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Kent Invicta Grimpeur [Brevet des Grimpeurs du Sud 2016 ride #1]

A quiet, pretty corner of Kent, lanes tucked away between […]

DNF

Standing under the heating vent inside Sainsbury’s Local in Crowborough, whilst a puddle of water forms at my feet, I stare at the map on my phone looking for the […]

cyclocross

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 […]

commuting

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 […]

cyclocross

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 […]

cycling

Frame By Frame

I know I said last week this wouldn’t be out until January 2016, but it was finished today.

cycling

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 […]

cycling

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 […]

audax

Greenwich Mean Climb 300km [Brevet des Grimpeur du Sud ride #6]

04:29, Dyke Road, Brighton, heading for London. Underworld are played […]

audax

Mid Sussex Hilly [Brevet des Grimpeur du Sud ride #7]

Sat in a village hall, with a slices of cake […]

cyclocross

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 […]

cycling

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 […]

cyclocross

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 […]

cycling

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 // << […]

cycling

Tour de France Sojourn Day 4

Headwind. Headwind. Headwind. Three hour nap on a ferry. Headwind.

cycling

Tour de France Sojourn Day 3

Rest day. A book, a bottle of wine, sitting under a tree.

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