Note to self, early morning races with jetlag are not great. After getting back to UK on Thursday morning. I was still jetlagged on Friday. After a couple of hours sleep I was up early to do a 10 mile time trial in Cirencester on the fast U47 course. The course is almost pancake flat […]

With an extended holiday in New York, I took the opportunity to ride through Manhattan into New Jersey. From Jamaica, Queens to Manhattan, it is a pretty torturous ride through innumerable traffic lights, potholes, 3 lane roads and the vagaries of New York drivers. We followed a route marked ‘best cycle lane for travelling East’. […]

I’m pretty fortunate to find myself stranded in a situation where I at least have access to a decent road bike. True, Jamaica, Queens, New York is hardly ideal cycling country, but, as long as you can get out and maintain your fitness it’s a real boon. I do feel for those stuck in camps […]

I’m currently in New York on a ten day holiday. I’ve been doing a bit of training on my 1981 Trek 2nd hand bike from ebay. The local track near Flushing Meadow Park. I don’t go far, but, try to maintain fitness riding around a bumpy outdoor track near Flushing Meadow and doing a few […]

The City walls of Verona Verona is a cycling friendly city. The inner city centre is closed to most cars A single speed The inside of an old castle is a bike lane. (without the garish paintings you get in England.) The bikes are all very stylish in Italy. Most people ride the old fashioned […]

Leaning Bike, Leaning Pisa Bike Recently, I took a few days off the bike to visit Italy. In Pisa, a friend, Ashrita went for two Guinness World Records. One of which was for the fastest 100m on stilts. We started early in the morning marking out a 100m course next to the leaning tower. His […]

I’m never sure who reads my daily blogs on cycling. Everything from ramblings on some obscure timetrial to random photos of Oxford cyclists. In the past I’ve have written lots of practical tips, but, recently have been more inspired to write sarcastic commentaries on driving and commuting.  However, recently, I have kept meeting people who […]