Cycling

Hope to make to Vichy today, on 10th day of cycling and 11 days into the trip. All going well, knees included. I hadn’t expected a sore achilles tendon, but hey, what’s Ibuprofen for anyway. And travelling in France at lunchtime has its compensations.See photo! Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device Read more …

Two things to note from this pic. One is that the sun is at last shining. The other is that a very hard, brand new Brooks B17 saddle has indeed “broken” as it’s meant to. See the slightly creased double indentations on either side. They’re the imprint of 500 miles of bum bones (mine) grinding … Read more …