Monthly Archives: February 2009
The road to Ventoux begins in our dreams
Still not sorted out a place, still not properly organised but I’ll share with you an experience we will all endure. Riding out to Richmond Park this morning, headphones in, head prepared for three laps (roughly an hour and fifteen … Continue reading
Svein Tuft, un rouleur romantique
If Svein Tuft didn’t exist then someone would have written him into the literary history of cycling. Juliet Macur paints a beautiful portrait in her New York Times article ‘Canadian Rider Has Made Unorthodox Climb to the Top’. In an … Continue reading
Can you cycle on snow?
It’s the question that some British cyclists have been asking this week with the UK getting the sort of snow that Scandinavians and Canadians regard as a seasonal norm. As far as I can tell the simple answer is that … Continue reading
A return to fitness starts with pain
After bemoaning that I was getting nowhere with getting back in shape I managed to get in about 5-7 hours riding in the last week or so. As liversedge pointed out on twitter: “They say to form a habit you … Continue reading
