Pain in the Apennines

April 2003, Agar Grove, Camden, North London, 14:32 GMT. I’m sat at my desk procrastinating, ignoring a deadline. It presses down on me…

Paris-Roubaix, Hell of the North

It all started with reading an email from a friend Ade, on a gloomy morning Wednesday morning in October which opened with "...big cobbles,…

As a kid, I lived on my bike. Big heavy BMX’s with brightly coloured pads and spokey dokeys were my rides of choice. In my teens, the…

When my friend Andy and I registered for the 'Endura Trek Lionheart Sportive' (to give it it's full sponsored title) we had two…

Last year, I knew I had to have a goal in order to get out on my bike. There were just too many other things going on in my life that makes…

My place in my first sportive was booked months ago. The Circuit Of The Cotswolds was split into two very different rides, 70 or 100 miles.…

One of my favourite times of year is May. It brings with it the first of the light evening rides that signal the start of months of extra…