Cycling

I cover many aspects of cycling as a means of travel, including towing children about. Various aspects of recreational, commuter and competitive cycling are covered. There are Tandem bike reviews, child trailer reviews, cyclo-cross & time trialling advice and results, and lots more!

How the BC Rankings Work

BC (British Cycling, formerly the British Cycling Federation) operates a points-based system in competitive events. Each type of event that ...

Convert Between MPH and KMH

In the cycling world, there is a lot of cross-over between imperial (miles) and metric (kilometres) measurements. In the UK we are used to ...

600k Ben Allen's Summer Outing

Audax: long-distance cycling

The weather couldn't have turned out better! Not only was it nice and sunny most of the time for the audax, back home it was quite chilly ...

300k 3Down London - New Forest

Audax: long-distance cycling

I had planned this as a relaxed three days of riding down to the south coast and back, with stunning scenery of the New Forest as the highlight ...

Calculate your New-distance Eddington Number!

16 Mar 2023

When you've connected your Strava account to swinny.net, we analyse each activity to figure out how many "new miles" or "new kilometres" you ...

Calculate your Climbing Number!

10 Mar 2023

In physical activities, the Climbing Number is a progressive score that is based on the number of days that you've climbed that number of feet ...

Calculate your Eddington Number!

09 Mar 2023

The Eddington Number is a strangely addictive score for cyclists, devised by British astrophysicist Arthur Eddington for ranking their achievements ...

200k Alfreton to Wrags

Audax: long-distance cycling

The East Midlands and Fens delivered dry roads and no rain, but it was fairly chilly and overcast. There were over 100 starters from Alfreton ...

West Suffolk February Cross

Cyclocross

Really pleasant, sunny day at West Stow! The ground was firm but not dry, making for fast cornering and not too much attrition from the various ...

Milton Cross

Cyclocross

A fabulous morning of racing on a technical course (muddy banks with lots of off-camber sections) in mild and sunny weather. Under-10s ...

Stow Scramble

Cyclocross

No wind and some sun, but this was a freezing cold morning! The ground was mostly frozen solid but loosening up on some of the grassy turns ...

230k mid-winter DIY audax

Audax: long-distance cycling 21 Jan 2023

This was a ride part of the way home from Somerset, starting just before sunrise and finishing around dusk. I was expecting it to be cold ...

Iceni Velo Cross

Cyclocross

A bright and mild start to the event was perfect for the youngsters, and the vet-50s race also stayed fairly pleasant. However, a heavy hailstorn ...

Meet the author

Audax: long-distance cycling 10 Dec 2022

I've been riding bikes ever since I needed transport to university. Back then I used to cycle a few miles each way on a heavy but useful mountain ...

SE England Regional CX Championships

Cyclocross

Mild but damp conditions to start with, making the course progressively more muddy and slippery. Great features, including two bridges, a ...


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Calendar

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July 2023 2 events June 2023 3 events July 2024 1 event August 2023 1 event

Coming soon...

17 June 2023 (Saturday): Iceni Biceni 200k audax

17 June 2023 (Saturday): Iceni Niceni 100k audax

25 June 2023 (Sunday): La Marmotte Granfondo Alpes 2023

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About the author

My name is John Swindells and I'm a keen recreational cyclist with a preference for long one-day rides. I've also previously dabbled in time trialling and cyclo-cross. See more of what I get up to on Strava!

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