Michael Hutchinson
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Past articles by Michael:
Dr Hutch: Do cycling fans need to up their game?
Cycling isn’t best suited to cheering spectators so it’s hardly surprising fans awkwardly utter such nonsense, says Dr Hutch → Read More
Dr Hutch: Why go big when you could go home?
Don’t bother bragging about your big rides, size doesn’t impress the Doc so much as the wisdom to know when to quit → Read More
Dr Hutch: Has turning chains up to 11 created cycling's weakest link?
Modern bicycle componentry is largely without fault – but through meticulous note-keeping the Doc thinks he's uncovered one area with room for improvement → Read More
Dr Hutch: When did bikes start to cost half the UK average wage?
Modern bikes are better, Hutch admits. But are they five times better? → Read More
Dr Hutch: Cyclists are not intrinsically tougher than footballers, but sympathy is in much shorter supply
Cycling is still the brutal, unrefined punch-up that it’s always been, muses Hutch → Read More
Dr Hutch: Are smartwatches now ruling our lives?
Cycling Weekly's columnist discuses the pleasures and pitfalls of owning something tracking every movement he makes in a day → Read More
Dr Hutch: Back pain is your body's way of telling you to cycle more
Cycling Weekly's columnist explains why he decided on curing his back pain by getting on his bike even more → Read More
Dr Hutch: When cyclists use the term 'pain cave' they hurt themselves, and fellow riders
Cycling Weekly's columnist explains why the Zwifter's favourite colloquialism - 'pain cave' - is stupid → Read More
Dr Hutch: The competitive instinct still runs deep
Why we cyclists put ourselves in the middle of a Venn diagram between competitiveness and stupidity → Read More
Dr Hutch: Why women were the pioneers of bike racing
If it wasn't for female riders, we'd all still be falling off our Penny Farthings → Read More
Dr Hutch's retirement advice for former pros: 'By June you’re going to be baffled at how you ever had time to train'
Retiring from racing leaves a gaping hole in your daily routine but you'll have no problem filling it with nothing, says the Doc → Read More
Faster with Dr Hutch: 2X Olympic champion Alastair Brownlee on keeping your focus
Alastair Brownlee, Dr Josie Perry and Louis Passfield are all quizzed on how to go faster → Read More
Faster by Dr Hutch: Dan Bigham and his relentless search for more speed
Dr Hutch speaks to engineer, aerodynamicist, World Cup winner and multi national champion Dan Bigham → Read More
Faster with Dr Hutch: How ultra endurance riders gain their edge
Dr Hutch speaks to Transcontinental winners and RAAM riders about the power and mindset that allows them to keep going. → Read More
Faster with Dr Hutch - Stepping up to the senior ranks
Dr Hutch speaks to Joe Laverick and Alex Dowsett about stepping up from the U23 ranks → Read More
Dr Hutch: Reverse ‘proper cyclist’ snobbery
All ‘proper’ cyclists are used to being taunted by civilians, says the Doc, but what happens when one turns out to be better than you? → Read More
Dr Hutch column: How to solve pro cycling's litter problem
The Doc searches for a solution to pro racing’s litter problem that gives the fans the momentos they crave without turning wildlife into wired life → Read More
Dr Hutch column: Nothing revitalises a jaded cyclist like the click of new cleats
'New bar tape, neatly applied, feels faster than a new bike' → Read More
Dr Hutch: I can't afford the only greatness I have to be overlooked
The Doc finds that demonstrating his cycling superiority outside the context of a race is not as easy as he had hoped → Read More
Fausto Coppi: A cycling icon like no other
Fausto Coppi shaped cycling like no other rider in history as well as winning the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France multiple times → Read More