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  • The Zwift Everest Challenge

    The Zwift Everest Challenge

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesThis summer I climbed over 8848 metres in a single month and now I have just completed the Zwift Everest challenge as well. This challenge, on Zwift, is much easier than in the real world because you are not carrying water, the weight of your bike, dealing with keeping yourself balanced on…

  • Thinking about Bike locks

    Thinking about Bike locks

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    Reading Time: 4 minutesRecently I have been thinking about bike locks. I have been looking at the variety of options that there are and for a while I was worried about bike theft. It is for that reason that I never left my bikes unattended for more than half a minute to a minute during…

  • Riding Zwift(ly) Through New York

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen I heard that Zwift would allow us to ride our bikes through a virtual New York I joked that I would use my singlespeed and I hoped that I could ride through the streets. Unfortunately you get to ride through the New York countryside, otherwise known as Central Park. Imagine riding…

  • Coming to the limitations of a simple home trainer

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe challenge is being gradual enough to react to the lag in power reading. A few training sessions ago I tried pedalling hard, overshooting the watts required but found that it was hard to catch the momentum just right. I then tried the opposite. I tried pedalling faster, to get to…

  • Second thoughts on E-bikes

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I rode an e-bike over 5km and played with the eco, touring, sport and turbo modes. I experimented with the gears and I experimented with a variety of gradients and surfaces. Through this trial I got to understand how e-bikes work.  Gaining momentum E-bikes are great for helping you get up…

  • Cycling to the Vallée de Joux

    Cycling to the Vallée de Joux

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I tried cycling to the Vallée de Joux and succeeded. A few weeks ago I cycled up to St George and I saw a sign that said that the Col De Marchairuz was less than 6km away so I decided to try it. When I succeeded that I saw that getting…

  • Cycling to the City that Never Wakes Up

    Cycling to the City that Never Wakes Up

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I wanted to go for a bike ride. I hesitated between driving to the Vallée De Joux and cycling around the lake, cycling up to Les Rousses and facing a long and sustained uphill or cycling to a meeting in Geneva. In the end, I cycled to the meeting in Geneva.…

  • WordPress and Strava – Using WP Strava on this blog

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesI installed WP Strava on this blog to share my Strava cycling and running activity. At the time of this blog post you can see my most recent bike rides in the left column as well as the most recent map. With a minimum of code you can also include your bike…

  • Critical Mass in Geneva

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor those who like to cycle in a group of people there is a critical mass event organised for the 29th of August from 1830 onwards in Geneva. The meeting point is the île Rousseau. From there they will cycle around the city of Geneva. At the moment of writing this…

  • Cycling Trip to Lausanne and Back

    Cycling Trip to Lausanne and Back

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen I set off on my cycling trip to Lausanne and back I thought that the strong wind would force me to turn around and that I would abort the attempt by the time I got to Rolle or Morges. As I continued cycling I fought the wind and I made slow…