Yesterday was 12 months since the inaugral Gravelton, which, in the space of the past year has grown into a 9 month-long calendar. A bit mad really. In my true unprepared style, I realised on Friday I had no nutrition and my bike hadn't been touched for weeks, only having a new lower headset bearing … Continue reading The Gravelton 2024
Tracking down a Saddle
About 12 years ago I started to sell a brand of accessories in my shop by Serfas. Lights, tyres, saddles, grips, bar tape etc, I had a small slatwall full of it. It's American-based and was actually decent kit, just nobody new the name. https://www.serfas.com/ I would always try what I sold, where possible, and … Continue reading Tracking down a Saddle
Aurora
When you get wind of a chance of seeing a geomagnetic storm hit the UK skies giving us unlucky ones that live a bit too far south a chance of seeing the Northern Lights then thats something worth seeing. It won't be the first time seeing them. Despite two trips to Canada and stargazing in … Continue reading Aurora
New Bike Day
I think it was a first for me buying a new road bike while on holiday. The trails have just been too sloppy to enjoy them so I'd begun thinking about a road bike rather than slapping road wheels on my gravel bike. As the weather had been so wet for months in the UK … Continue reading New Bike Day
May the 4th
It's The Gravelton in a couple of weeks so I'd decided to test myself this weekend and see where I was at. I gave myself a choice. Ride 100 miles or complete 2000m of elevation. ..and as I rode on Star Wars day, I've tried to work in 7 quotes from Star Wars films. Some … Continue reading May the 4th
Times Have Changed
I've just spunked over £60 to enter an event. I'm happy about the ride, more on that in a bit, but I feel a bit dismayed events have now got so expensive and are becoming the domain of the affluent. Going away with my bike has become a bit of an annual thing for me … Continue reading Times Have Changed
Back to The Grind
We got back from Fuerteventura around 8pm on Thursday night and it was back to work the next morning. Yuck! Stepping off the plane to 9 degs after leaving 22 degs was a bit of a shock. Post-holiday blues always set in once you are back. Sat in bed drinking a coffee yesterday morning thinking … Continue reading Back to The Grind
Quick Spin, Cocktails and a New Bike
I decided to go for a quick spin yesterday afternoon. I was lethargic all day and my legs were pretty tired when I headed out from the hotel confirming how I felt. I decided to do a couple of efforts and then take a spin around the outskirts of town out to the RIU hotels … Continue reading Quick Spin, Cocktails and a New Bike
Gravel, Goats and Chipmunks
Yesterday I decided to actually go and do a loop on the bike. The fresh tarmac road from Parques Hollandes, I found the other day, intrigued me so I decided to ride south through the dunes again, pick up the new road and climb up to Villaverde and gravel it all the way back via, … Continue reading Gravel, Goats and Chipmunks
Dunes
I had to take an unplanned day off the bike yesterday. This is my 7th visit to Corralejo, six visits of which, I have either brought my own or hired a bike. I'm used to the strong winds here and until yesterday I thought I was used to the sun too but I found out … Continue reading Dunes