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West Midlands
Audaxes
West Midlands Reliability Rides 2022
I've compiled a list of local club 2022 reliability rides for the West Midlands area. Dates and routes are to the best of my knowledge and research.
Cycling Tips
Top 21 Cycling Climbs of the Midlands
The cycling climbs of the Midlands tend to be underrated. In Simon Warren's 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs book there are only really a couple...
Audaxes
West Midlands Reliability Rides 2020
I've compiled a list of local club 2020 reliability rides for the West Midlands area. Dates and routes are to the best of my knowledge and research.
Sportives
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...
Audaxes
West Midlands Reliability Rides 2019
Update! There is now a 2020 version of this post.
I've compiled a list of local club 2019 reliability rides for the West Midlands...
Men's Cycling
Newport Nocturne 2018 Photos
The Newport Nocturne was an biennial race, first taking place in 1970 before stopping in the early 1990s. It returned in 2001 before once...
Women's Cycling
Women’s Tour of Britain 2018 Photos
I was able to watch the 2018 Women's Tour on the Evesham to Worcester stage. I'd anticipated being able to get to more stops...
Audaxes
Midlands Reliability Rides 2018
There is a 2019 version of this list here.
I've compiled a list of local club's 2018 reliability rides for the Midlands area. This includes...
Men's Cycling
The Cycle Show and Pirelli Supercrit 2017
One of the offers that the recent Velo Birmingham gave away was the chance to visit The Cycle Show on the cheap. I decided...
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
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
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...
