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Irish cycling sportive

Ring of Kerry sportive still open to enter with just days remaining

Ring of Kerry sportive weekend is almost upon us and... Read more...

BleeperBike

New pay per use BleeperBikes removed from Dublin streets

The BleeperBikes were rolled out over the weekend in Dublin... Read more...

cycling two abreast

Garda traffic chief warns against groups cycling two abreast

Cycling two abreast is the default way for most Irish... Read more...

Irish National Champs organisers defend events after criticism

The organisers of the National Road Championships have moved to... Read more...

Nicolas Roche: Champs were negative but Irish scene now so strong

Nicolas Roche was left frustrated at the National Road Race... Read more...

National Championships hero Chris McGlinchey on his epic ride

Chris McGlinchey piles on the pain up Codd’s Lane with... Read more...

Donegal Atlantic Way Ultra Race

Video: Ronan McLaughlin wins 555km Donegal Atlantic Way Ultra Race

Ronan McLaughlin powers his way towards victory in the Donegal... Read more...

US champion

Huge day for Aqua Blue Sport as Larry Warbasse is US champion

Aqua Blue Sport now has the US road race champion... Read more...

Michael O'Loughlin

Michael O’Loughlin talks Irish champs gold, Rás toll, Baby Giro

Team Wiggins man Michael O’Loughlin with his eyes fixed on... Read more...

Ryan Mullen Irish champion

Ryan Mullen considered abandoning champs it was “so negative”

Ryan Mullen gets down to business on his way to... Read more...

National Road Race Championships

Top 6 men in national champs as they finished; happy and shattered

Photographer Toby Watson capatured the suffering and joy at the... Read more...

Women’s race forced to stop at National Champs

Elite women’s race forced to stop on last lap of National Champs

The elite women’s race on lap 2, but they have been... Read more...

Irish cycling road race national championships

Caution urged on elite champs climb after Masters congestion

The climb is steep and narrow. Team cars can bypass... Read more...

Disc brakes

Shoe sliced open in Irish Champs crash despite disc brakes ban

The former national champion’s shoe that was sliced open today... Read more...

“I was afraid to look around; I just wanted to win so much”

John Hodge wins the Masters 40 Irish title, having come... Read more...

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Where did the name come from?

A stickybottle, put simply, is the knackered cyclist’s best friend. As a rider is being dropped from a group, the team manager or support worker in a following car holds a bottle out the window to hand it up. As the handover is taking place, the rider grabs the bottle tight, as does whoever is handing it up, enabling the rider get a good tow and push from momentum of the car. It’s known as a stickybottle because it appears neither the rider nor the person handing it up is able to take their hand off the bottle; it looks stuck to their hands. But please don’t try this at home. We’ve been slyly cheating this way all our lives; it takes a while to perfect.

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