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Stories from inside the sport.
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TPU Inner Tubes vs Tubeless: The Answer Is Both. Context Is Everything.
A decade on latex. A decade defending the inner tube. Here's why I finally moved to tubeless in 2025 — and why I still reach for TPU on the right day.
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Anyone Still Using Chain Oil Is Making an Expensive Mistake. Here's the Data.
I haven't cleaned a chain in 10 years. I've ridden 360km in British rain, broken course records, and gone sub-30 on Sa Calobra. Here's what chain wax actually does to your watts, your components, and your head.
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Sa Calobra in Sub-30: Three Attempts, Two Failures, One Lesson That Changed Everything
How I broke 30 minutes on Sa Calobra after a DNF and a 30:47 -- including the gear-change mistake that cost me 47 seconds and the data-driven fix that found them back. Full kit, nutrition, and pacing breakdown.
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My Two New Arrivals
The Factor O2 VAM build — Campagnolo Super Record EPS, Bora WTO 60s, and why £20 women's bars belong on a £10k climbing bike.
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Mallorca Road Journal: Part 3
The final days — Sa Calobra one last time, the best ice cream on the island, a paella to end a babymoon, and why cyclists need to stop littering.
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Mallorca Road Journal: Part 2
Puig Major, Restaurant Es Guix, Formentor beach, and why under-fuelling is the fastest way to destroy your training.
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Mallorca Road Journal: Part 1
A babymoon in Mallorca — Sa Calobra, Cap de Formentor, and the essential travel kit for a week in the saddle.
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Vires Velo Bike Fit and Physiology Studio
A full day at the Vires Velo Physiology Studio — bike fit with idmatch, resting metabolic rate test and VO2 MAX test.
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L'Eroica Britannia Preview Ride
A preview ride of L'Eroica Britannia at Goodwood Motor Circuit — fixed wheels, downtube shifters, Sir Chris Hoy and Artisan Coffee.
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5 Indoor Training Tips
Over 524 hours on Zwift — here are five things I have learned about making the most of indoor training.
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POC Elicit Clarity Cycling Sunglasses Review
The first hands-on review of the featherweight 23g POC Elicit Clarity sunglasses — worn for over a year including a 14-hour day in the saddle.
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Riding with Eddy Merckx — the GOAT
Climbing through the vineyards of Champagne side by side with the greatest cyclist of all time — a LeBlanq weekend with Eddy Merckx and Johan Museeuw.
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LeBlanq Isle of Wight
A weekend with great people at the LeBlanq Isle of Wight cycling event.
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Break it Down
How to conquer a tough training session on the turbo — breaking down the challenge into manageable chunks.
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The Wiggins's #NewBikeDay
A photo journal from the trip to Factor Bikes UK to collect Sir Bradley Wiggins and Ben Wiggins's new bikes.
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The Beauty of Hill Reps
Hill reps — the purest form of interval training, best enjoyed with friends and finished at the cafe.
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Tuscany Road Journal: Part Six — The Final
The last ride in Tuscany — climbing to Volterra, Staccioli's sculptures, and parting thoughts on balance during a global pandemic.
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Tuscany Road Journal: Part Five — Strade Bianche
Riding the white roads of Strade Bianche on my Factor O2 VAM — a transcendent morning in Tuscany, followed by breakfast in the Piazza del Campo as 'Mr Wiggins'.
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Tuscany Road Journal: Part Four — The Jiffy Bag Scandal
Gareth Winter's 'Suspicious' Jiffy Bag Arrives at Italian Training Camp. Amateur cyclist claims: 'It's just a small seatpin clamp.'
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Tuscany Road Journal: Part Three — A Tour of San Gimignano
A magical mystery tour of San Gimignano with Gabriele — the world's best gelato, a bottle of wine on a top tube, and a dead porcupine.
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Tuscany Road Journal: Part Two — Finding Our Feet (& Wheels)
Collecting a hire bike, riding with Team Bike Racing Certaldo through Chianti, and taking Becky to Sotto Le Volte for the best lunch of the trip.
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Tuscany Road Journal: Part One
Uber breakdown on the M25, a near-miss at Heathrow, Pisa car hire chaos, and arriving in Tuscany to discover a missing seatpin wedge. The journey was a disaster before a wheel had turned.
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Turbo Talk: Sean Yates 'A Sunday in Lockdown'
Sean Yates relives his 1994 Paris Roubaix, the hardest edition of the century, over a turbo trainer video call during lockdown.
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