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…]
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…]
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…]
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).
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…]
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…]
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!
I don’t think I have ever trained so hard over a Christmas period and this year seemed to be one icy morning after the next!! Me and Derrick Kent decided to do a big one and meet at Lidl just after 7am. Derrick was riding in from Hibaldstow and being in winter we both needed lights … [Read more…]
The Rapha 500 Challenge (500km between the 24th & 31st December 2014) has been around since 2010 and this year seemed to have me obsessed with completing! The weather seemed intent on saying otherwise with what seemed like a continual procession of icy mornings! This seemed to spur me on even more and I found myself studying … [Read more…]