Category: cycling

  • The WeWatt Bike wait

    The WeWatt Bike wait

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Today I experienced the WeWatt bike wait again. The first time I experienced it was when flying from Alicante to Geneva and the second time is when I was waiting to meet someone for lunch today. The principle is very simple. If you see that a wewatt bike is free for…

  • An 80-kilometre ride

    An 80-kilometre ride

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Yesterday I set off for a bike ride planning to go from Nyon to Gland, and then up and around before heading back to Geneva and then from around Versoix riding back to Nyon. Instead of this I rode from Nyon to Gland and decided to go further and once at…

  • Climbing to La Barillette

    Climbing to La Barillette

    Reading Time: 4 minutes The first time I climbed up to La Barillette on a bike it took me two and a half hours. This time it took one hour and sixteen minutes. I was going so slowly that I had to work to keep the bike upright. Since then I have gone from a…

  • An 80km bike ride to Echandens and back

    An 80km bike ride to Echandens and back

    Reading Time: 3 minutes During a recent walk I noticed that I could hear birds chirping, that the sun was shining and that spring seemed to be booting up. The weather held until Saturday so the conditions were ideal for a nice bike ride. The ride started at around 0840, with frost on the ground…

  • Tour de Zwift 2019 complete

    Tour de Zwift 2019 complete

    Reading Time: 3 minutes This morning I completed Stage 9 of the Tour de Zwift. I have now finished the challenge. In the process I went from riding on the shorter events during the first stages to taking the long options for at least the last two stages. A slow start before ramping up. I…

  • How to use an Activity Tracker when Cycling

    How to use an Activity Tracker when Cycling

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Activity trackers are designed for walking, running, canoeing and activities where you move your arms. Cycling is not one of those sports. Unless you’re cycling on a specialist bike that has handles you’ll be using your legs and your upper body will move very little. I have a workaround. My workaround…

  • Sprinting Towards A Maillot Vert

    Sprinting Towards A Maillot Vert

    Reading Time: 3 minutes The Seventh stage of the Tour De Zwift was Innsbruck, a course that some people can do in about 388 minutes. It takes me around 54 minutes. As I have not ridden this course frequently enough I decided to try to keep up with others and that meant a 20 minute…

  • Alpe De Zwift in 57 Minutes And 10 Seconds.

    Alpe De Zwift in 57 Minutes And 10 Seconds.

    Reading Time: 3 minutes I have ascended the Alpe de Zwift 5 times since i started using Zwift. My first climb took about one and a half hours, and then about one hour and sixteen minutes and finally just 57 minutes. I managed to get down to 57 minutes because I participated in Stage 6…

  • Tour de Zwift – Over Half Way Through

    Reading Time: < 1 minute The 2019 Tour de Zwift event is a 9 event cycling event on Zwift. it takes you on nine different routes across five worlds with hundreds, and in some case more than 2000 participants at a time. Zwift Tour description “…the Tour is a celebration of Zwift and the worlds…

  • Cycling in Spain

    Cycling in Spain

    Reading Time: 3 minutes  When people think of cycling in Spain they think of the seaside and they think of the coast. They think of long flat roads and short climbs. I made the mistake of thinking that so when I arrived in Spain I went cycling but every direction I tried involved climbing steep…