Back In the Shadow of Ventoux
I will be heading back to Mont Ventoux for the first time since 2019, climbing with an e-road bike. Quiet about it this time... Here’s why.
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Mont Ventoux: Going Back to the Giant
It has been seven years since I last climbed Mont Ventoux by bike. One more time. A little different now, with a bit of mechanical doping.
2026: What and, Hopefully, How
So that was 2025. A small word on 2026. No targets or anything like that. More about how I would like to try to live my life. For this year at least. Less a set of resolutions. More a statement…
For the Love Of… Cycling
The first of a set of occasional posts in a series ‘For the Love Of…’ Basically I will just write about something I like a lot. Nothing more than that! This one will cover cycling. Today. Nine years ago today.…
Cycling: A Change of Adventure
It is time to accept it. Those grand cycling adventures, in the form that I have been experiencing them for the past few years, are gone. Cycling is not over, though. No way. It is too important to me. I…
The Best Laid Plans and All That….
This post was planned to be a triumphal celebration of another great achievement on the bike. Something of a yearly tradition since 2016. It is not. All the plans were in place, I felt strong, better than for a long…
Cycling: How Does It Feel?
I mentioned my blog to a colleague recently. She asked what it was about so I told her. MS and bikes. Her response something like ‘Oh no, not more bikes!’ A comment made jokingly but I get where it comes…
All is Change
Been off the blog for a while. A time of a lot of change. I have taken comfort in the trivial through all of this. And I am reminded of how lucky I am. #cycling #MS
Challenge Number Three: Cold and Wet
The last of my personal challenges for this year was completed on Saturday 7th September with the climb of the Mendel Pass. A good climb, for me. Not massively fast and actually, despite my initial plans, completed on a day…
Challenge Number Three: Time to Ride
A short week in Alto-Adige, Northern Italy. Time to ride the Mendel Pass. And taking a good look at what is around me. #cycling