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Heaven or hell of the North by Alberto R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking It is cool and grey in Antwerpen. It is wet. It is an early spring Belgium day, I dare. The planned ride under the Schelde and around the town has been put on ho ... Read on »

Happy Easter by Alberto R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Lots have been happening, and many kilometres have been ridden (and driven) since I last posted here. And yes, I did the Paris-Roubaix Challenge, with a couple of in ... Read on »

Big ride on the Ultimate tomorrow! by Alberto R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking As we arrived at the Saint Quentin's Palais des Sports, the Rapha guy yelled from the bus - Nice bikes you are riding! I spoke to a couple more people at the r ... Read on »

By the way... by Alberto R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Hi there, I can't believe it has been this long, four countries and some fantastic rides since I last posted here. Shame, shame, shame... We are now in France ... Read on »

Travelling without a bike by Alberto R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking When Sandra and I talked about this trip, our Europe Tour if you like, we talked about bikes and roads (climbs mostly) because they’re things we love. But we also talked ab ... Read on »

Cold, rainy days are best for coffee and cake... by Alberto R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking It was cold and there was a light rain. Normally, the day would have become a day-off-the–bike and I would have done other things, perhaps I would have jumped on the ... Read on »

Rididng with the Bike Tech 24 boys by Alberto R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking We had planned a drive to Berlin but an invitation for a Sunday group ride, our first, seemed like something we shouldn't miss... Sun, March 11th: Schwarzheide-Lauchhamme ... Read on »

Riding and Sightseeing! by Alberto R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Day ten of our stay in Germany, time to write a little on what has been happening. Before I get to the riding part, I must say I am now a resident of the town of S ... Read on »

Looking for Hutberg and another couple of rides... by Alberto R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Sandra had told me about the Hutberg climb, in Kamenz, and was looking forward to take me there. What she didn't tell me was that to get to it, I was going to experi ... Read on »

Leaving Australia and the numbers game by Alberto R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Having lived amongst to-do-lists and storage boxes for the last few weeks, training for the P-R Challenge didn't really happen. However, I created my own little chal ... Read on »

Summer morning by Alberto R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Some of the best roads are found right here... in our own backyards. Read on »

A dash to McAfees and being a pro-cyclist by Alberto R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking It is that time of the year again, when hanging on to fast bunches is a real struggle, or an impossibility! It is all to do with that "off season" stuff, or strength ... Read on »

Am I too late? by Alberto R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking It is all go at the moment! We have bought our tickets and we are now anxiously getting ready for the great experience (getaway, if you like). In twenty-one days, we ... Read on »

Time to get some miles in... and Acai berries for health by Alberto R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking About 8 1/2 weeks for THE CHALLENGE, it is time to get on the bike for some genuine training. The first thing, and hardest: testing. I need to do a threshold power t ... Read on »

Winter riding and winter training by Alberto R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking My groover-half keeps telling me that I don't really know what I am signing up for when I plan to ride a bike in Europe, in March. She is not talking about cobbles o ... Read on »

Congratulations Green Edge Cycling by Alberto R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Without a doubt, this is a great start for Green Edge, the new pro-cycling team. It is also a great overall win for Simon Gerrans, undoubtedly one of the best road c ... Read on »

If there is a Will... there is a possibility by Alberto R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Where am I going with this? As per my usual loose dissertation on these pages, I am not very sure. What I know, and some might disagree, it's my patriotic duty to wr ... Read on »

Two teams, two presentations... a world apart by Alberto R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking I have to say I am a bit of a sucker when it comes to good video productions, of any kind. But throw in a few guys or girls on bikes, a bit of technology, an exciting enviro ... Read on »

What's happening? by Alberto R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Someone asked me another day how the training for the P-R Challenge was going. I answered that it was not going. Excusably maybe but with a bit of time up my s ... Read on »

One nice clean bottle by Alberto R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking The nice email from Scott (no sponsorship with GreenEdge if that's what pops to mind) came a while ago. I say nice email because he described the way he found my b ... Read on »

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