Dec 27, 2022 | Chris Froome, HM Queen Elizabeth II, Israel Start Up Nation, Mark Cavendish, Road Bikes, Road Cycling, Road Racing, Santos Tour Down Under, Team Sky, Tour de France, Tour de Zwift, Tour of Britain, Virtual Cycling, Zwift
As another year comes to a close, it is time to look back at some of the interesting high points of 2022. The weather at the start of the year was very mixed with temperatures about normal. Some nice bright days and some dull and miserable ones. In other words – an...
Nov 30, 2022 | MyWhoosh, OneLap, Road Cycling, Virtual Cycling, VirtuPro Cycling, Zwift
After a lot of Autumn Promises in the way of update for my Virtual Cycling ‘games’, not a lot has been delivered. So I have been looking further into my options. CADEsport: they came up with exciting developments, and a lot of new ‘stuff’… however, when it came to...
Sep 14, 2022 | AJ Bell, HM Queen Elizabeth II, Road Cycling, Road Racing, Tour of Britain
The Tour of Britain has a proud heritage going back to the Kellogg’s Tour (1987 – 1994) and even further to the Milk Race (1958 – 1986) and back to 1945 for the Victory Marathon. Originally the race was for amateur riders only and it wasn’t until 1985 that a mix of...
Sep 9, 2022 | CADEsport, Indoor Cycling, Road Cycling, Virtual Cycling, VirtuPro Cycling, Zwift
Autumn has arrived here in the UK (Northern Hemisphere). We have had our summer – admittedly it has been a dry summer – with not much rain, and we have had a few warm days, but overall it hasn’t been that warm here in the North West – comfortable, but not roasting...
Aug 29, 2022 | CADEsport, Cycling, Frank Garcia, Indoor Cycling, Road Cycling, Turbo Trainer
Having investigated and tried out CADEsport in 2020 (See CADEsport 2020), I was surprised to receive a message from the company early in August 2022 to say that they were about to launch Version 1 of the full game and that they had stated a crowdfunding campaign on...
Jul 1, 2022 | Chris Froome, Copenhagen, Denmark, Geraint Thomas, Mark Cavendish, Road Bikes, Road Cycling, Tour de France
It’s Friday 1st July 2022, it’s cold, wet and windy here in Copenhagen; and the 2022 Tour de France has just started. This annual sporting event is being contested by 176 riders from 22 teams; over a distance of 3350 kms (2081mls), ending on the Champs Elysees in the...