From: Riding 100 Mile TT Question: will you stop for a comfort break? or can you last for 4 hours? It all depends on how much you drink! I remember one old guy telling me he did a 12 hour time trial without getting off his bike once! I don’t advise that as you risk […]

The good old days of procycling – no EPO or growth hormones in sight. Professional Cycling is a funny business, especially when the negative dope tests come through. There is almost comic value in the earnestness with which pro-cyclists will deny all knowledge or try to pass the blame onto their wives, grandmothers, or how […]

It’s still pretty chilly. I’m training with gloves and legwarmers, but, the days are getting longer. These pictures are taken on Queens Lane, Oxford. All Souls is in the background. More pics of Oxford in May Glad election is over and good to see the Yorkshire Independence Party has swept to power!

Parked cars are always in the way. Cycling past the pink house. Cycling along St Clement’s oxford.

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 […]