The Digital Cyclist
I’ve been an active cyclist for over 10 years now but never quite got around to heading to a specialist for a bike fit. If I’m honest, £200 to get someone to measure me always felt like a bit of a luxury that I didn’t …
You’ve no doubt heard of chat GPT and Open AI. If you’ve not it’s a artificial intelligence app that you can pose questions to, and in turn it will respond with a detailed response. We’ve trained a model called ChatGPT which interacts in a conversational …
On our recent family holiday I spotted that you can easily ride around the Isle of Wight in one sitting. This cracking 105km ride takes in all the sights of the island in one beautiful loop. Beware, it is surprisingly hillier than I was expecting. …
It’s been a tough year for people in hospitality. Now more than ever it’s important that we seek out the local independent coffee shops that cater for cyclists and support them by spending a few quid on a cake and a lovely coffee. So stealing …
With the January UK Lockdown stopping all but essential travel and asking cyclists to ‘stay local’ on rides I decided to give a Zwift training plan a go. Asking around not many people had completed the plans so the jury was out on how good …
This mountain has to be on the bucket list of all cyclists. It’s the highest road pass in Italy, standing proud at 2,758 metres. The Passo dello Stelvio needs very little introduction. It’s the stage you look out for in the Giro d’Italia and it’s …
Following on from the list compiled of lesser know climbs around Sheffield, Colin Angus has been at it again with a new list of climbs *in* Sheffield! Sheffield is famously built on 7 hills so there was no shortage of options for this list! Importantly …
I wanted to share this twitter thread talking about some of the best but overlooked hills in and around Sheffield that you can explore, especially while riding solo and staying close to home during this lockdown. This thread is an awesome compilation, some classics and …
We’ve all been in lockdown for what feels like an eternity now. I’m bored, the kids are fractious, and I’m not doing anywhere near the amount of riding that I set out to do this year. After seeing a Strava route posted on Common Lane’s …
A family weekend away to visit friends gave me the perfect excuse to ride on some new roads. This ride took me along the flatlands of the Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire Fens. Inexplicably, my last-minute route planning managed to avoid all main roads bar a couple …