Despite the excellent weather, there were only six takers for the tempo ride to Lydney Harbour. However, it was an excellent group size, and the group stayed together well. Although the A40 may look on the map to be a busy main road, it is probably the safest and...
Although good by any normal standards, today’s weather was disappointing compared with that of recent weeks. This, combined with the racing season meant that the fast and tempo rides combined into one group of ten. In honour of Paris Roubaix, we started with a...
It only takes one reckless idiot to ruin the ride for everyone. We had enjoyed an excellent ride through Epney and Frampton to Frocester, then a not-so-enjoyable climb of the hill and the long descent to Dursley. After Stinchcombe, Tortworth and Leyhill, the section...
Seven riders set off at a brisk pace over to Leckhampton, although I was confident that would change once we started climbing, which was true for five of the seven. While Leckhampton Hill may have been accepted, Hartley Lane proved to be the straw that broke three of...
Normally speaking the Law of Diminishing Returns would be where adding more of one input is no longer yielding a proportionate increase in output, however for the ride leader of this week’s tempo ride it meant a diminishing number of riders returning with him as...
