Jan 6, 2022 | eBikes, The Apprentice
One of my favourite TV shows starts this evening (6th January 2022) – The Apprentice with Lord Alan Sugar. A reality ‘business’ game show that has been on-air since Feb 2005. The programme focuses on a group of young(ish) business people competing in a series of...
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...
Aug 11, 2021 | Road Cycling, Zwift
Zwift is a popular multiplayer online, cycling and running, physical training programme that enables users to interact, train and compete in a number of virtual worlds. It was founded in 2014 and the first ‘beta’ version was available in Sept 2014. A fully-fledged...
Jul 4, 2021 | Fitwins Virtual Challenge, Road Cycling, Tour of Great Britain
The Grand Tour of Great Britain started on 1st May 2021 and continued for two months, through May and June. It is a 3,000 km, 7 Stage Virtual Road Cycling Tour through the United Kingdom including a 500km stage through Northern Ireland. On completion you receive a...
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...