Cycling Plus

LOCAL VARIABLES

Rob wrote the Bluffer’s Guide to Cycling and 50 Quirky Bike Rides. He’s collecting international End to Ends yorkshireridings.blogspot.com.

LAST YEAR, I was cycling from the Med to the Baltic. Now, I’m hardly getting beyond York’s ring road. My event-horizon has shrunk more than lycra in the hot wash.

I’m no fan of virtual riding. No Zwift, no turbo trainer

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Cycling Plus

Cycling Plus3 min read
Specialized Allez E5
Weight 10.28kg (XL) Frame Aluminium alloy Fork Carbon Gears Shimano Claris R2000 8-speed (11-32t, 50/34t) Brakes Tektro MD-C550 mechanical disc Wheels Axis Sport Disc, alloy Finishing kit Allez 27.2mm alloy seatpost, 3D Forged alloy stem, Shallow Dro
Cycling Plus1 min read
Local Knowledge
Seven summits ride Start at Langdon Beck Hotel pub – Swinhope – Harthope – Coldberry End – Killhope Cross – Black Hill – Nunnery Hill – Yad Moss – Finish at Langdon Beck Hotel pub. Summits in riding order: Newbiggin-Westgate Road (no 3=, 609m); Chape
Cycling Plus2 min read
Stage Race
The 2022 Haute Route Alpe d’Huez – a three-day race with 7,900m of climbing – was my first multi-day event. Although I’d cycled when I was younger, I took a hiatus until five or six years ago, when I heard people at work talking about road cycling. I

Related Books & Audiobooks