Norway Wanderings by Remy Evard
Remy Evard describes his Norway Cycling experience in detail after spectacular week riding around this amazing cycling paradise. Norway Cycling – Day 0 It’s not a good sign when you…
The 2016 Mallorca Academy. A guest’s perspective.
A bit of background... John and I have been together for 27 years and both have a keen interest in fitness. John has been a cyclist for most of his…
Make sure you’re in the know – travel insurance and cycling.
Travel insurance has always been a little bit tricky for cycling, with cover often ambiguous and rarely including all of the features we need while riding. The best comparison you…
Improve your climbing with no training!
"For those of us living near Exmoor or other hilly National Parks or mountainous regions, climbing is a fact of our cycling lives. Exmoor delivers on average 100ft of climbing…
Five Techniques to Beat the Cobbles
John Deering, co author of best seller “How to be a Cyclist” shares his top 5 tips on how to ride and survive the cobbles of Flanders & Roubaix.
Surrey Hills Cycling Guide
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The Haute Route Challenge
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ORICA-GreenEDGE Tour
Milan – San Remo with ORICA-GreenEDGE
By guest blogger Andrew Rigg
Andrew Rigg was part of an exclusive quartet of guests with the ORICA-GreenEDGE team for the opening classic of the 2014 season, Milan – San Remo. He took time out on his return to tell us about the experience.
From the very moment we arrived in Italy, it was clear that this was no ordinary corporate jolly. I’ve been fortunate enough to have been on a few behind-the-scenes type sporting affairs, funnelled through corridors, shaking hands with people you recognise on the tv at football matches, F1, etc. It’s all very nice, but you feel as though you’re on a bit of a conveyor belt. (more…)
Majorca Cycling Academy
Last October my husband and I (that’s sounds ominously like Queen Bessie talking, trust me, it isn’t) headed out to Italy and joined La Fuga’s Giro di Lombardia long weekend around Lake Como. (more…)
The Ronde Van Vlaanderen
Guest Blogger: Nigel Manson
Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita
mi ritrovai per una selva oscura,
ché la diritta via era smarrita.
Midway upon the journey of our life
I found myself within a forest dark,
For the straightforward pathway had been lost.
From the opening lines of Dante’s Inferno.
A few years ago, when I was in my late thirties, I found myself in my own ‘forest dark’. Restless at work, lacking focus, and feeling empty and lost, I could feel midlife cloying around me like an itch I couldn’t scratch. The crisis was sure to happen, but what would it be? I could leverage up and buy an Aston Martin… or I could dye my hair back to the colour of my youth, wear black jeans and a leather jacket, and have a ridiculous affair with an inappropriate 25yr-old dirty blonde? OR, I could take up a ridiculous pasttime where I could set myself some ridiculous goals, obsess about data to the nth degree and equip myself with some hi-tech, weapons-grade kit. And so I found cycling. I honestly thought I’d made the choice that would be both better for my marriage and cheaper. In hindsight, I was probably wrong on both counts. (more…)
