Today, Italy’s three week epic road race, Giro d’Italia kicked off the first stage with a 130km ride through Napoli, culminating in a sprint finish, won by Mark Cavendish, who as race leader will be wearing the Maglia Rosa, the…
Tour of Sufferlanrdia – The Sufferfest
For the past eight days I’ve been participating in the Tour of Sufferlandia, a 9 stage turbo trainer tour, covering 12 rides, all of them gruelling sweat fests on a turbo trainer. A stroke of genius from the creators of…
Video: Greg LeMond riding with Rapha Continental
A beautifully shot video featuring the legendary Greg Lemond, riding with the Rapha Continental guys. The video provides a peak at Greg’s early training routes where he grew up amongst the stunning scenery of Nevada.
Video: Stunning trails on the Mavic®Trans-Provence MTB Enduro
For those that don’t know, Mavic®Trans-Provence – http://www.trans-provence.com – is the only multi-day gravity-orientated itinerant MTB enduro in the world. Seven days, 310km of riding 15,000 metres of descending 10,000 metres of climbing (each day has an uplift shuttle at…
Video: Ultimate ride on a Pinarello Dogma 2
This video is simply incredible. Watch Martyn Ashton take Team Sky’s £10K Pinarello Dogma 2 for a spin like you’ve never seen before. Hit Play and enjoy.
Cinelli Gazzetta della strada
For the past couple of years I’ve been commuting into work on my trusty Cannondale Badboy 8, a trusty and reliable steed capable of a swift ride. The maintenance-free nature of the bike is hugely appealing, however, two main niggles…
Rapha base layers, keeping it warm and dry
I don’t know about you but I tend not to ride without a base layer unless it’s mega hot or I’m competing, otherwise I literally can’t leave home without one when on the bike, and especially when commuting.
Cervelo S1 frameset – images and review
For the past few years I’ve been happily riding my trusty Planet X Superlight Pro. Whilst the geometry and the feel is comfortable I’ve thought about the need for a ride that is a little more aggressive to better cope with…
Planet X Superlight Pro Carbon frameset – For Sale
I have for sale a Planet X Superlight Pro Carbon frame set with seat post, cranks and front mech. Selling to due recent purchase of time trial specific bike. This is a reluctant sale as this frame set has served…
Royal Mail try to encourage move away from using bikes
When I first read the news that Royal Mail bosses were actively encouraging their posties to use vans in a move to replace their trusty Pashley bikes, I was less than happy, but more saddened. It’ll be a sad day…
On-One website redesign
Whilst visiting the On One website to find out more about the upcoming 456 Carbon frame-set, I was pleasantly surprised to find a striking and significantly improved website redesign at www.on-one.co.uk.
Roding Valley Half Marathon, finisher
Almost an entire month after completing my first ever official half marathon event I’ve summoned the energy to write about the painful memories of the 2 hours and 9 minutes it took me to complete the Roding Valley Half Marathon.
The Running Man, covering the half marathon distance
Two weeks and counting until the I “compete” in the Roding Valley Half Marathon. Nervous about never before having covered the full distance for this event (21km or 13 and a bit miles) I took it upon myself to give…
London Tri offers “Olympic Plus”, what a liberty!
Having already entered this year’s London Triathlon I’m now used to receiving a fair few emails from IMG, organisers of the event, inviting me to sign up to some of their other events which I’m tempted to do and no…
5 week countdown to Roding Valley Half Marathon
The Roding Valley Half Marathon, my first “competitive” event of 2010 looms closer taking place on 28 February. I’ve never run further than 10km previously, and to this day still haven’t run past the 12.5km mark, so yet to know…