Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Burning all your matches

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Image: Markus Grossalber   In September last year I rode Haute Route Dolomites  – by the end of it I was in, if not the shape of my li...
Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Wyldsson Bar Mix Original review: Can you really make your own energy bars at home? One idiot tries

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I can’t bake. Almost any form of cooking is beyond me. In fact, I once managed to mess up a frozen pizza (I somehow made it melt through t...
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Monday, August 11, 2014

Roads closed, heavens opened - riding the 2014 Prudential RideLondonSurrey(not quite)100

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Waiting to start in the Olympic Park Another sportive, another "extreme weather warning" from the organisers. But while t...
Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Wet, cold and hard - Riding the 2014 Etape du Tour

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L'ETAPE DU TOUR 2014 : ALERTE METEO Warning, Sunday 20th of July, the weather forecast is not good: - wind - rain - cold température...
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Monday, July 21, 2014

Etape 2014 - ridden

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I'll get you a full write up when I'm back in the UK and have access to my laptop and photos, but in the meantime... Christ that w...
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Thursday, July 17, 2014

Are we nearly there yet? Fear and packing for the 2014 Etape du Tour

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There's nothing left to do but pack. My last minute crash diet is more or less over (and I cheated on it a lot). I've ridden more ...
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Monday, July 7, 2014

Oh dear lord what have I done... Gear ratios for the Etape du Tour

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Not enough teeth! When I bought my first road bike I fitted a new cassette - a 13:29 - because I'm rubbish at climbing. When I upg...
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Thursday, July 3, 2014

T' Tour de Yorkshire - Etape training?

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(Warning, this is long, but does have some pictures) Pictures This weekend I got on my bike and tried to ride the first two stages of...
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