My breakdown of my experience riding the inaugural Trans Alba bike race....
The Trans Alba Race
Trans Wales “Race” Report
A “race” with the tag line of “No prizes, no support” attracts a certain type of person. So it was that 15 of us congregated under the Menai Bridge at 11pm on Friday the 3rd of May for the Trans Wales Race. The premise is simple. No entry fee. No prescribed route. Organised by...
It’s not all about the bikes
So by and large I write solely about riding bikes here which is the reason I set the blog up in the first place. Being able to reflect on what I have done, what I want to do and how I plan on doing it has been quite cathartic. I only promote my blog...
The Trans Alba Chronicles Part 2: Competitive eating
What I have learned in the last few months and where I go from here. ...
The Trans Abla Chronicles: Part 1 “Oh god, what have I done?!”
Yeah, that has been going through my mind A LOT when thinking about the Trans Alba Race I Will be lining up for in about 5 months. A little over 1600km around Scotland with over 15000m of climbing. It’s no small task and I want to track and reflect on how I manage the...
Change is inevitable, growth is optional
I never used to believe my parents when they’d talk about time speeding up as you get older, but this year has just flown by. This year has been an amazing experience and whilst I am immobile after a massive amount of foodconsumed over the last couple of days I thought back over what...
The closest I’ll ever get to polygamy
When I first started cycling more than just casually, it took me a longer time than I would care to admit to fully appreciate my bike. Even when I began riding three or four times a week the bike mostly rested against the wall in the shed space and only got cleaned once it...
DHB Dorica Shoes – Review
An off road bike requires off road shoes! I bought these on offer a few weeks back after much hand wringing having realised just how much I had spent on cycling so far this year! So my criteria for offroad shoes were simple: Be comfortable. Be simple in terms of not having random colours/shapes/flashes...
The Bwlch – The West Side from Neath/Port Talbot
OK folks, its time for instalment two of my write ups of climbs in/around the South Wales area. Today, we’ll work our way up one of the three ways you can ride the Bwlch, in particular the Western side which you can get to from Neath/Port Talbot with ease. A lot of sportive rides including...
Go big, then go bigger
A few posts back I tried to make sense of the post event slump I felt after my France trip this year and figure my way through it. Once you push through to inevitable low following achieving a goal you set it’s hard not to look to whats next so I recently pulled the...