Sportives
Wiggle Forest Ranger Sportive Review 2017
This was to be my last sportive of the season and my second foray into the Wiggle Super Series after Mat and I tackled...
Rides in New Places
Cycling the Great Orme: Marine Drive climb and route guide
Cycling around the Great Orme gives you sea views, short climbs and an exposed coastal road within easy reach of Llandudno. Marine Drive follows...
Sportives
Velo Birmingham 2017 Review
I hadn't planned on riding the 2017 Velo Birmingham. I was registered as tickets went on sale but I baulked at the £85 entry...
Sportives
La Ronde Picarde 2017 Review
La Ronde Picarde was planned as the last big ride of 2017 and the last little trip away with the bikes. The plan was...
Sportives
Mad Summer Hare 2017 Sportive
The final warm-up before tackling La Ronde Picarde a week later, the Mad Summer Hare was to provide a good challenge. It’s the first...
Sportives
Wiggle Yorkshire Tour Sportive 2017 Review
I was supposed to be going on holiday cycling from Berlin to Copenhagen for a week but because of Ryanair refusing to take the...
Cycling Tips
Rapha Rising Challenge Roundel 2017
Rapha Rising is a challenge on the Strava website to climb a certain amount of metres across a set number of days. Riders from...
Time Trials
Saracen RC Open TT 2017
This was to be my first time trial in a little while, having busied myself with sportives and managing to overdo things and strain...

