Rides

A collection of races, sportives, audaxes or time trials that I might have done.

It also includes any riding in new places home & abroad, as well as the indoor world of Zwift.

Velo Birmingham and Midlands 2019 Sportive Review

Velo Birmingham and Midlands 2019 Sportive Review

After the fun of the 2017 edition of the Velo Birmingham, the event made its belated return in 2019. A completely different route saw the riders head east into North Warwickshire instead of west into Worcestershire. This made a difference to the parcours with a flatter profile and smaller rolling hills. It also meant paying …

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Women’s Time Trialling for Novices – My First Year

Women’s Time Trialling for Novices – My First Year

The first club time trial My first time trial took place on a cold and murky New Year’s Day 2018. It was the K7/5 between Stafford and Cannock that promised to be ‘downhill overall’ – there’s a lot of this in time trialling. A course promises to be downhill, but it’s invariably the most uphill …

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