Recently I have been spending a lot of my training time with a group called 'The Dawn Raiders' whose ethos is to get up early, train early , get home early, get brownie points at home early (the brownie points part is not guaranteed but everything else is). This principal carries on into many things,…
Unless you are a pro riding the Tour de France this is all that you need to know about climbing hills on a bicycle. It is not about weight. It is not about watts. It is not about age, size or shape. To get up and over any climb the most important things are heart…
Cyclists come in 2 basic forms. Those who love cycling in the hills (Hill-Seekers) and those who don't, and who would do anything to avoid them (Flat-Liners) If you think about cycling as a metaphor for life what does this mean? How exciting are flat things like flat tyres, flat hair, falling flat on your…
1 : Use your gears. Don't struggle in a gear in the middle of the cassette just to have a few gears left in reserve if you get in trouble further up the hill. By trying to 'save' a few gears you will get in trouble. - 2 : Be willing to suffer. Know…
