Another year, another start of the year blog post and another set of goals. Here’s hoping it goes somewhere this…
Tag: cycling
What I carried on London Edinburgh London
So, what do you carry on a 1000+ km audax? Here’s the packing list I used for 2013’s 1400km LEL.…
London Edinburgh London 2013 – Post Ride Report
So, last time I mentioned London Edinburgh London on here I left if all up in the air whether I’d…
Audax Easter Arrow to York 2013
So it seemed like a pretty simple idea. Come up with a day route from Nottingham to York of at…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Yr Elenydd 2012 – 300km Audax 5AAA
In keeping with this season’s idea of trying a few hillier audaxes I’d dropped an entry in for Yr Elenydd.…
The Dean 2012 – 300km 4AAA Audax
So it was time for the year’s rides to start getting a bit longer, and I had a strange hankering…
Helping out: Charity Cycle ride from Norwich to Liverpool in memory of the Hillsborough victims
I was contacted by a rider looking to plan a long distance charity ride in memory of the 96 victims…