Dec 9, 2021 | Cycling, End to End, Lands End to John O'Groats, LEJOG, Road Bikes, Road Cycling
A new addition to my library “End To End” by Paul Jones. The Land End to John O’Groats Cycling Record – A Tale of Obsession and Happiness. From the cover: The End to End is the longest place-to-place cycling record in Britain. It is a daunting 842 miles and for the...
Nov 21, 2021 | Cycling, Ride London, Road Bikes, Road Cycling, Sportive
An all new Ride London is back…! The world’s greatest festival of cycling returns on Sunday 29 May 2022, with a new format, exciting new routes and a new partnership with Essex County Council. The first 10,000 UK general entry places for 2022 RideLondon-Essex 100 have...
Oct 19, 2021 | Cycling, Mark Cavendish, Road Bikes, Road Cycling, Road Racing, Sportive, Tour de France
As we come to the end of another cycling year, here in the Northern Hemisphere, the only thing you can say is that it has been an odd sort of a year. Better than 2020, but nowhere near a full calendar of events. Many of the iconic Events and Races were cancelled,...
Sep 25, 2021 | Crowdfunding, Cycling, Fitwins Virtual Challenge, Indoor Cycling
For some months now, I have been using the Fitwins Fitness App to log my Virtual Miles. The creators would like to improve the App, by adding new features, including Street View to the Google Maps. To fund this, they are looking at crowdfunding – using the Crowdfunder...
May 10, 2021 | Cycling, Hot Weather
For the last few weeks, here in the UK it has been very sunny. We have been having our annual “summer”. The time of year when we have a few weeks of very hot weather and the headline in the newspapers is ‘What a Scorcher…!’ It lasts about 3 weeks and then we are back...
Jan 30, 2020 | Cycling, Road Racing, Tour de France
The 2020 Pro-Cycling Season, has well and truly started. With the Tour Down Under (21st – 26th Jan) won by Richie Porte (Trek-Segafredo), all those fans are looking forward to a great year of cycling. Out to the UAE in February, then the Classics from March… With the...
