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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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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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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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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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Bespoked Weekender 2017

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Made in Brighton: Reilly Cycleworks x Rule 5 Bikes

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Stamp Collecting

When I first heard the word ‘audax’ I was intrigued. The word itself sounded weird and it was described to me as “like fast touring”. Clearly this was something to […]

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Windmolen Achtervlogen

Sailing around Sussex with friends searching out windmills. All eight listed on the brevet card found and logged. At the almost the exact midpoint between the starts of meteorological and […]

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