Latest articles by Michael Hutchinson
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Old kit ought to be one of the pleasures of having been in the sport for a long time
The 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 youth
The 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 for
Many 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 Zwift
There'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 bike
The 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 will
A 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 quickly
The 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 RNLI
Cycling'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 choose
With 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 Hutch
Hutch'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 Hutch
Following 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 Hutch
Cycling 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 trainers
Cycling 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 skinsuits
Loaning 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 coach
Cycling 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 on
The 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 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
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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
