StoriesPain in the Apennines
Rob Sawkins
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 like a deepening trough …
Paris-Roubaix, Hell of the North
Richard Wiggins
It all started with reading an email from a friend Ade, on a gloomy morning Wednesday morning in October which opened with "...big cobbles, little cobbles, …
The first test
Craig Lockwood
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 BMX’s were replaced by …
Longleat Lionheart
Jon Hicks
When my friend Andy and I registered for the 'Endura Trek Lionheart Sportive' (_to give it it's full sponsored title_) we had two expectations. One, at 100 …
Angel to Aztec
Mark Boulton
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 it almost …
My first sportive
Matt Hamm
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. Luckily you could …
The Swinbrook Owl
Jon Hicks
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 riding opportunites. …