Sportives
Gent – Wevelgem Sportive 2017 Review
This was a late addition to the plan for my trip to Flanders. Having worked out the dates all fitted nicely and that the...
Sportives
CFC Meon Vale Spring Sportive Review 2017
I did the CFC Meon Vale Spring Sportive last year but managed to forget to actually sign-up for it, as such I didn't do...
Sportives
Mad March Hare Sportive 2017 Review
The Mad March Hare, My first proper sportive of 2017 and it was an awful, flooded, soggy day weather-wise. Once I'd accepted that I...
Sportives
The Great Shakespeare Ride 2016 – 100 Miles
The Great Shakespeare Ride was the first sportive I ever did in my fledgling pre-lycra, pre-clippy shoes days. I remember it being very hard...
Sportives
Liege Bastogne Liege Challenge Sportive Review 2016
So three years ago now (time flies) I did the Paris-Roubaix Challenge which went well (sort of) and frankly it was time for another...
Sportives
Mad March Hare Sportive 2016
Last weekend I went out braving the cold to do the Mad March Hare sportive from Wythall, Birmingham. It's one I've wanted to do...
Sportives
Norwich 100 Sportive – 31st May 2015
Well, this was an interesting one.
The day started with driving rain, the sort where you look out of the window and wish you didn't...
Sportives
Mamil Sportives – Valuable to Cycling or Menace?
The sportive sector has exploded in popularity in recent years. Largely thanks to Mamils (middle-aged men in lycra) taking up the sport. They were...
