It is hard to explain to anyone who doesn’t like cycling. Actually it’s hard to explain to many who do like cycling. In fact, it is plain hard to explain! How can someone who lives in a flat country and who has a right leg that can be slightly questionable like climbing so much? How? […]
Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2018 – Closing the Book
Last week I wrote a fast, fairly emotional piece about Liege-Bastogne-Liege. A little more considered review is below. It’s time to close the book on this year’s challenge. Just the one this year. The hard kilometres of preparation were done in the first three months of the year, getting used to the new bike and putting […]
Up and Down
Finally, after all of the preparation on indoor machines and building kilometres in rides through Holland. After fretting and worry that I would not be able to handle it and that my lack of cleats, or clip-in pedals or whatever that are called, would count against me. After realising that, no matter what, I just […]