LOCAL HERO
The inspiration for the ride’s theme came from an unusual place: Boris Johnson
When the first coronavirus lockdown struck Britain almost a year ago, I found myself, as Features Editor of Cycling Plus, in the unfortunate, or perhaps deserved, situation of having to scramble around for one of these Big Ride pieces to go into the following issue, because I had absolutely nothing in reserve.
As you may recall, we were only allowed to leave our houses once a day for a short period, let alone photograph some far-flung British bike ride, so like every other cyclist who had one, I jumped onto my turbo and improvised. The resultant seven hour, 142km ride through the virtual world of Zwift that I wrote up for the magazine hurt plenty, and I wouldn’t sit comfortably for days after so long sat on a rigid static bike that refused to yield. Sitting was something
