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...
Mar 5, 2021 | Fitwins Virtual Challenge, Road Cycling
Fitwins Virtual Challenges: FITWINS means winning physically, winning mentally, taking on a challenge and smashing your goals. Throughout 2020, as well as my usual riding on Zwift, I was also taking on a number of Virtual Challenges. These included, Lands End to John...
Feb 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...
Jan 25, 2021 | Road Racing, Santos Tour Down Under, Sportive
The Santos Tour Down Under is a professional cycling race held in and around Adelaide, South Australia, and is usually the first event of the UCI World Tour and features all 19 World Tour Teams. It also incorporates a UCI Women’s Pro Series event and a one day circuit...
Nov 16, 2020 | CADEsport, Road Cycling, Road Racing, Virtual Cycling
I came across CADEsport in mid-2020, it looked a good possible alternative to Zwift. Originally the Beta programme was released under the brand CVRcade, which was changed to CADEsport shortly afterwards. Although the reviews weren’t brilliant, in fact some were pretty...