For a long time I've been hesitant about entering a sportive. Not due to the routes or distance necessarily, although I rarely ride over 2 hours these days. Instead my bike riding is condensed shot of speed and fun about three times a week. So last Sundays Brighton to Brighton sportive would be [...]
After Friday's long overdue trip to the skatepark, my whole upper body has been feeling pretty stiff. I don't ride BMX as often as I would like, so 3hrs of hopping, jumping and manualling around a concrete park was a big wake up for those chicken arms of mine. Still I finally managed [...]
My warmth is more the touch your eyes display
in comfort safe with knowledge heart to keep
as listen to your breath you gently sleep
like glitters through the leaves of Summers day
and as you tuck and push yourself to race
reflections of my days so many past
my heart holds deep as yours it beats so fast
two different lines [...]
CRASH!
I was getting back into the bike racing swing of things recently but have since come unstuck. It’s been a while since I did a full post so I’ve decided to post up some stories and pics of various things going on over the summer up til now.
Les Gets trip
July was to be a riding [...]
spend much time outside and you soon realise that summer comes first these days; march, april, may. get your playing out done and your new legs in by whitsun because then comes early winter; june and july, moist and grey, not especially nice. could be labelled ‘unseasonable’, if we weren’t already expecting it. reprise march [...]
Saturday July 2nd, I think possibly the most stressed I have been in my life. Why? La Marmotte had finally arrived and the lack of training and preparation for this day had all suddenly come to catch up with me on the start line in Bourg D’Oisans at 7am with a sea of 8000 people [...]
June has been a bit random for me this year. There’s been lots going on but nothing major to write home about and so I’ve been focusing on the getting done a lot more than the writing about…
Events-wise I’ve done a mountainbike race, a sportive, a cobbled hillclimb, a time trial and [...]
So remember Tweedlove I was talking about? Take a look at the film:
Winton
p.s. Offenburg World Cup post coming soon!
Hanging out on cliff-tops
Not wanting the day to end
Reach for the sky
And hold the Sun just there
Laughter of friends
Collection of smiles
Conquering hills
Covering miles
New set of tan lines
Aching muscles
Happy heart
Perfect day
A few seasons back a group of us got together and went to our local organised Sportive. It was good fun although a little surreal to be riding our local roads with lots of new faces and paying a not-so-inconsiderable sum for the priviledge. One of our visiting friends suggested that maybe we [...]
