Gravel grinding and L’Eroica
Gravel. Even the word sounds uncomfortable. At odds to my road biking world, the usual black tarmac lines swapped for the stark white trails. It’s riding, but not as we know it…
Read More Gravel grinding and L’EroicaGravel. Even the word sounds uncomfortable. At odds to my road biking world, the usual black tarmac lines swapped for the stark white trails. It’s riding, but not as we know it…
Read More Gravel grinding and L’EroicaA hill climb podium position and the power of small victories. It’s all relative, right?
Read More The glimmer of successIf a cycling God exists, they would live at the summit of Lago del Narèt. It’s not the longest, not the highest, not even the steepest. This climb needs no such gimmicks. It has beauty.
Read More Lago del Naret – Cycling climbs of SwitzerlandI can’t remember when I stopped counting. I know not what compels me to ride all day, traversing distances some people think twice about when driving. Anything less than 100 miles is now a short ride. When did that happen?
Read More Big rideMistakes. We all make them. For some the consequences are greater than others. Pedestrians, cyclists, drivers. We share one inescapable trait. We’re all human.
Read More The bike that thinks it’s a rhinoceros 🦏Beauty can lie within the ordinary. The humdrum. The good old commute.
Read More The commuteA story more interesting than the subject. Clip on aero bars? Yawn. And yet my first ride took me by surprise. It was thrilling! My new found speed was electric, amplified by my new position closer to the ground. How quick?
Read More First ride: Clip-on aero bars on a road bikeA peek into the madness that is the amateur cyclist’s daily life. So Pro…
Read More A week in the life of a cyclistIt will never happen to me. Yet it did. Humiliation, defeat, weakness. It wasn’t even a quick ride. Bump, gone, just like that. Dropped.
Read More Being droppedNew Zealand. Everything is vast. The journey. The deep blue sea. Mountains as far as the eye can see. Landscapes that steal your soul. The number of tourists…
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