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 …