Sportive

My husband Steve and I have just joined the club so thought you might like to hear about out experience of a sportive as relative newbies to cycling. We signed up to our first ever cycling event (the Tour of Cambridge) before really thinking about any preparation required. We joined […]

Started off from central Peterborough with Roland. After going to the loo (!), found our starting pens. Well not quite as easy as that, seems there was a last minute change in the race gate order & had to fanny around finding mine. However waiting in the sun was not […]

This was a 230km (143mile) event in South Wales, including the Brecon Beacons, with over 11,000 ft of climbing and 4 major climbs. This was my a significant margin the hardest ride I have done, both in terms of length and total climbing. I found it very tough, and at […]

First weekend in June, Friday 18:00hrs, me and Jon Summerson left Southwold in Suffolk, with our bikes, back packs, grey chilling weather and headed West. We already knew the back packs would hamper us, but we needed to carry enough food and equipment so we could avoid civilisation as much […]

Me and Jon completed the 110mile Tour de Essex (sportiveuk) … but, we rode to the start and rode home after, total 400km! We set off at 4am, heading to the Redbridge cycle center, via Bourne, Haslingfield, Fowlmere, Barley, Clavering, Bishops Stortford, various villages East of the M11, across the […]

I rode the Dulux London Cycle Revolution this weekend (14 & 15 May), It was a two day event which took the 2000 riders on a circuit of London. Day 1 was a 102 miles which took us from the start at Waltham Abbey through Central London and into surrey. […]