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Gran Fondo Cymru 2008 Cyclosportive - report

cyanide_bunny — Mon, 26 May 2008 16:01:14 +0000

The Gran Fondo is essentially a non-competetive Randonee or an Audax event.The registration was a painless affair. We went down to the Leisure centre on Saturday afternoon expecting a massive queue but was quickly logged in and my timing chip fastened to my wrist. All ready to go we just needed to ride over the Welsh [...]

voTWO South Downs Way Bikeathon

cyanide_bunny — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:13:11 +0000

One of England’s longest offroad trails would normally be muddy following the traditional downpour of April. However, it was dry and sunny, great conditions for a weekend trek from Winchester to Eastbourne. The event organised by VOTwo was an early season ride covering half the 106miles of the South Downs Way on Saturday and the balance on Sunday, [...]

Enterred into the Gran Fondo Wales. Challenge #1 2008.

cyanide_bunny — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:51:50 +0000

Today I have completed my entry into the Gran Fondo Wales. This beast is 200kms of pure welsh valleys’ and mountains touring. The sharpest ascent is a 1:4 monster though looking at the profile it will be a herculian challenge. This is one of two super challenges of the year and with a nice weekend in [...]

Endurance Calendar

cyanide_bunny — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:56:49 +0000

Endurance Calendar Here are some plans for the summer together with the other post. Gran Fondo (200km and 4,100m ascent) on the 25 May takes you around Snowdonia region of North Wales provides the closest terrain to the European Alpine Gran Fondos. The most laidback moorland romp is on again on the 8 June 2008. The rough [...]

Back into the groove: Sun drenched, now ready to ride

cyanide_bunny — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:12:20 +0000

A bit of sunshine is always good to refresh enthusiasm especially in the dark month of February. Having been under the cosh of night on both ends of my working day and completing a move back the UK last year, proper riding has gone to the kerb side. Well I am back with enthusiasm now and [...]

Shere beautiful madness

admin — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:08:33 +0000

While on the train this morning I saw an event where you need to be a supreme athlete. The headline in the newspaper said only two people beat the 50c tempretures this year to compelte the 580kms. The photo showed a dead camel and the rider in a desert scenery. Shere beautiful madness . The ride [...]

Winter cycling plan and wanting to run

admin — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:22:26 +0000

Whatever big bad september brings I’m sure it will follow august, july, june and may be wet with the added attraction it will also be dark. Hoorah. I am already starting to look to some events in the winter and want to get my fitness up. To this end I have a new goal (1) doing [...]

Want to get into MTB Marathons in Europe?

admin — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 08:54:08 +0000

The endurance mountain biking scene in the UK is limited to a few organisers and mostly these consists of rides around forest tracks and not the most flattering of views (or varierty if you do lots of these events). The calendar at numplumz has a list of the best UK MTB endurance events. The continent is [...]

New Rig (does not justify name steed)

admin — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:24:27 +0000

Avid cyclists will always have room for another bike and today I have added a new one to my stable. My roots are in mountain biking but I am not really justified in calling my new machine a steed as its more built for road, so instead its going to be known as the rig. [...]

The cristalps on reflection

admin — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:40:05 +0000

The Grand Raid is one hard event not because of the distance but because of the ascent and nature it crosses full valleys. One fast descent rolls into another huge climb. For an Englishman more used to humps of Guernsey it was going to be hard. I did ride every ascent with what I thought [...]