Meet the MIT Spokes
It’s cold outside up here in Alaska, so here’s a re-post from when the sun shone and the weather was warm. Through Colorado and into Utah I rode with a […]
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Free Time in the Café: Aero Gainz for Touring Cyclists
When I’m at home, I like to do this sort of thing: That’s me time trialling, racing against the clock, trying to get round a course as fast as possible. […]
The United States of America
The USA is so many things. World policeman. Imperial power. Nation of immigrants. The home of the free. International bully boy. Inward looking nation of rednecks. Jesusland. The gun capital […]
Where do I sleep on a bike tour? (USA edition)
I’m about to leave the main body of the US: I cross into Washington state tomorrow, then it’s 300 miles to the Canadian border. When I was in Europe, my […]
I don’t like On The Road (but here are some travel books I do like)
It’s meant to be one of the great travel novels, a must-read, a shoe-in on any top ten or bucket list. If you’re going to go off exploring, you simply […]
Things that are different in America
There’s no getting around it: the USA is a foreign country. They’ve got different norms to us, different ways of interacting with each other, different expectations of life and different […]
Portugal
If you’re like me you’ve always thought of Portugal as something of an annex to Spain, tacked onto the side, a 20% Extra Free offer on land area, kind of […]
A Narrow Escape
If you want to get anywhere from Miami and you don’t want to hug the coast, you’ve got to go through the Everglades: a steaming swamp festooned with midges, alligators […]
France
I love France. For any Brit looking to do a first cycle tour, it’s the ideal place: friendly drivers, good roads, better food, lots of wine and a climate that […]