No matter who you are, there is always another cyclist who is faster than you. When riding with others, there is always a dilemma of how hard do you try and stay with other riders, and when do you let go and ride on your own? On the one hand, it is great to keep [...]

In the past 10 years there has been a remarkable surge of interest in cycle sportives. In an era of declining race numbers, it has been good to see at least one area of cycling seeing growth. Cycle Sportives are organised touring rides of a fixed distance and can be anything between 60K and 250Km. [...]

I do alot of my training in the chilterns. One of my favourite hill climb training rides is one that weaves up and down the edge of the chilterns, around Wycombe, Stokenchurch, Chinnor and Bledlow Ridge. One of my favourite climbs is a 5 mile ascent of continuous climbing from Wycombe upto Stokenchurch on the [...]

  I don’t do many cycle sportives but, I’m tempted by this Scottish cycle sportive, The Etape Caledonia. The 2 big advantages of this cyclo sportive are: The Scottish scenary Closed Roads The organisers expect 3,000 cyclists to take part in the second running of this event. It Starts & Finishes in Pitlochry, Perthshire. The [...]