November - 2017

Meeting my cycling heroes

A few days ago I had the great pleasure to meet one of my idols, the one and only Alberto Contador. I say meet, I queued up for a few...

Riber

My love affair with with this road began back in 1990 and it’s one of the primary reasons that 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs came to exist....

My first l’Etape du Tour.

Ha, I hear you scoff, BIGGEST STAGE, It’s not the Olympics pal! Well, you’re correct, it’s not the Olympics but likewise I’m not an ...

Project 25

Last year my season goal was to see how fast I could ride my road bike over 100 miles. No deep section wheels, no aero frame, no hidden...

The 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs of Spain

In the 12 years I’ve been making these guides, I’ve never been more excited to release a book and its here just in time for your early...

2022

BEST RIDE. 100 mile TT trial run. When I set off to see how fast I could ride 100 miles in the lanes of Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire...

The Alpenbrevet. A wonderful, wet day in the Swiss Alps.

I was keen to try a new event this year and get back to the high mountains after the lockdowns. I’ve done a load of Marmottes, a couple ...

The 100 Climbs X-List is HERE.

OUT NOW and EXCLUSIVE to the 100 Climbs App comes the 100 CLIMBS X-LIST. Another 100 amazing British climbs for your delectation, packed...

The National Hill Climb Championship

With this years event on Winnats Pass less than two weeks away I thought I’d write a retrospective of my relationship with the event as...