.david millar
David Millar has been having a good time of it since the end of the Tour. After becoming British ro racing champion in August, Millar also became British time trial champion on Sunday 2nd September in what mounted to a walkover - winning by a margin of more than one and a half minutes. The time-served drug-banned cyclist has come back on the scene on a strong anti-drugs platform, and looks set to join new 'clean' team Slipstream next season.

.flemish nationalism
Well if you think that critical mass is big try this for size. Belgium has an annual 'Gordel' ('Belt') ride around Brussels, which this year turned political following uncertainty over a new Belgian government. 75,000 riders took part, and the political undertones were enough for some major Belgian politicians to stay away from taking part. The ride was also subject to some acts of attempted sabotage, with tacks and pins put on cycle paths, and street signs turned around - which just goes to show that it's not just the in UK that cyclists can be targetted...

.world mtb meeting in dumfries
No, it's not the predictable story about the mountain bike world cup being held in Fort William (although that is a big deal), but rather that Dumfries will hold a major mountain biking conference next year. For the first time in its short history the World Mountain Bike Conference on Sustainability will be held outside Canada, with around 400 delegates set to swoop on the small West Coast town - presumably because of its proximity to a number of 7Stanes sites. The fact that Scotlnd has been continuously winning international awards for its mountain biking centres will likely have been a factor as well.

.boris bike theft
If you happen to see a silver-grey Marin Suasalito down a Brick Lane it could possibly be Boris Johnson's. The MP, and London Mayoral candidate, had his bike stolen, then treated the readers of the Independent to a rather wonderful diatribe against thieves. Leaving aside any political leanings it was hard reading the piece not to realise that Boris is the real deal - any cyclist would have recognised the stages he went through, and the despair caused.