The last man to finish the Tour de France gets the unofficial title of winner of the Lanterne Rouge.

Finishing last is not as easy as you might suppose.
The designation falls somewhere between insult and accolade. Mr. Vansevenant, who after Stage 18 sits in 150th place, some 3 hours and 45 minutes behind Mr. Sastre, is indeed the worst-placed ( Read more... )

We were out on a little bike ride yesterday morning and had to pop into Marks & Sparks as we needed a loaf of bread and some fruit, but having bought them we were of course then faced with the problem of how to get a carrier bag of food home whilst on bicycles. We could have just gone for the traditional 'bag over the handlebars' trick but then you ( Read more... )

Some weeks ago I briefly mentioned the new "heeley" shoes that all the youngsters seem to be sporting these days and linked to a news story about how lots of kids were having accidents on them ( Read more... )

I’ve been thinking for a couple of weeks now about getting back on my bike and cycling into work again, especially since we’ve had a few nice warm days lately, and so this morning, buoyed with enthusiasm and excitement I decided to do it ( Read more... )

You know you're tired when the alarm wakes you up at some ungodly hour of the dark, gloomy morning, and you fall back asleep almost immediately where you dream about lying in bed and not getting up ( Read more... )

I is absolutely exhausted this morning. I'm starting to think that cycling into work five times a week and going to the gym four times a week is maybe too much exercise.

There's nothing else for it. I'm going to have to stop coming into work.

There's rain, and there's rain. And then there's the tropical monsoon that descended on Reading as I was cycling home tonight. My so-called "waterproofs" provided only limited protection and the shoes I was wearing are completely soaked through - I think my feet would have been drier had I worn a couple of sponges on them instead. The less said ( Read more... )

The full horror can be seen at flickr.

A huge thank you to everyone who pledged donations towards my sponsored insanity attempt yesterday as I joined 27,000 other nutcases on the 54-mile London to Brighton Bike RideI am now able to tell you, categorically, that when travelling from London to Brighton it is far easier by car than by bicycle ( Read more... )

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