100 cycling climbs blog

Digital postcards from hills to mountains.

My annual pilgrimage to Alpe d’Huez

Before I head of to Alpe d’Huez at the end of the week to ride the Marmotte, here’s a column I wrote for Cycling Active last year about...

Vintage bike heaven

I’ve just come back from spending the weekend at the awesome Eroica Britannia cycling festival. Three days of vintage bikes, music, food,...

Stop destroying our roads

Look at the two road coverings below, both have appeared on my local lanes over the previous weeks and both applied by the same council....

The stop over

Once a year I like to drive the family down to Italy for a week of pizza, frescos and hopefully sun, not fly, drive. Yes it is a long...

I am not a cyclist, I am a human being.

When I dress in lycra and ride my bike, am I no longer human? Do I no longer matter? Am I now just an inconvenience? Am I now JUST A...

The excitement builds

Who in their right mind would stand on an exposed hill, in biting wind, in thin Lycra, for over three hours. A cycling fan, that’s who....

"Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Belgium anymore."

You’re right Dorothy, these are proper cobbles, these are Yorkshire cobbles, and at last we’re going to see some included on the route of...

Revisiting an old adversary, Pea Royd Lane.

Having Ridden all the climbs from my first book well before the birth of Strava, and now I’ve released my App, I’m keen revisit them so I...

I heart Belgium

Not wanting to sound like too much of a cliché, but I just LOVE Flanders. I love the architecture, the beer, the cycling infrastructure...

The Magnificent Seven

Yesterday I rode one of the most remarkable events I have ever taken part in, the Magnificent Seven in Sheffield. Looking at the route,...

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My bike History

Los Machucos, the hardest Grand Tour climb?

MONUMENTAL

The Struggle

The Colle del Nivolet. My NEW favourite.

Wet and Wild.

A is for Assos

An unbelievable day at the amazing Maratona.

THE FRED.

Summer is coming, time to head to the mountains.

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Britain's Greatest

Cycling Climbs BOX SET

Comprising a total of 545 ascents from the tip of Cornwall all the way up to the highlands of Scotland, the eight region-specific volumes of Britain’s Greatest Cycling Climbs contain the most comprehensive documentation of Britain’s hills ever compiled for road cyclists.