Preparing for a 12hr time trial
A dull post about how everything was terrible
This really is going to be boring. It's purely some notes about what went wrong on the Mersey Roads 2026, so I don't forget. It was bloody awful BTW. Reaching 400 miles was the bare minimum I was aiming for (my 2014 total was 383) but I crashed completely at around 3am and grovelled round …
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24hr Garage People: 400km Audax from Crewe
I've long held a suspicion that Nigel Blackwell out of that Half Man Half Biscuit either is an audaxer, or should be. There's something slightly obsessive, odd and solitary about audaxing which seem to fit and he's definitely a cyclist. Not that I know the chap, of course. For all I know he could be …
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Review: Further by Michael Hutchinson
Review of Further by Michael Hutchinson
LEL Stage Three: Lessons Learnt and Other Thoughts
What next?
LEL Stage Two: Equipment, Food & Drink
What worked, what didn't and what I'd change in future
LEL Stage One: The Ride
A long and windy account of a long and windy ride
Equipment: All The Small Things
Last minute odds and sods
Progress Report: Time To Tapir
Taking stock before the Big One.
Rides: Exe-Buzzard 600km Perm
Victory, but not quite flawless.
