Category: cycling

• July 28, 2022

  VanMoof-ing Again? (X3 Edition)

  

  We’ll be starting the family cycle commute from next week, and what do you need for a cycle commute? You guessed it… I have written about my trials and tribulations involving my VanMoof S3 a few times but since the return-to-base repair, it has been dependable. I’ve put 350 miles on the clock (well, the…
• March 24, 2022

  VanMoof-ing On Up

  

  A recent change in traffic in Plymouth has led me to embrace a completely different way to get around. My normal week involves three days of car commuting as I bring my daughter to nursery on those days, and two days on the bike. The city has recently undertaken some major work around the hospital…
• June 5, 2017

  The Gran Fondo – Nope, not another Tim Schafer Game

  

  Way back in at the end of March, what feels like an eternity ago, we signed up for the Gran Fondo. Gran Fondo is an italian term for a bike event at least 75 miles long and individually chip timed. There’s a competitive element, but they’re not strictly speaking races – rather, sportives. For the…
• October 2, 2016

  We did it…and more. The NICHS Step Up Cycle

  

  On Wednesday evening, Dad told me about the 70 km Step Up Cycle for NI Chest Heart and Stroke, and that he was thinking about competing. Nice idea, I thought, but then he asked me if I would be interested in doing it. Not a chance. I would love to be able to, but cycling…