In order that we didn’t miss our Ferry, we let the train take the strain to Dieppe. It didn’t stop the journey being a little worrisome though.
After diverting away from the Avenue Verts, we take the ever busier roads before arriving in an ever more chaotic Paris.
After an effortless, early morning run through Dover Ferry Port on our bicycles, we finally set foot on French soil and head towards Amiens, 160 km closer to Paris.
With the most exciting Tour de France since the last most exciting one, we had to get over to Paris to be part of the background. This is the UK leg of our journey.
Our 4 am wake up call came after a long day of travelling and cycling based procrastination to Valkenburg for the start of Toerversie Amstel Gold Race. Although, the night before, we had prepared our bidons with concoctions of water, … Continued
The Toerversie Amstel Gold Race somewhat sneaked up on me. Not only because time flies, but also, I didn’t really think it would ever happen. In fact, right up to the point we were sitting on the start line at … Continued
The call to N+1 was too great and I succumbed to getting a TT bike in preparation for the new season. To justify it to myself and make it feel as if I deserved it more, I took the decision to build it up myself.
In the time trial world, everywhere you look, you will find the synonymous phrase ‘the race of truth’ to describe an event that places each competitor in complete control of the destiny of their own race. There is no hiding … Continued
Despite waking in our own beds, we put thoughts of forgetting the whole thing to one side and were on the road by a respectable ten past nine. With another short day and with no more than 900 metres of … Continued
With our now well oiled morning routine held up as an shining example with which to shame our dried out bicycle chains and my treating the bikes to a little lube being likened giving our rides breakfast, the start of … Continued