I went to the Tour de France. Here are some of the phots I took during stage 15, Limoux to Montpellier. I travelled by helicopter and during the race in a Skoda Octavia. My driver Tim Harris got me here there and everywhere. Thank-you.   Big George. He made a face because I shouted 'It's big George' then he smiled, but I'd put my camera down Electro Campy. The Movistar bikes I think

At the end of the my shoe rack, there will always be a place for my little red Look shoes. Overshadowed by all the carbon, the stiffened heel cups, anti-bacterial material, moulded soles, buckles and rackets. It will always be there, because the Look pedal system and shoe were there before them all.  I was digging through a box of bits today to try and find a spare pair of cleats. I came ac

Beastway MTB event. Inner city off road racing. Its every Wednesday. The event allows both singlespeeds and cyclo cross bikes to enter. Timing chips, lots of nice lovely fun time people. Hilly and relentless. I rode there and back it was a 3hour 36 minute round trip inlcuding the 1 hour race. I had a good time, despite leading from the second lap and puncturing at the start of the penultimate.

Don't know why but I always forget about that new lycra feeling. Once again it happened. Slapped on a newly delivered pair of Vicious shorts and there I was, sort of sliding around on the saddle. Not in a slippy way just that feeling. The brain goes, hmmm this feels different. Then the cogs go, oh yeh new shorts. I like it

At the start of this month I began the training programme that will hopefully lead me to a place on the podium at cyclo cross National series. Better still prepare me for some cross racing in the homeland, Belgium. I've chosen to use the theory of 'cycles' to plan and monitor training. This is a marcocycle lasting 7 months. The macrocycle is split into mesocycles lasting 4-8 weeks. Each me

My around town mash up bike was stolen, no thanks to my sister. It was green and had Ultegra hubs built on Open Sport rims, cut down black flat bar, mudguards and 8 speed gears. It was known as 'The Sticker Bike' owing to the high percentage of bicycle brand stickers I littered all over the frame. So now I have an opening, many enquired within. After my experience of track (a few weeks back) an