Le Bézy, and the art of being looked after
There's a wall in the bike room at Le Bézy painted with four words: relax, recharge, reconnect, ride.
22 Aug 2026Falling out of love with grand tours
I'm slowly falling out of love with watching grand tours
17 Aug 2026Occupational hazard: Pro Cyclings Safety Problem (or lack of it).
On Friday, on stage 8 of the Volta a Portugal, a 19-year-old British rider named Finlay Tarling was descending near the back of the race when he met a van coming the other way.
14 Aug 2026About that new bike: Quick Pro ER One
A few weeks ago I wrote a piece about the lie every cyclist tells themselves, that a new bike will fix it, and I ended it by admitting I had a new bike coming.
12 Aug 2026The Tour de France is a week too long
I’m on a tour hype, it’s too long, sorry not sorry.
10 Aug 2026The excuse ran out in Nice
For as long as I’ve followed this sport, there has been a ready-made explanation for why French teams don’t win the biggest races.
09 Aug 2026The grey zone: Tour De Femmes edition
Eight seconds.
06 Aug 2026The art of escaping
Let me tell you how it starts, because it doesn't start in the mountains.
02 Aug 2026Rambles #1: how come you never see any of the women's peloton living in Monaco?
Welcome to Rambles, a new Sunday thing where I empty out whatever's been rattling around my head on the bike that week.
01 Aug 2026A new bike will fix it
I'm writing this from a few days off the bike, a deliberate reset after some weeks of properly putting the work in.
31 Jul 2026The wheels for the Dolomites: Hunt Proven Carbon Race XC UD
The deep dive I promised.
27 Jul 2026Why I’m taking a mountain bike to the Dolomites
The Dolomites ultra I teased at the end of Project Pyrenees has a name: Sneak Peaks.
26 Jul 2026Bèrnia in the golden hour
Back on home roads for a brief period and there’s one I keep returning to like a favourite song: the Bèrnia climb from the Xaló side, ridden early, while the sun is
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