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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...
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2023-10-17 12:40:23 - It has been a strange year of cycling for me. Barring one day-long slog around the Isle of Wight my 2023 palmares has been very lacking in any rides of note. I've often...
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2023-09-15 14:19:34 - By the time last October rolled round I found myself sitting on a personal record mileage, but I still hadn't ridden an actual sportive all year. It was time to put that...
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2023-08-25 15:26:19 - What and where is The Cooley Thriller - and has there ever been a better pre-ride briefing than that witnessed by riders on the 2023 edition? To take care of the "what"...
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2023-08-08 12:47:17 - Some events just capture the imagination and when news of The Stone Circle, Hotchillee's new gravel event, first crossed my desk I was instantly sold. A 200km gravel...
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2023-07-04 16:18:51 - Any Hozier fans in the house? The Wicklow-born singer introduces one of his songs with the observation, "Usually the only time you hear about the Wicklow Hills is before...
