Arrived at the Host Village for registration on Saturday afternoon. Got all the registration done and took time to wander around at the usual bike bling. After waiting for the Tombola results and not winning a new bike it was time for the pasta party. I hadn’t intended going but it [...]

After my nightmare on the Ventoux on last years Etape I decided to do a recce of the Tourmalet this year, partly to see what it’s like and partly to mentally complete an HC climb without feeling so bad.
I left Lourdes at roughly mid day to get to Tourmalet 30km away. This would give [...]

This was the second year of doing the Drumlanrig though this year it had been upped from 82 to 104miles. It was also going to be my first 100 miler of the year.
I was also doing this one with Roy and Mark, and this was to be Marks first ever 100!
The route is split [...]

After an aborted attempt due to snow last weekend I finally got to Wanlockhead for some training.
The route would take me up the Mennock Pass before turning up towards the radar station at the summit of Lowthar Hill.  It is a 10km climb up the Mennock Pass followed by 5km to the top of the [...]

Headed out today for a short lop around Cramond.  It only takes 20 minutes but was quite an interesting ride.
Firstly the whole seawall is in pieces from the storm last week.  I have never seen it like this before.
In complete contrast was the weather today.  Sunny and bright which was enough for a couple of [...]

I had always considered getting a bike fit done but was always put off by the price, could it really be worth that much.  As I had bought my frame and components seperately everything had been set up by me using information found from the web.  Could it really make that much difference.
After seeing a [...]

As some of the boys had reached 40 last year a day out mountain biking in March was planned followed by the pub for the Scotland v England rugby. What we hadn’t counted on in planning was that we would have some of the most snow seen in years over the winter. In [...]

Headed out on Saturday to do a quick blast around the Winchburgh loop and had my first fall, I guess I’m a proper roadie now!
I think it was due to mud that is on the road before coming into the village from some large trucks working on a site. As I turned right out [...]

Got out for a ride before breakfast today and had my new camera mounted on the bike.  The camera is only £12 and all the info is on this thread at Bikeradar.  
I mounted it on my bike with an old light fitting bracket.

Well I have finished the TCTP.  The last 2 weeks haven’t been as good as I hoped mainly due to work rather than the program.  How sad I can’t fit in 6 hours!
Did a short ride around the Winchburgh loop on Sunday and even with the wind got around in an hour.  Feeling happy about [...]