December 2013 – the man from icon

2013 Rapha Festive 500 [part 4]

Day 6 Another (slow) century, a proper one, not a metric one. Not the ideal recovery spin after yesterday’s ultracross adventures. However completing 100 miles is in the head more […]

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2013 Rapha Festive 500 [part 3]

Day 5 When I was a kid there were days when I’d go out on my bike all day, bombing around the streets collecting friends, then head up the woods […]

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2013 Rapha Festive 500 [part 2]

Day 3 – A tale of two rides As is tradition it’s time for the Boxing Day Century (imperial, not metric). I say tradition, but what I mean is I […]

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2013 Rapha Festive 500 [part 1]

Pre The weather forecast for the next week looks well iffy so I’m in two minds whether to even start a Festive 500 attempt. I did also vow last year […]

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Tourist Trophy 2013 // Stage 12 // December // The same, but different

For the final official Tourist Trophy ride of the year […]

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Tourist Trophy 2013 // Stage 11 // November // Cornwall

The sun is rising into an otherwise empty sky as […]

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Tour of Britain

Back in January I read about a challenge that my friend Jo Burt posted on the road.cc website, the Tourist Trophy. The idea was simple – to go and ride […]

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Coast

A zig-zag route with a profile like saw teeth. Narrow lanes between high hedges, rough and twisting. Stick and stones, mud and leaves, over pitted tarmac. Gently turning into a corner the front […]

Month: December 2013