Away from ultra light carbon fibre bikes, I enjoy the aesthetic beauty of an old fashioned traditional bike. Typically, they are one colour (the modern mountain bike often seems to be garishly painted) These bikes are solid, reliable and built for comfort rather than speed. You see quite a lot around Oxford. I think this […]
Perspectives on Interval Training
These days interval training is very popular. It also has the advantage that in theory, you can get quick with a relatively short amount of training time. In the last part of my interviews with former pro, Flavio Zappi, I asked him about his approach to training. It was an interesting answer, perhaps not what […]
Bristol South CC Hill Climb 2008
This has been an intense weekend. On Saturday, the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team were organising a 24 hour Running race in Tooting Bec. I was counting runners go round the athletics track from 12pm to 10.30pm. (I was supposed to be onto midnight shift, but, thankfully I got relieved a little early. After a shortish […]
Coming Back To Cycling after Long Layoff
In a previous post, I mentioned how the cycling bug often inspires people to come back, after a lay off of 5, 10 or 20 years. I’ve heard many people say who they got back into cycling after a long break (for whatever reason). Often on coming back to cycling, people say they enjoy it […]
Interview with Flavio Zappi Part 1
Flavio Zappi – former Pro Cyclist A few days ago, I was doing some interval training around Boars Hill when I bumped into Flavio Zappi, Flavio happens to be a former wearer of Green Jersey in the Giro D’Italia and top 12 finisher of Milan San Remo. We rode up and down Boars hill a […]
Why Don’t People Cycle
Since starting a cycling blog, I fear I may have become a bit of a cycling evangelist. Anyway, out of interest I asked my students and work colleagues why they don’t cycle to school. The distance they travel is about 1.5 miles, some up to 3 miles. The journey is not straightforward as the shortest […]
Interval Training Sessions
My racing season is winding down, but, I’m still doing some interval training for the remaining hill climbs. These are some of the training sessions I like to do. Train like a Race One of my favourite type of interval training is just to ride up a hill as if it was a race. This […]
Cleaning Your Bike
Whenever I buy a new bike, I always promise myself that I will always keep it spotlessly clean. In practise, my good intentions last for a few weeks. After a hard 3 hour training ride, giving your bike a proper clean never seems that appealing. Nevertheless, since I keep one bike in my dining room, […]
The Joy of Cycling
Cycling is an enjoyable activity. I’ve put it as one of the main points in 10 reasons to take up cycling. These photos capture the joy people can get from cycling. Smiling for camera ~ Cycling is sociable. Having a laugh on the bike ~ Mike Potts shows his beautiful teeth – after […]
Solihull CC 2 stage hill climb
Climbing Dover Hill hill climb. On Sunday, it rained all day. Not good conditions for a 2 stage hill climb. Dover Hill 1 mile long, gradient not too steep. Dover Hill will be used for the National hill climb Championships 2010 Matt Clinton, mikevaughan.co.uk cycles won in 4.01. 2nd was James Dobbin 4.05. Third was […]
Commuting By Bike
I got into cycling through riding long distances with a cycle club. The idea of commuting to school by bike never occurred to me. It would have been about a 9 mile commute into the centre of Bradford and unfortunately cycling didn’t seem very practical. I’m sure my mother would have raised many objections. It […]
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