Jan 1, 2015

Turbo Torture Today was to be the exquisite torture of a combined force/speed session.   The bike was set up in the garage, ...

Dec 17, 2014

Autumn Ride It was one of those beautiful autumn days. A day when you feel lucky to be alive; a day to be embraced, a day to be seized, a d...

Oct 30, 2014

Becoming a cyclist again In two earlier posts (The effects of detraining and A pain in the butt) I wrote about how severe sciatic pain ...

Jun 29, 2014

The Chase I set off to climb the col de la Faucille, our everyday local climb. Starting in Gex, the climb is 11.4 km long and rises 700m....

Mar 9, 2014

A pain in the butt! Assiduous readers of this blog will know that lower back trouble and severe sciatic pain recently forced me to take m...

Feb 10, 2014

The strange incident of the cyclist and the snake The snake writhed painfully, slowly, trying to comprehend the terrible disaster. Enticed ...

Feb 9, 2014

Snow on the col du Mont Cenis   I was absolutely delighted to receive the invitation from Vittoria. Would I like to join one of t...