8th day of coronavirus lockdown in France. It is also my rest day, according to Zwift, the virtual training plan for cycling and running. For the past five days, I was virtually weaving through the streets of Yorkshire, UK, and then Innsbruck, Austria. My last stop was in New. York, USA before returning to France …
On the third week of summer holiday in Romania, I embarked on an overnight bike trip with Silviu and his college friends (Florin, Ionel and Nicolae) – “The Boys”. Last year, we did a day trip on Transcindrel and Transalpina national roads. This year, we explored the recently completed Transylvania mountain bike trails, a network of …
12 August 2017. I did it! I survived the long weekend of “Discover Romania By Cycling”! Silviu and his two college friends (Ionel and Nicolae) decided to cycle from Sibiu to the cabana (@Tau Bistra) over 3 peaks. The last peak being the one that I did just the weekend before. The south-westerly route stretched 109km with …
4 August 2017. It’s my third trip to the cabana in the Șureanu Mountains, part of the Southern Carpathian. This is the first time we would cycle all the way from Serbes to the cabana. The biggest accomplishment is how I temporarily overcame my fear of descents on bike to get to the destination. Get …
30 July 2017. Despite the forecast of hitting low 30s°C, and the cloudless blue sky at 11 in the morning, we decided to take my new mountain bike (3rd bike in 12 months) in Romania out for a spin. It’s a 14kg BTWIN 340 mountain bike that we bought yesterday, to replace the child-size DHS …
20-23 July 2017. Pumped up with adrenaline while watching Le Tour de France. Seduced by the varied French landscape flew through by the indefatigable cyclists. We decided to embark on a bike project: cycling in La Loire, centre-west of France. We would be based in Tours, the popular basecamp to explore the region. From Tours, …
It’s the season of Back To Bike. With the ending of the road running race season and the arrival of the summer, I have been urged by my other half to blow the dust away from my newish (bought in September 2016 but I could count the number of times I used it with just the …