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I recently rode Tom Deakins' Kingdom of the East Saxons 400km audax, which I wrote up here, which started at 11am and returned to the church hall at the start/finish at about 280km so riders could have something to eat and … read more »
I often see comments on forums and Facebook discussing the merits of this battery pack or that dynamo setup for keeping GPS devices and phones juiced up on long rides, mostly audaxes, taking 10 hours or longer. I haven't yet found … read more »
I rode out with CTC Cambridge today (Sunday, 31 January 2016) and Alex happened to mention he'd been on a wheel-building course the day before, at which he'd learned that building wheels is really hard. As it happened, I built myself … read more »
One of the deep pleasures of riding an audax event is following the organiser's own routesheet, line by line. The routesheet is the de facto gold-standard for describing an event, beyond simply listing the control locations, and the style of the … read more »
It's my birthday today and my wife bought me a new pair of Shimano XT SPDs for my fixie. Up to now I've been riding with the pedals off my old Ribble, but they've suffered a bit with a couple of crashes … read more »
Christmas is a time for giving and receiving — and the odd drink, p'raps — and I received the perfect present from Secret Santa — a Brooks B17 Imperial saddle, for my fixie My new Brooks B17 Imperial, courtesy of Secret Santa … read more »