My breakdown of my experience riding the inaugural Trans Alba bike race....
The Trans Alba Race
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...
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...
The Black Mountain – Southern Side
When I first started out cycling and was ready to venture further than the immediate 5 mile radius from my house I was a little stumped on where to go and how to get there. There’s a lot of books out there detailing climbs, like Simon Warren’s popular 100 Greatest Cycling climbs, but unless...
The Off Season
Is there such a thing? Is a cyclist ever really in an off season? Is it just riding but in different temperatures? (According to the thermals I’ve found myself digging out at the moment, that last part is definitely true.) Technically, I am now in the off season and it got me thinking about a...
Gravel Bike: The ride
A couple of days ago in a woodland not too far away, I hit the trails with my newly built Gravel/adventure bike. If you’re interested in the build, shoot on over to my other post about the build. It was Wednesday after work and the sun was shining (no birds were singing) and I...