2016 London X League team championships
Went and heckled friends at the 2016 London X League cyclocross team champs on Sunday. Wasn’t as revoltingly cold as last year. Then again I got a lift up with […]
Rolling through the week
I’ve written a blog post about the joys of bicycle commuting, for my friends over at Morvelo. Click on the photo below to read it. Many thanks to Lois at Morvelo […]
White Chalk Hills Ultracross 2015
Stretched out along the fence line, the peloton splinters into clumps of riders. Shadows tumbling down hillsides. Pedalling not against the gradient but the wind. Silhouettes scattered along the next […]
Frame By Frame
I know I said last week this wouldn’t be out until January 2016, but it was finished today.
One frame at a time
A craftsman at work, a skill that is second nature: Cut, grind, file, clamp, fit, braze, weld. Repeat. Back and forth, here, there, this bench, that jig. Sparks flying from […]
Rounds
The final chase. The last race of the night. A madison, an undetermined number of laps. The fug of the previous 40 laps of the dernies hangs in the artificially […]
Greenwich Mean Climb 300km [Brevet des Grimpeur du Sud ride #6]
04:29, Dyke Road, Brighton, heading for London. Underworld are played […]
Mid Sussex Hilly [Brevet des Grimpeur du Sud ride #7]
Sat in a village hall, with a slices of cake […]
Happy Valley CX
A few photos from yesterday sitting in the sun, drinking beer, and heckling friends at the London X League race at Happy Valley, Brighton. Full set of photos over at […]
Coastal Culture Trail
For ages I’ve been meaning to do a ride from Brighton along the coast to Eastbourne to the Towner Gallery, and then on to Bexhill to the De La Warr […]
Mary Towneley Loop Cyclocross*
The Mary Towneley Loop is 47 miles of bridleway that forms part of the Pennine Bridleway, and straddles the border of Yorkshire and Lancashire. I was expecting this to be […]
Rapha Rising 2015
Total Ascent 9371m Ride 4: Thusday 23 July / 203km / 4111m Gagnac-sur-Cere // Camps // >> D14 // >> D1120/D120 // Montvert // Bends, then long straight // << […]
Tour de France Sojourn Day 4
Headwind. Headwind. Headwind. Three hour nap on a ferry. Headwind.
Tour de France Sojourn Day 3
Rest day. A book, a bottle of wine, sitting under a tree.
Tour de France Sojourn Day 2
The best thing about camping is being gently woken by the dawn chorus. The worst thing about camping is the dawn chorus starting at 5 a.m. And thus starts another […]
Tour de France Sojourn Day 1
I rattle and rumble down the ferry gangway into early morning France. It’s around 5am and I’ve not had anywhere near enough sleep. Out of the port and it’s left […]
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