View towards Henley in Chilterns. There are some great long climbs in the chilterns. This week’s riding Monday – 25 miles gentle ride av speed 17mph Tuesday – 25 miles. 5 hill intervals of 5minutes Av. speed 21 mph Wednesday – 71 miles. Av. Speed 20.1mph. 4 long hills. Including 11 mile rise from Hambledon, […]

Whatever type of cycling you do, it is important to pace yourself correctly to get the best from the ride. For a novice cyclist, it can be very difficult to know how to pace yourself. Many make this mistake of starting off too quickly and then suffer for the remainder of the ride. Pacing in […]

A keen cyclist can easily spend 15 hours a week training. That’s a long time to be riding.Whether you want to ride on your own or with other people will depend on your training routine and personality type. These are some advantages of riding on your own and riding with other people. Benefits of Cycling […]

My Road bike, which has been squeeking due to bottom bracket For the past several months I have had a persistent clicking on my best road bike. It has proved very difficult to isolate and rectify. I wish I had been able to do it earlier as a clicking bike does start to get irritating […]

According to This Island Race by Les Woodland the world’s first cycling race was held at Parc de St Cloud Paris on Friday 31st May, 1868. The race was from the fountains to the barrier and back. The race was held about 7 years after the first recognisable bikes had been developed in Paris. The […]

I have been building websites for several years, I began with poetseers.org and moved onto blogging a couple of years ago. I have blogs on several different topics such as self improvement, poetry, mortgages, economics, gardening and even a blog about Blogging. List of my blogs here. For some reason, I only started one about […]