R25/3L: Not a Fast Day (although quick enough)
Today involved a schlep over to Glynneath to ride the superfast Welsh course. Fingers were crossed for a float day, but it didn’t materialise. Conditions were certainly better than earlier in the week,...
View ArticleRiding in a Crosswind
It’s been a hectic weekend. today was an epic day in the saddle – i’ll save the narrative for another post though. Yesterday was the Yeovil 10; it’s an event i’ve done a couple of years running now. I...
View ArticleUp the League! (The Bath Cycle Races)
it had to happen sooner or later. Finally, at the ripe old age of 35 years young, i made it onto the start sheet of a massed start road race. i couldn’t escape the need to get some bunch racing...
View ArticleTomorrow We Ride
Road racing on the bike is a very different beast to time trialling. This is a truism, but it certainly becomes apparent very quickly when you make the leap into the dark side. Today was the Bristol...
View ArticleEtape De La Défoncé
Adjective défoncé m. (f. défoncée, m. plural défoncés, f. plural défoncées) (slang) fucked, wasted, high (on drugs) Verb défoncé m. (f défoncée, m plural défoncés, f plural défoncées) Past participle...
View ArticleHell Climb
Dundry Hill sits silently on the outskirts of Bristol, luring unsuspecting cyclists to their doom. It offers up 4 different ascents of varying degrees of steepness. The climb up from Queens Road is the...
View ArticleA Small Good Thing: John Kempe
This year’s Burrington Hill Climb sees an enormous field of 72 riders taking part. In amongst them, taking up a large part of the field, are 28 members of the Bristol South Cycling Club. It’s the...
View ArticleScratch
The startsheets are coming thick and fast. This weekend is the Severn 25 and the weather looks and feels unspeakably cold. It will take all of my mental fortitude to make my way out to the push and...
View ArticleBig Guns
Bristol South held an open 25 Mile time trial today near Falfield. It’s often a quietish race with about 30 or so riders and can be a good opportunity to place highly. For some reason a large field of...
View Article“Legends of the Bristol Scene”
Yesterday I did my first time trial for three years. I am not including Burrington last year which was solely a sentimental ride because it was ten years since I did it for the first time and I was fat...
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