Saturday was a double hill climb near Aldbourne, Snap Hill, organised by Swindon R.C. It was a small but select field. Quite a mix of riders from a few old timers to some young road racers looking for a qualifying time for the National Championships at the Rake later in the year. The first hill […]
Fartlek Sprinting Intervals
Fartlek Sprinting intervals is an unstructured interval session which basically involves riding along and doing some short, sharp intervals at appropriate time periods. The main idea is to try and make really hard intervals a little more interesting and fun. Fartlek was developed in Sweden and simply means ‘speed play’. It was used by the […]
Genesis Equilibrium Review
Review of Genesis Equilibrium 20. Reynolds 725 steel frame with carbon fork and Shimano 105. Looks stunning – does it ride as well as it looks?
Best Padded Cycling Shorts
There are a few Eureka moments in cycling. – Like when you can master the art of cycling no hands, when you realise you can actually cycle three miles to work and still live to tell the tale, when you realise it’s an awfully lot more comfortable to wear proper cycling shorts than jeans and […]
Easily Pleased with York Cycling Facilities
Perhaps I’m too easily pleased with cycling facilities. After coming back from Queens, New York I feel anything without cars travelling at 50mph with scant regard for anyone else on the road is a real boon. For example, last Sunday I was in York for an hour. I noticed there was a cycling festival so […]
Photos from York Cycle Festival
Family cycling along river. Nice garden for cycling. If only all cycle paths were like this. Cycling by fountainGetting up to speed. And he’s up in the air Don’t look now mum. Landing mountain bikes jumping. bike by pond. Mini race track very civilized. no parking – orange time trial bikes excepted. Two bikes. […]
Cold, Hamstrings and Hill Climbs
This Sunday was my fourth hill climb at Long Hill, Whaley Bridge an event promoted by Buxton CC. Since the excitement last weekend of setting a course record up Snake pass and cycling up Holme moss both ways, I hadn’t touched a bike since Last Sunday. The day after racing, I came down with a […]
You’ve gone too far this time, Sir!
You’ve gone too far this time, Sir! – A cycle ride to the heart of India by Danny Bent As well as a love of cycling, I’ve always had a love of India. But, those two never seem to be natural partners. I have many goals, achievements and targets in the world of cycling, but […]
9 Bar Energy Bar Review
9 Bar is a mixed seed energy bar free from wheat, dairy and gluten. I was glad to get some samples through the post. I munch through hundreds of energy bars every year and spend a fortune in the process. I received six bars of different varieties (original, flax, pumpkin, organic, peanut and nutty) I […]
Training to be a Sprinter
It’s tempting to train on the aspect of cycling that you like. For me, I like most training up 5 minute + hills which are around 5-10% gradient. Given my build and constitution, that is the type of cycling which is my strongest. At that kind of gradient, my power to weight ratio is at […]
Specialized Allez Review
I bought this Specialized Allez as my New York training bike. It replaced this older steel Trek. It’s a big step up and replicates the ride of my road bike back home. For the money, I’m very happy. It is an excellent value road bike. The carbon fork improves the ride, with great stiffness and […]
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Cycling in Oxford Photos
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Best Puncture Proof Tyres
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Cycling Rates by Country
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Cycling uphill
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Cat & Fiddle hill climb 2013
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3 days rest works quite well
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