Cycling for Good Causes

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Cycling Performance Programme

Performance Programme My plan and diary for keeping fit in 2023 will continue to focus on audaxes (long-distance rides) throughout the year. I'm still undecided about riding Paris-Brest-Paris in August, as it does seem to be a bit of a faff ... (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)

Free-to-use Strava Tools

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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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Recreational Riding

Strava (www.strava.com) - Strava is a website and mobile app that allows cyclists to track and share their rides, as well as connect with other cyclists and join cycling clubs. BikeForums (www.bikeforums.net) - BikeForums is an online community ... (more)

Iceni Biceni 200k audax

event info This is Iceni Velo's first ever audax event, and it presents the opportunity to explore some of Norfolk's extensive country lane network. There is also a 100-km version that stays in south Norfolk, but this 200km route ... (more)

Iceni Niceni 100k audax

event info This is part of Iceni Velo's first ever audax event, and it presents the opportunity to explore some of Norfolk's extensive country lane network. You will explore many villages and small towns in south Norfolk, and there ... (more)

Calculate your Climbing Number!

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 (in imperial mode) or metres (in metric). It is calculated in the same way as the distance-based ... (more)

La Marmotte Granfondo Alpes 2023

event info This is an alpine sportive that climbs Col du Glandon, Col du Telegraphe, Col du Galibier and L'Alpe d'Huez. There is also the Ultrafondo, which starts at 5am and tackles Alpe d'Huez twice - totalling 226km with over 10000m ... (more)

Calculate your New-distance Eddington Number!

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've gone. This new distance is then plugged into the Eddington Number calculator to contribute to ... (more)

Dunwich Dynamo

event info This is an "unofficial" ride from Hackney's London Fields to Dunwich on the Suffolk coast. It's a bit over 100 miles long, but what makes it special is that you set off at dusk - and hope to arrive in Dunwich by dawn. There ... (more)

230k mid-winter DIY audax

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 (it was) but hoped that this would be tempered by a day of sunshine (it wasn't). Instead of the sun ... (more)

600k Ben Allen's Summer Outing

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 and overcast! Friday: the ride down I had intended to catch the train down to Peterborough and ... (more)

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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!