Things I wouldn’t miss if I stopped cycling. The difficult in walking down stairs after a particularly long training ride. I’ve sometimes wondered if it wouldn’t be easier just to slide down on my backside, and only slightly less dignified. Or perhaps the way forward is the ‘Stena stairlift for cyclists’. The difficulty I get […]

It’s not too often I get overtaken in a time trial, so when I do I tend to remember it. I remember once in the 2010 British Time trial championship. I was happily speeding along at 33mph on the flat. I was feeling pretty pleased with myself when a Sky rider came past like a […]

I’m about to get a power meter. I’ve resisted for several years. But, nearly everyone tells me power meters are great. I feel like I’m missing out by not having one. To be honest, I’d probably prefer it they hadn’t been invented. But, they have – and so it seems a mistake to miss out […]

Some of my favourite hill climbs of Yorkshire. The Stang, North Yorkshire. The Stang is hidden away near Reeth. On the road towards Tan hill, it is left turn towards Barnard Castle. It’s a good long test. Steep at the beginning. It proved quite a testing climb. The 15% gradient section lasts quite a long. […]

I’ve been looking forward to the national 100 mile TT for quite a while. I’ve only done three 100 mile TTs in my career. 2005 – 3.55 (4th in National 100) 2010 – 3.52 (11th in National) 2010 – 4.02 (West DC) Apart from the first 100, I’ve always been disappointed to fall away and […]