Comments on: Your Best Experience on the Bike?

By: What’s Your Worst Experience on a Bike? | Cycling UK

What’s Your Worst Experience on a Bike? | Cycling UK — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:07:03 +0000

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By: Tacky

Tacky — Tue, 03 May 2011 14:38:13 +0000

I’ve just come back from my first cycling holiday in Majorca. I’m going put the calobra pass as one of my all time best rides. 10K of descent and a 270 degree hairpin made it worth while a visit!

By: Kent Valley Hill Climb | Cycling UK

Kent Valley Hill Climb | Cycling UK — Tue, 03 May 2011 07:38:47 +0000

[...] can’t say it was by any means my best experience on a bike but it was nice to finally race and finish [...]

By: tejvan

tejvan — Tue, 03 May 2011 07:20:53 +0000

Hi Lewis,

Yes, that’s the great thing about cycling you realise what becomes possible.

By: Lewis

Lewis — Tue, 03 May 2011 00:18:15 +0000

Hi Tejvan. I wish there were some sights near me as beautiful as the viaduct you’ve posted above. I’m only young and though I’ve always enjoyed cycling, I’ve only been serious about it for a couple of years. I don’t have too many experiences, but my best experience was probably last year when I cycled to the reservoir near me and went around it again and again until my phone/Mp3 player/GPS Cyclemeter ran out of battery, then I cycled home. I saw the same people walking each time I went round and it was invigorating to know that I was going quite fast and covering some distance. By the time I was home I’d done about 40 miles, which isn’t too much, but then it was a realisation of the scope of what I could achieve on my bike

By: tejvan

tejvan — Mon, 02 May 2011 18:49:41 +0000

Hi Lee, great to hear. Cycling can be a little addictive, but it’s a nice addition to have!

By: Lee Hall

Lee Hall — Mon, 02 May 2011 08:27:13 +0000

Hi
Tejvan I used to be a runner and only just took up cycling, I have just completed my first 100 mile ride, I have been training since Oct with the training books you suggested. When I did my first 50 mile before training I got up really early one Sunday morning, had a good breakfast, prepared all my sports drinks, carb loaded the night before. I set off at 06:00 did my 50 miles and was back by 09:00 and had another breakfast with the wife I had no idea how i would get addicted to cycling. Now I do 50 on a midweek training ride. 6 Sportives this year, Seriously considering Audax next year. Thanks for your blog its inspiring and entertaining, Thank you.

By: tejvan

tejvan — Mon, 02 May 2011 08:05:21 +0000

Sounds great experience. I’ve cycled upto Eiffel Tower on a French hire bike, but not the same sense of achievement to cycling all the way from London!

By: Mike Smith

Mike Smith — Sun, 01 May 2011 08:25:47 +0000

Hi Tejvan
The best experience I’ve EVER had was arriving at the Eiffel Tower in 2008 after cycling from London on a Macmillan Cancer Support fundraising ride.
I’d only taken up cycling (after a 25 year gap) eight months before, and was still very overweight. At Dover at the end of the first day, I just wanted to get a train home. With the help and support of my new friends on the ride, I made it to the hotel in Calais, and on to Paris. The sense of achievement reduced me to tears (not a pretty sight in a 57 year old fat feller), and I’ve never felt quite the same sense of pride on any charity endurance ride since!