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Coast to Coast in a Day (150mls)

Author: Paul Carvill

Coast to Coast in a Day (150mls)

July 2, 2015 by Paul Carvill Leave a Comment

Well this time last week we were all on a bus heading to Cumbria to register for the following days ‘Coast to Coast in a Day’. I have now only just started to feel like I have recovered from what can only be described as an ‘Epic Day’! My day began on the Saturday at 4am … [Read more…]

Posted in: Charity, Cycling General, Great Climbs, Sportive Tagged: A172, A6108, A6136, BDCC, Brigg LIVES, C2C 2015, Coast to Coast, featured, Ferry, Great Broughton, Hardknott, Hawes, Ingleby, Kendal, Seascale, Whitby, Windermere, Windermere Ferry, Wrynose

Cycling in Amsterdam

June 10, 2015 by Paul Carvill

This week I travelled to Amsterdam on business and given the fact this is one place where cycling is part of the cities DNA I decided to use the bike as my mode of transport (where possible) for the week. fiets = bicycle, bike, pushbike, cycle I did a little research into cycling in Amsterdam and what to expect, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Commuting, Cycling General, Travel Tagged: Amsterdam, Artizoid, Cycle Culture, Cycle Hire, Cycle Paths, Cycle Theft, Dutch, Fiets, Travel, vanmoof

Double Century Cycle, my first ever 200 mile ride!

June 8, 2015 by Paul Carvill

After recently doing the 160 mile ride a couple of weeks ago I decided that I was going to have a crack at riding a 200 miler! After speaking with my good buddy Alwyn and roping him in; I decided on June 7th and now I just needed to decide on potential route. A few … [Read more…]

Posted in: Cycling Gear, Cycling General, Nutrition, Sportive Tagged: Alford, Boston, Brandy Wharf, Castelli Gabba II, Double Century, featured, Frithville, Great Limber, Hot Foot, Jamaican Ginger Cake, Messingham, nutrition, Revesby, Skegness, Spridlington, Stow, Strava

Trying out the track at Quibell Park Velodrome

June 6, 2015 by Paul Carvill

The more that my lad has got out on his BMX bike for some longer rides, the more he wants to get on and try a racing bike. After speaking with Stephen Cannings who runs the track sessions down at Quibell Park Velodrome for the Lincsquad Youth Academy, we decided to go down and let … [Read more…]

Posted in: Family, Track Tagged: Fixed Wheel, Lincsquad Youth Academy, Moda Track, Quibell Velodrome, Stephen Cannings, Track Cycling

Yorkshire Wolds 160 Mile Cycle Ride

May 24, 2015 by Paul Carvill

I decided in the week it was time to do a ‘big ride’ and speaking with my old pal Alwyn Jones we picked the ‘Big G’  sportive route to do on top of our cycle over there (Alwyn had done this route a couple of times already).

Posted in: Cycling General, Sportive, Training Tagged: Big G, Brough, Century Ride, Fimber, Hessle, Humber Bridge, Kirby Underdale, Leavening, Little Weighton, Market Weighton, South Cave, Wetwang, Yorkshire Wolds

Brandy Wharf Cycle Route

May 23, 2015 by Paul Carvill
Posted in: Cycling General, Garmin, GoPro, Strava Tagged: Brandy Wharf, Cycling Training Video, Turbo Video

Is Strava changing the way we ride our bikes?

May 23, 2015 by Paul Carvill

If you train with a GPS then you will no doubt be aware of Strava and the way it has quite simply changing the way we cycle. sträva is a Swedish word meaning to “strive for” or “aspire to” The simplicity of being able to upload/record your rides and then compare against your friends and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Cycling General, Strava, Technology, Training Tagged: Cycling Apps, KOM, Segment, Strava

Hardknott & Wrynose Pass (East & West)

May 23, 2015 by Paul Carvill Leave a Comment

While working in Cumbria recently I decided to have a go at the infamous Hardknott & Wrynose pass on the bike. I have done them both a good few years ago from the East, however never from the West! It was also a good opportunity to do a recce in preparation for the fast approaching … [Read more…]

Posted in: Cycling General, Great Climbs, Strava, Training Tagged: Cockley Beck, Cumbria, Eskdale, featured, Great Climbs, Hardknott, Tough Climbs, Wrynose

I forgot just how hard a Time Trial was!!

May 21, 2015 by Paul Carvill Leave a Comment

I decided to have a go at the Barton Wheelers CC club 10 after a disappointing first show the previous week on the club 15! I had put that poor performance down to not having been on my time trial bike in nearly three years!

Posted in: Cycling General, Garmin, GoPro, Racing, Strava, Technology, Time Trial Tagged: BDCC, BWCC, C10/7, Time Trial

Paul Kirk Sportive 100m on two bikes!

April 19, 2015 by Paul Carvill Leave a Comment

I had been looking forward to having another crack at the Paul Kirk 100 as I hadn’t done it for a couple of years. Matt Porter has really taken the event forward since we originally conceived the route back in 2009. This year saw the event located from Brigg Town Football Club and was a lot … [Read more…]

Posted in: Cycling Gear, Sportive Tagged: Binbrook, Brigg, Paul Kirk, Sportive, Stow, Swallow, Trent Bank
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