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…
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…
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…