London to Paris 2008

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Using various criteria to determine which companies are the best! (more)

Cycling Performance Programme

Performance Programme For 2026 I intend to get back into racing - a few time trials, criteriums, cyclocross. I'll also get some longer rides in, and hopefully get over the line with my Eddington-200 target! Get to metric Eddington 200 ... (more)

Audax: long-distance cycling

Audax: the home of long-distance cycling If you love recreational cycling, and enjoy the prospect of an all-day ride, then the audax may be just what you need. Audax technically means "daring" or "courage", but you usually won't need either ... (more)

Milton Cross

Milton lived up to its reputation as a muddy, slippery course with lots of tricky off-camber turns, but drier conditions made it pretty much rideable. There was no rain to speak of on the day, and with temperatures of around 5 degrees it ... (more)

Tour of Britain 2025

Stage 1 - Woodbridge Stage 2 - Stowmarket (more)

Stow Scramble

A fast but technical course in fabulous all-day sunshine, it didn't cut up much despite a fair amount of rain the previous day. Full results on the Eastern Cross website. Women's race Here are some photos from the women's race. Senior ... (more)

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A Social Feed

This is a feed of everything I'm interested in, filtered and categorised according to my choices. Channels: Twitter (multiple accounts) Facebook groups Facebook pages Google+ LinkedIn Flickr Youtube Website RSS Webpage updates ... (more)

Crivit products

The Crivit® product range If you're looking for outdoors clothing or accessories, you could do worse than to browse the Crivit® range. Crivit® is a brand of German supermarket Lidl's, so it's most convenient for UK customers to head down ... (more)

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VC Revolution Cross

Bumpy, firm grass made it tough going in the morning rides. For the last two races the rain was lightly falling and the ground started to soften up - and grass started getting caught up on the bikes. The grip remained though, and racing ... (more)

Lannock Cross

This brand new venue proved to be a successful one for the day's cyclocross races. It had decent mud (rideable but challenging!), woodland, steep climbs and descents, and event stretches of gravel and road. There was a bit of light rain ... (more)

Eastern Cross - End of season Relay

The relays took place in great weather (compared to the constant rain or dark cloud of the previous few weeks), and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves on a challenging but rideable course. It was great watching riders of different categories ... (more)

Norfolk springtime audax

Well done James for organising a friendly event with a well-stocked HQ and using mostly quiet lanes heading to Wells-next-the-Sea and back (for a 103km ride). I rode with my youngest son Michael (his first audax), and to keep it honest we ... (more)

Springfield Cross

It was warm, dry and windy at the first race of the Eastern Cross 2025/26 season. Low profile tyres were the order of the day, but the dusty conditions managed to catch riders out on the numerous off-camber turns. All races went without ... (more)

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