Bristol South Road Race 2018. I had never been in a road race before. The race was Category 3 and 4, therefore the field was likely to contain a lot of better and more experienced riders. The race was on Mothers Day so asking my wife to look after the kids would mean spending all of the credit in my cycling brownie points account.

This weekend, some friends planned a trip to Broadway in the Cotswolds. In the days of long-distance cycling and 12-hour time trial training, cycling from Oxford to Broadway was a mere pre-breakfast warm-up. The weather was beautiful and packing the bike in the car, reminded me of old race days.

The source for all things bilgeworthy, slithy and brillig related to one of the many Jeff Joneses in the world. May contain traces of cycling. Sunday, December 16, 2012.

9th April 2018 Fasten your chinstraps! 49F, 9C, calm and rather cloudy though with patches of blue. It was bright but the sun never really broke trough the clouds. As I invested another hour and a quarter in walking for longevity and fitness. Still struggling with the Ecco boots on my right ankle. The wind was roaring in the trees and hedges throughout. With my yellow glasses providing o.

The Bastion - Take Two. Doing the Castle Triathlon Bastion once is certainly a challenge worth being happy about, but why settle at doing it just once. As we did last year, the family and I camped on site and had a really relaxed Saturday, bike racking was swift and painless. I met up with a friend of Joe Skipper, Lee Cook, who was doing the Bastion as his first iron distance race, like.

Do I need to extend this to my riding? The answers are yes, and no. I think stepping away from the solitary end of the spectrum might be good for me. Other riders on long, quiet A-road ascents to Bleddfa and Knighton, both rewarded with fantastic, gently graded, sweeping descents. For much of it after meeting en route. In simple terms I am.