Being a perfect summer’s morning I suppose I shouldn’t have been surprised to find that twelve people had turned up for the Tempo/Fast ride. This included a new prospective member who had bumped into the Saturday Spin riders yesterday and was persuaded to...
In common parlance tempo simply means speed or rhythm, and in music it covers a range from Adagio to Allegro. In cycling, on the other hand, it is a steady, moderately hard, effort that you can sustain for a relatively long time without fading, a comfortable pace...
Eight gathered at the Square just before 8:30 and were setting off a minute later when another rider appeared in the nick of time. We set off via the Cross and Brunswick Road, past the cricket ground and off to Tuffley via Linden and Podsmead. A road closure sign on...
We had seven for the Tempo ride this week, a few suffering slightly after last night’s nerve shredding entertainment. We climbed up Nut Hill and Buckholt Road, passed through Bisley, and were descending Old Neighbourhood Road when your correspondent suffered a...
After a late night, due to extra time in Miami, our first 11 assembled in King’s Square, without national anthems or crowd countdown. We set off in a loose formation, with an experienced striker up front, assisted by enthusiastic wingers always looking for...
The fourth of July Saturday Spin went to Ross-on-Wye. The route was planned into the wind, which was a brisk westerly. Four riders set off from The Square in cloudy cool conditions. After leaving the City we took to the lanes and meandered our way to Newent and then...
