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2025-09-16 15:54:09 - In my childhood, I loved bashing about in the Australian scrub on bikes. So when I heard about the "Big Un" ride in Faversham, I couldn't resist the chance to do it all...
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2025-09-16 14:22:49 - Thanks to an understanding wife I have been able to ride some great sportives over the years: the Amstel Gold (best atmosphere and fun), The Maratona (legendary), the...
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2025-08-18 22:21:20 - Since I caught the ultra racing bug a few years ago, most of my cycling trips now involve a pretty full-on few days of riding round the clock, with maybe a few hours...
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2025-07-08 11:53:15 - In just four short years, the ENVE Stone Circle has cemented its status as one of the premier events on the UK gravel calendar. We sent Alex and Pete to find out whether...
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2025-06-23 14:23:19 - I seemed to be in at the ground floor with the boom in cycle sportives, riding on the crest of the London Olympics wave. Back in 2012, you couldn't move for stockbrokers...
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2025-06-09 10:24:59 - My bike is filthy and making strange creaking sounds. My calves are taut and strained, and my thighs burn like barbecue sausages ready to burst. But it's my backside...
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2025-04-10 14:02:09 - If you're looking for a cycling challenge on a sun-kissed island with near deserted roads, the Sicily Divide could be perfect. Devised by a couple of bikepackers -...
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2025-03-04 14:32:43 - "The weather outside is frightful, but the fire (central heating) is so delightful" etc, etc, etc. I'm sure you recognise the song, but it was the tune that came to mind...
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2024-10-07 14:45:45 - What happens when you have annual leave to use before the end of the year? You start flicking through the recent editions of the cycling mags, and rapidly have a growing...
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2024-10-07 12:03:02 - Well, that was ridiculous. I've seldom felt so slow after a bike ride - but, in hindsight, there were some clues that Graean Cymru was not a typical sportive. The first...
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2024-09-17 15:27:56 - Sunday sees the debut edition of Graean Cymru ("Gravel Wales"), a brand new gravel race from the team at Glorious Gravel. The race is set around the shores of Llyn...
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2024-08-16 09:26:57 - When is a sportive not a sportive? When it's the big biking party known as the Garmin Ride Out; held in support of the charity Action Medical Research, it really is a...
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2024-07-30 10:29:05 - Funny how things turn out... After a few years' hiatus I'd been looking once again at gravel bikes, specifically with the Ekar groupset as I'm a bit of a Campy nut, and...
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2024-07-15 19:44:51 - Having recently retired and moved to the South Coast it was great to find an, almost, local sportive: Ride Reigate - and even better to get an invitation to ride. The...
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2024-01-11 14:12:28 - After enjoying riding from home through the Indian summer of early September, I searched for a week's warm weather break abroad to round off 2023. Bypassing southern...
