Category Archives: Etape du Tour

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

Useful advice

There’s always plenty of it around, nowhere more so than cycling messageboards. It can range from the have-a-go-heroes telling you you’re not training hard enough unless you are riding every hill in sight in some monster gear to the genuinely … Continue reading

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Well, that’s the bike ready

Now I just need to finish getting myself ready. I fitted the computer and got the cassette changed at Sigma Sport, who managed to fit me in and do it all in about 10 minutes. The bike will probably go … Continue reading

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The joy of rest

For the first time in what seems like ages I didn’t go out riding on Saturday. Instead I went off and did other things with my day and saved my energies for the Sunday ride through the Surrey Hills. The … Continue reading

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