CYCLING FRANCE : DONE RIGHT SINCE 2008
Gearing Up for Paris-Roubaix: My Cobble-Crushing AliExpress Bike Build The 2025 Paris-Roubaix is just around the corner, and while the pros will be battling it out on their €10,000 superbikes, I’m taking a slightly different approach this year. Instead of splashing out on the latest carbon wonder-machine, I’ve decided to resurrect my old 2015 carbon hardtail mountain bike and…
This Sunday sees our favourite one day classic Paris Roubaix. With over 6 years of experience working and riding in the area at the amateur events Paris Roubaix Challenge and We Ride Flanders we have put together an exciting 3 day cycling package covering all the major cobbled section, bergs and famous towns involved in…
We have put a selection of our photos up from the Paris Roubaix Challange , Paris Roubaix Race and a few other shots on our website. Join us next year for Paris Roubaix or hire a bike for Paris Roubaix
Day 2 of our Paris Roubaix trip took us down to the cobbles at secteur 17 to sit in a bar to watch the race unfold with a beer before heading out to the cobbles to see the riders and support vehicles speed pass. This section of cobbles were recently refurbished at a cost of…
A selection of photos from the foggy 2014 paris roubaix challenge 2014 view rest of the paris roubaix 2014 photos on flickr
Just back from a couple of weeks in the UK catching up with family and friends. For the second week we rented an old coastguards cottage on the clifftop at Worth Matravers in the purbecks. We had glorious weather for the week and I combined a couple of days of rough riding in preparation for…
For cycling fans, Northern France and Belgium becomes a Mecca at this time of year. The cobbled Classics are among some of the oldest,hardest and most iconic races on the pro calendar. The flat, featureless landscape becomes hive of activity as people travel from all across Europe to see the world’s best riders tackle the infamous…
The last riding day today and I calculated I needed to do 74km to achieve the Specialized Strava Classics challenge. As it happened I came in on the nose at 75km thus completing the challenge. Mentally it was tougher today, suddenly after pushing big miles for the last 2 weeks, including the cobbles of the Paris Roubaix, I…
There is a magic invisible line in northern france where the Friteries start appearing on the side of the road. Think large portable cafes selling huge amounts of chips (or frites) and other assorted fried goods. None of it very healthy but great for filling up empty bellies. Since Roubaix there have been plenty of…
Photos from todays Paris Roubaix at Cysoing