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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.

Push the tempo

Sunday’s ride turned out to be a little quicker than usual as, in the absence of the usual moderating influences, the pace shot up from our the usual “steady” to something closer to “moderate”. The only evidence I have for … Continue reading

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The small matter of 1 kilometre per hour

A strange sense of trepidation over one line in the information pack I received today from Velo magazine – “The maximum time limit will be calculated according to an average speed of 19km/h.” – I have no idea why one … Continue reading

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City sprints

As I’m now day-to-day commuter I’ve taken to using the 30 minute ride each way as an opportunity to do some of those short intervals everyone talks about. Well, it’s one way to liven up the grind of going from … Continue reading

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