London to Paris 2008

London-Edinburgh-London 2025

event info After a gap of just three years, LEL is back at its original slot in the Audax calendar and will take place two years after Paris-Brest-Paris. It will run between August 3 and August 8, and unlike in 2022 there will not be ... (more)

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)

Watching the Tour of Britain in Ipswich

I happened to be in Ipswich on the day that the Tour of Britain passed through on their way out from Felixstowe, but was on my way to London for my daughter's graduation ceremony so couldn't hang around to see the riders on the return leg ... (more)

Free-to-use Strava Tools

Tools for the Strava Athlete (more)

Finding companies to invest in

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

Chilly start to the day at the country park near Cambridge, but the day of unbroken sunshine soon warmed things up. The course (run anti-clockwise) was fairly muddy in places, but mostly rideable at a decent pace. Full results on the Eastern ... (more)

Stow Scramble

Stow CC put on a great event at Haughley Park, on a course with multiple features and surfaces - notably, sand and a wash-board! After a week or so of freezing conditions, the day turned out mild, windy and almost sunny Full results on the ... (more)

Finding other places to buy stuff

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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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Terms of Use These terms of use govern your use of our site. Please read these terms in full before you use this Website. If you do not accept these terms of use, please do not use this Website. Your continued use of this site confirms your ... (more)

VC Revolution Cross

Well done to David Hales and VC Revolution for finding and designing a challenging but well ride-able course on farmland in the very rural countryside of the Essex/Suffolk border. They even built a second concrete bridge to allow a loop across ... (more)

Trans-Con Race 2023

This year's edition runs from Belgium to Greece, with controls in the Italian Alps, southern Slovenia, southern Albania and northern Greece. At around 3700km it's much shorter than in recent years, but is still set to be a huge challenge ... (more)

West Suffolk Cross

Racing was fast at the West Stow Anglo-Saxon village, with firm trails and mild conditions. Full results on the Eastern Cross website. Under-12s race Here are some pictures from the under-12s race. Youth race Here are some ... (more)

Eastern Cross round 9 (inc Regional Champs)

The park was extremely muddy and slippery today, with lots of recent rain and freezing conditions overnight. Full results on the Eastern Cross website. Youth race Here are some pictures and video from the youth race. event ... (more)

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