Crashing & Sellotape
It wasn’t my fault. Well, maybe it was, I don’t know. Pointing fingers and apportioning blame doesn’t change anything, nor does it help. I know…
Category: Road Cycling
Don’t Call it a Comeback
In the pantheon of triumphant returns there are giants that stand head and shoulders above all others. Michael Jordan walked away from basketball because he…
The Joy of Planning
I want to make something absolutely clear: I’m no randonneur (I’m no superhero, fan of the right of politics, lover of mushrooms or tightrope walker…
Murcian Miles
Holidays always seem more exciting if they require an early start. That’s how I’d always felt anyway. It was now though, amongst the dark and…
Isle of Smiles
I’m sitting on my sofa, which needs the covers washing after repeated assaults by my five-year-old son, or rather by his ketchup, porridge et al,…
Excelling in Bike Selection
These types of days are golden days. They stand proud of other days, their heads held aloft, simultaneously covered by clouds in their elevated environment…
Infection Riding
The weather was, for a British summer, unfamiliarly sunny and hot. I was out on the bike as much as I could, making the most…
Roads Like These – Saddlescombe
In the last instalment of Roads Like These I fawned over Beachy Head Road, this time it’s a descent. Anyone who rides out of Brighton…
New Jerseys, not New Jersey
With summer merely moments away in the northern hemisphere, the latest selection of short sleeved jerseys are out all vying for our attention, and our…
Box Hill Buddies
As climbs go it’s not really that tough, there are certainly harder climbs closer at hand. Unlike many of these, save perhaps Ditchling Beacon, Box…