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Dilman

We lean our bikes against the window of the kebab shop and plonk ourselves at a small table near the door. A young couple sat at the counter chatting and […]

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Scaling Up

I’ve written about mapping out rides before but plotting a route for the Transcontinental is bigger than any previous way finding I’ve needed to do by roughly a factor of […]

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June TCR Prep

1,230 kilometres, and 13,350 metres of climbing. A 300km loop from Brighton to Whitstable and back again. A couple of 200km rides to and from Mountain Mayhem, plus a lap […]

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Mayhem Weekender

Sometime after midnight on Monday morning in a 24 hour petrol station on the edge of Brighton Cashier: “Have you done the bike ride today?” [Sunday was the annual London […]

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The (Not Quite) Midsummer 300

When I started to audax a few years back I came up with a 300km route that I planned to do on midsummer’s day – along the Sussex and southern […]

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Five Sevenths

Half way up the hill out of town I spot a bench nestled under some trees. Shade, at last. I pull over, lean my bike against one end of the […]

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May TCR Prep

1400km, 14,995m climbing. Started the month with the ridiculous Doorstep Epic Plus then three days later had a proper bonk on the ride home from work. Decided I needed a […]

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Park Life

The local racing season has started with Brighton Mitre‘s Hove Park Crits. Next month is Lewes Wanderers‘ Lewes Crits series, and in July it’s the Tour of Sussex.

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A Weekend on the Downs

Saturday on foot, Sunday on two wheels.

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Words by others on London-Wales-London

I recently posted some photos from the London-Wales-London audax, the only reason I didn’t write any words is because I knew others I rode with would. The links below are […]

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Doorstep Epic Plus

A few years my friends Jo, George, and Oli, joined Le Club des Cinglés du Mont Ventoux. Their stories from that day led me to attempt the feat last year. […]

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April TCR Prep

1,570km, 16,300 metres of climbing The month started with the Reilly Cycleworks TCR frameset being built up into a complete bike by Rule 5 Bikes. A few days later I […]

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London-Wales-London 400km audax

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Pleasant Valleys Sunday

Fancy a short cx ride tomorrow? Nothing serious, just pissing about. Sounds good, yeah. Tilt at Fiveways at 9.30 good for you? Yep. See you there dude. Where we gonna […]

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Sussex Spring Classic 2017

The annual homage to the classics of northern Europe. There’s no shortage of farm tracks and bridleways around here so more Tro Bro Leon than Flanders or Roubaix (except no […]

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North Country

Heading south to pay a visit to the north country. Drifting off the ferry in a sleep-deprived daze and heading up the hill on autopilot. Riding in a puddle of […]

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