“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity”
John Muir
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Fontainebleau
Family summer holiday is now in full swing. We’ve been staying for the last few days at Samoreau, one of a cluster of small towns and villages on the Seine near Fontainebleau. It’s about 45 minutes from here to Paris by train, and we’ve had a couple of fantastic days in the capital gently mocking…
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Dorset 150 – Dorchester, Portland and Corfe Castle
Last week, I posted an article reminiscing about my first ride abroad in Lanzarote, a post inspired by a series of rides I’d recently ridden on Rouvy. By sheer coincidence, this week Graeme and I met up to repeat our first ever mini-tour, a circuit around Dorset that we first rode with friends back in…
Shore to Moor 200
On Friday evening, I got my Scott bike out for its usual pre-ride check. I cleaned the drivetrain, checked the brakes, and noticed a bit of play in the headset. I loosened the stem bolts, got the cap bolt finger tight, tightened the stem bolts again, no improvement. I did the same again but with…
Timanfaya
I’ve been riding on the Rouvy for almost a year now, and I love it. If you’re unfamiliar with the training platform, it’s basically a glorified exercise bike hooked up to a monitor. As you pedal, the scenery changes, simulating a ride through a real life cycling route. The resistance reflects the gradient in front…