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 ...

Oct 8, 2014

It was on the third climb that he felt the first warning signs: a fluttering in his quadriceps. At first it was a slight twitching in the fl...

Sep 19, 2014

  As the official coaching and training partner, we had the privilege of an insider’s view as we supported our clients with our Ra...

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....

Jun 26, 2014

Are you going round the bend? Coming back to the mountains after a long lay-off, my descending was much less fluid and less assured than ...

May 11, 2014

Photo: DSO One of the best things in cycling is something we don't practice enough Riding a team time-trial Riding in a small group o...

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...