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2018-09-18 11:31:08 - My first "grown up" bike was a mountain bike. It was the Very Early 90s at the time and I had just won the school raffle. The prize was a shiny, red Diamondback with 14...
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2018-07-24 11:30:42 - The Dunwich Dynamo has grown in popularity over the years, with many riders now considering it to be one of the iconic rides of the year. Always held on the Saturday...
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2018-07-23 11:44:00 - La Marmotte is one of the toughest and most enjoyable sportives in Europe (and the world) but the logistics of getting to the Alps and back are enough to leave you...
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2018-07-13 11:25:07 - La Marmotte is one of the toughest sportives in Europe with a total distance of 174.5km and 5,750 metres of climbing in the day. The day starts in Bourg d'Oisans, with...
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2018-07-13 09:18:17 - The good news is that there is a broom wagon for La Marmotte. The bad news is that it won't get you back home until really quite late in the day and it will probably be...
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2018-06-06 14:27:07 - "So Oisin, I hear you're riding the Tour de France?" asks a cousin on a trip home. "I didn't realise the cycling was going so well!" This is awkward. "Ha ha! Well yes, I...
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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...
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2018-04-30 07:26:52 - It seems like a long time ago. Back in April 2016 I somehow found a Kickstarter campaign for an Analog GPS Speedometer called an OMATA. The prototype looked fantastic...
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2017-10-23 20:09:27 - The 2018 Etape du Tour is a 169km ride from Annecy to Le Grand-Bornand, taking in four significant climbs and totalling an estimated 4,756 metres of ascending during the...
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2017-09-06 10:21:28 - Whether you're a competitive or recreational road cyclist, chances are you're often on the lookout for tips and tricks that will improve your speed and endurance. This...
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2017-08-15 15:02:49 - Medellin and the surrounding region of Antioquia has a history of producing the very best Colombian cyclists. As soon as you arrive in Medellin you realise that much of...
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2017-08-15 14:53:49 - You don't need to spend long in Colombia to realise that there is a real love for cycling among the population, helped by the successes of riders such as Nairo Quintana...
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2017-07-11 14:53:08 - The 2017 Etape du Tour takes place this Sunday in Briancon, and we'll be sending three reporters along from Sportive.com for a frolic in the Alps. Well, not quite a...
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2017-03-28 15:27:20 - Cycling in the Alps is amazing. The quiet roads, epic climbs, and views that take your breath away. We have spent the last five summers at 44South in Morzine, looking...
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2016-12-14 13:24:34 - Winter has arrived. As the Norwegians supposedly say: "There's no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothes." So, rather than retreating to the masochism of the turbo...
