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Advice and experience of riding the Etape du Tour. Moral support, kit advice, gearing advice and all aspects of successfully riding the Etape.

UK Etape route/inscriptions announced

I’m very much up for this, so I’ll be using every wile I can to get a place. There’s a huge number from my club who are also up for it and there’s talk of trying to get a club … Continue reading

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“The last 20 are downhill…”

As Rich, a fellow London Dynamo who rode last year’s Etape and who I saw out on a sunday ride yesterday, pointed out. I had been fretting that 196km is an awful long way to train for, even though it’s … Continue reading

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End of January : a good basis to work from

This time last year the most I had managed was a ride to Box Hill and back in about 4 hours and a total of about 80km for my longest ride. This year I’ve been out almost every Sunday since … Continue reading

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