Our very own cycling centurion, Dave is on a quest to ride 100 centuries before he becomes a sexagenarian. An ex-runner, he switched to cycling back in 2012 after a serious injury ended his days of pounding pavements. Not one to rest on his laurels, he fell in love with two wheels, rode his first century in 2014 and hasn't looked back.
Dave wrote his first two cycling books Tales of a Centurion in 2016 and My Tour of Wessex in 2018. He is currently working on book three and is the rider behind the Cycling Centurions website and Strava club.
2023-05-25 09:29:53 - That's right, we're in Spaghetti Western country where Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef strutted their stuff back in the sixties. Roll on to 2023 and four Brits, three...
2021-01-04 13:01:21 - You may already know that British cycling brand Orro manufacture a range of road, urban and gravel bikes; you may also know they sponsor a sportive - the Orro Sussex...
2020-10-14 10:50:01 - During these difficult times, we're being encouraged to help the local economy by shopping at independent stores in our neighbourhood. But does that really work for...
2019-06-16 23:36:59 - Mont Ventoux, aka 'The Bald Mountain', dominates the skyline for miles around. She stands a vertical mile above the plains of Provence, a majestic goddess, daring mere...
2019-04-29 13:49:10 - The reverberating chime of crystals, combined with the vibration of phone against wood, roused me from my deep slumber. My four-o-clock alarm signalled a rather...
2019-02-14 11:11:39 - Outside it was wet and cold. Mother Nature was being her usual mischievous self, inflicting yet another miserable February morning on us. Staying in wasn't an option,...
2018-09-25 15:55:29 - Distal biceps femoris tendinopathy? Nope, I'd never heard of it either, but it's the injury that's been plaguing me since the turn of the year. That pesky inflammation...
2018-05-04 11:46:10 - After months of ignoring a niggly pain on the outside of my knee, the time had come to finally do something about it. Armed with the latest advice from Google and a 4mm...
2017-11-01 09:08:20 - The silence of the night is broken by a rattling at the door, the familiar sound of metal against metal as a key turns to open the lock. I hold my breath as the steel...
2017-10-16 12:16:47 - It's an overcast and rather chilly start to this Sunday morning in early October. The anticipated autumnal sunshine is nowhere to be seen as grey clouds dominate the...
2017-09-28 07:30:00 - I have few adversaries when I ride, in fact there are only three: the clock, hills and the weather. There are no timing chips on the Tour de Norfolk, and the county is...
2017-09-12 22:02:42 - I'm standing at the summit of Hautacam, a ski resort in the Midi-Pyrénées. I'm only 1,500 metres above sea level, but I feel on top of the world... having just spent...
2017-08-18 06:30:00 - "London calling to the faraway towns..." The familiar lyric barks out from the sound system as if to beckon myself and fellow townies. "Engines stop running, but I have...