Oops, realised how much I’ve been neglecting writing here recently. Unfortunately it’s not been down to getting plenty of miles…
Hilly round the houses bike ride in Nottingham
As requested by a commenter, here’s my around the houses hill route for Nottingham. It start in Sherwood and end…
200km DIY audax or not
So deciding it was time to get back to some proper audax distance decided to head out for a 200km…
LEL 2013 Training – starting from Basics
So I’ve arrived in 2013 not quite as fit as I’d hoped I would be due to various reasons. Thought…
MST209 – TMA02 submitted
So not the greatest possible deadline for a TMA, the last wednesday before christmas. With the post and work deadlines…
2012 a cycling overview
So that’s 2012 over and done with. Bit of a mixed year for my cycling. Overall my mileage was down…
It Is all about the bike
At the moment anyway. Had slightly longer off the bike than I’d planned, and it’s being extended by City Link’s…
MST209 – still doing things
Bit quiet on the MST209 front recently, but I’ve been concentrating on some career stuff for a bit. Had a…
Audax Season 2012-2013
So I’ve not touched the bike since I got it home after my off, mainly because a fortnight after that…
mst209 – ploughing on in
The website officially went live this morning and I’ve now grabbed all the PDF versions of the MST209 course materials…
mst209 – And we’re off
Suprised to see that the MST209 course books had been dispatched yesterday as I wasn’t expecting them till after the…
Marple Grimpeurs 2, Napalmgram 0
Wednesday saw another trip up to marple, this time for the Staffs Peak Super Grimpeur. After last times debacle I…
New course, new technology
The start of MST209 is rapidly approaching. And in an effort to try and fit everything in I decided I…
Biting off more than I can chew – Marple Mid Peak Grimpeur 2012
So the plan looked good. Get the first train from Nottingham to Cromford. Then cycle the 50km from Cromford to…
3 coasts 600 audax – The day after
Can’t have been that bad as I’m sat at work with no real ill effects apart from having eaten lunch,…
Pre planning 3 coasts 600km 1.75AAA Audax 2012
So I’ve now got this years Super Randonneur award sorted, and as a bonus it’s AAA as well (Dean, Yr…
Why do cyclists get militant?
Well stories like this are one of the main reasons – http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/communities/heaton/2012/04/21/tyneside-vicar-s-death-sparks-changes-to-heaton-road-72703-30809512/ No fault from the driver? For overtaking where…
Looking back at Mille Alba 2012, looking forward to LEL 2013
Now that Mille Alba‘s over I’ve been thinking back over what did and didn’t work on that ride, and what…
Mille Alba 2012
And finally the time to ride this came around. Not really the best time for me, having had 4 weeks…
Oh crikey
Well, the AAA man has spoken and Mille Alba is now officially rated as a 12.5AAA event! So that’s more…