of cycling, only about 1% of it is actually about cycling.
I dread to think where I learned any of the things I know. I can remember six things from school, four from college, and the rest is from God alone knows where. From you, for example, I learned the name of the original guitarist in The Police.
November 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I dread to think where I learned any of the things I know. I can remember six things from school, four from college, and the rest is from God alone knows where. From you, for example, I learned the name of the original guitarist in The Police.
Make the dinosaurs great again.
November 12, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Make the dinosaurs great again.
Taken in the round, how bad do we think the swap planet of the dinosaurs would really be?
November 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Taken in the round, how bad do we think the swap planet of the dinosaurs would really be?
I have personally used a UCI sock measuring device.
October 28, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I have personally used a UCI sock measuring device.
Award the time bonuses backwards -- instead of 10, 6 and 4, have 4, 6 and 10.
October 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Award the time bonuses backwards -- instead of 10, 6 and 4, have 4, 6 and 10.
Aldershot Lido hosted the modern pentathlon in 1948.
October 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Aldershot Lido hosted the modern pentathlon in 1948.
Also, they've all been to Hampshire.
October 23, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Also, they've all been to Hampshire.