Right. First up, not many photos today because the weather was so bad. It was an eventful day. All bad but I’m warm and tucked up in bed now so I can call it an epic. The forecast hadn’t promised much and to be honest, when I woke I expected rain but a look out … Continue reading Babbacombe Day 2
The day finally arrived but I couldn’t leave until after noon as I couldn’t check in to my AirBnB in Dursley until 5pm. I had to keep myself distracted after I got up, to ward off some anxiety, so I fitted some mudguards as rain is forecast tomorrow, something I would regret. And I vacuumed … Continue reading Babbacombe Day 1
Babbacombe beckons. On Wednesday I begin my three day ride to Torquay so I’ve had to make some mods to my gravel bike so it’s better suited to road touring. After a clean, off have come my (worn) Conti gravel tyres for nice, wide fat touring tyres. If you know me I like to try … Continue reading Gravel to Touring
It was with a bit of trepidation I got my bike ready on Friday. I wanted to get another couple of rides in this week but other than one 2hr ride and a 45 min turbo session that was it. It wouldn’t make much difference in the grand scheme of things but it would have … Continue reading Severnth Heaven 2024
Back in May I bought myself a new road bike. A nice and cheap Planet-X Pro Carbon. On paper it was great value. A carbon frame + Shimano 105 12spd groupset for only £1350 (£1499 with a 10% off code, actually £1699 now) tucked away in a hidden corner of their website. But how has … Continue reading 1000km in
Yesterday was an early start. I’d set a 5.45am alarm to be away by 6.15am but I was awake just after 5 so I got up a bit earlier which gave me time to have a bit of breakfast without rushing. Sally was still asleep so I quietly loaded up the car and I was … Continue reading Cambrian Mountains Gravel Epic
I think it was a first for me buying a new road bike while on holiday. The trails have just been too sloppy to enjoy them so I’d begun thinking about a road bike rather than slapping road wheels on my gravel bike. As the weather had been so wet for months in the UK … Continue reading New Bike Day
Yesterday I decided to actually go and do a loop on the bike. The fresh tarmac road from Parques Hollandes, I found the other day, intrigued me so I decided to ride south through the dunes again, pick up the new road and climb up to Villaverde and gravel it all the way back via, … Continue reading Gravel, Goats and Chipmunks
After many years of bouncing around cycling clubs, racing, riding and help run them, that all came began to fade away after I closed my shop. The store rides that were established carried on in some capacity for a few years but I decided to officially end them in 2019. Since then I’ve never been … Continue reading Not What I Expected
