Want to write for DerailedUK?

Even being half-arsed cycling journalists is too much effort for us at the moment. We need another writer to help us cut down on the number of off-days. See also: someone to back us up when we get into message board arguments.

Ideally, you will fulfill at least one of the following requirements:
  • An ability to mash words together in a coherent and amusing way.
  • A possession of some kind of knowledge about cycle sport.
  • An understanding of HTML and similarly geeky things.

But, as evident from what you've already seen on this site, none of the above are particularly neccessary.

Because we're incredibly poor, we can't offer anything in the way of payment. But there are a number of fringe benefits of writing for us:

  • Occasional press passes at cycling events. Imagine being able to watch race finishes from the press area, rather than having to associate with sweaty, ignorant punters.
  • No boss, no deadlines. No pressure, innit. Just dump some funnies up here whenever you feel like.
  • Opportunities for contact with minor celebrities from the world of cycling.
  • FAME (albeit very slight).
Get in touch if you're interested. Our email/MSN/Skype addresses are probably somewhere on this site.

Other news
In trying to make the website look less knackered in Internet Explorer, we've accidentally made it look much, much more knackered in Internet Explorer. We suspect that this will be fixed once we've scrolled all the images down off the bottom of the page, which is good because we're not clever enough to be able to fix it any other way.


Some old updates that aren't entirely awful


And there'll be even more coming to this spot just as soon as we can be bothered trawling through our somewhat embarrassing archives.

Simon and Anthony


Nigel and company


Johnathan & friends, even though they're always last with the news and the website is horrible


Dutch cyclists we like because they're better/more attractive than British riders

Bobke Strut is so good that it deserves a category of its own

Arrr, bike pirates

George!

Things we hate so much we're not even going to link to them

  • Trust But Verify
  • Trek
  • Assos

Our e-mail inbox isn't just for Japanese gambling promotions and the latest advances in penis enlargement chemistry, you know

What's the word "derailed" got to do with bikes anyway?

  • Err... bikes have things called derailleurs? Apart from track bikes, which don't.

If derailleurs evolved from fixies, how come there are still fixies?

  • Survival of the fixest.


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All words, images and flashing things are the work of DerailedUK unless otherwise stated. However, all content is free from copyright -- use and manipulate at will. Unless you're from Cycling Weekly, in which case it's £50 for every word you plagiarise, including "a", "the", and "and". The opinions expressed on this website do not neccessarily reflect the opinions of you or anybody you know. If anything you've read on here has antagonised you, do get in touch -- we're always up for a giggle.