So your father sends through some BBC focus magazines for you to read, and while you are browsing through the magazine you find that the steepest street in the world happens to be in New Zealand and more precisely the town of Dunedin right on the south eastern tip of the South Island. I was…
Winter is our downtime here in the Alps and although we spend a fair amount of time skiing I am always looking for a winter cycling adventure. Last year I cycled from our base in Bourg d’Oisans to Bristol in the UK via the Paris Roubaix Sportive. This January I will be travelling to the…
Join us for the Etape du Tour 2014 from Pau to Hautacam in the Pyrenees – 18th July to 21st July 2014 The cheapest and quickest way to get your event entries is to book online directly with the organisers here >> Our package includes the following: 3 nights stay in Lourdes in 3 star…
We have been looking through some of the photos from this season and have picked out some of our favourites. It has been an amazing year, from the snow that thwarted the completion of the route for Phil and Rob Penn in Cyclist magazine and a snow bound Galibier for the Giro, a Scottish incurrence in June, some inspiring…
granfondo roma 2013, a set on Flickr. My last big ride of the season was the Granfondo Roma in Italy. We drove down by car from our base in Bourg d’Oisans and rented a small apartment in the centre of Rome for the weekend. Going from Bourg d’Oisans and driving into any big city is…
We get to spend some great days on the bike with our customers. Tuesday was no different when we fulfilled Dan’s birthday wish to cycle (on a PROMPT D211 road bike) Alpe d’Huez on his birthday. I hooked up with him on Strava only to find that he has ridden 4000km more than me this…
marmotte short week day 2 sept 2013, a set on Flickr. Temperatures hit 18C on the Galibier today. It could not have been any different to last week where the temperature fell to just 3 degrees. What a difference a week makes
So, it looks like we are going to be able to see two stages of the 2014 Tour de France from our base here in Bourg d’Oisans. The rumours are as follows. On the 18th July 2014 the stage will be finishing at the top of Chamrousse. This is a climb we frequently do from…
Tour of Oisans Sept Wk 1 Alpe d’Huez, a set on Flickr. Todays September Tour of the Oisans started with rain but 5 out of our 7 guests decided to brave the rain and tackle Alpe d’Huez. By the time everybody had arrived at the top the heavens had opened. With spare clothes in the…
Col de l’Echelle, a set on Flickr. A new Col for us last week as we tackled the Col de l’Echelle just outside Briancon on the Italian border. The climb takes you from France into Italy on the descent. After some decent Italian coffee we tacked an alternative route of the Setriere before the Montgenevre…