bespoked bristol 2013, a set on Flickr. The whole reason for cycling to Bristol was to take part in the Bespoked Bristol Handmade Bike Show. We were there with Mosquito Bikes helping out on the stand and generally selling our holidays. Having sat on a bike for 14 days I found a day standing up…
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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…
bourg d’oisans to bristol day 1, a set on Flickr. Day 1 of my trip from Bourg d’Oisans to Bristol started a day earlier than first planned. With snow due in Bourg d’Oisans on Sunday I decided to get away today and put in a few banker kilometres and a farewell lunch with the family in…
Its not long now until the Paris Roubaix Challenge and I finally got to practice on some cobbles near us in Grenoble. It was a fairly small section just over 10 metres long – pretty straightforward not sure what all the fuss is about really ! Mind you they were a lot flatter than the…