US Granfondos The Delaware Gran Fondo Andy tours the manicured lawns of Delaware and explores the leafy First State National Park. But after being escorted out of town, was it a ride down easy street or a highway to hell?
US Granfondos The Brandywine Valley Roubaix Watch out America, the Brits are back! Andy emigrates, buys a new bike, gets to grips with gravel, takes on his first US event and ... mmmm, donuts.
UK Sportives The Essex Season Ender A final fling of the year and the end of a cycling era. But there's no time for idle chat when you're flogging yourself around the lanes of Essex in pursuit of an elusive (virtual) gold medal.
European Granfondos Riding your first sportive abroad We've done a fair few sportives and granfondos across Europe - and had our fair share of mishaps too. Learn from our mistakes and apply our top travel tips to get your ride abroad right first time.
UK Sportives The Tour of the Peaks Following two fantastic years of the Tour of the Roses, we're expanding our little franchise with the inaugural Tour of the Peaks. Three days, riding with soon-to-be friends in the stunning Peak District National Park.
Random Rides Cycling in Richmond Park We set out to create the ultimate guide to cycling in Richmond Park. When to go, what to see and do (that bit was easy), where to get a coffee, even the ideal temperature and wind direction for bagging a PR on one of Strava's most popular segments.
Top Cycling Climbs What makes a hill climb hard? Most of the cycling climbs in the UK are best described using the words of the English philosopher, Hobbes: "solitary, nasty, brutish and short". But what makes some hills more nasty and brutish than others?
Top Cycling Climbs Top 10 toughest cycling climbs of the Chilterns Massif The cycling climbs of the Chilterns may not be massif, but how do they compare to the hills of the other home counties? Clip into your cleats and join our voyage of discovery.
Random Rides The Zwift Omnium Broleur's Zwift Omnium (sorry, no badge yet) requires a rider to complete every single one of the course routes in Zwift. Could Andy's avatar get around the worlds in 80 days?
Top Cycling Climbs Hill Climb Calculator Calculate the average speed and power output you need to snag a PB on that climb. Just enter your weight, the length and elevation gain of the hill segment and your target time. Broleur's whizzy Hill Climb Calculator does the rest.
Random Rides Training in Tenerife The winter training camp. It's every amateur cyclist's dream. Give almighty thanks to your almighty if you're ever lucky enough to be faced with the dilemma of choosing between Tenerife and Mallorca as a February cycling destination.
Random Rides 2020 Year in Review It's that time of year. Skies are grey, cheeks are rosy, toes are blue. A few extra winter layers have been acquired - merino, goretex, thermo-roubaix, subcutaneous fat. Grit adorns your drivetrain and that Festive 500 attempt has been aborted.
Random Rides Down the Downs Link Longing for adventure? Try London to Brighton the long and gravelly way. Join us on an off-road autumnal adventure, taking in the Thames Path, River Wey Navigation Route and the Downs Link.
Top Cycling Climbs Everesting Calculator Everesting just became a thing. Calculate how many times you'd need to ascend a climb and the average speed you'd need to maintain in order to claim a new world Everesting record.
Random Rides The Chilterns Challenge What do you do when all the events booked for the summer have been cancelled? Why, "organise" your own of course (we use the term loosely). And where better for a challenge than the climbs of the Chilterns Massif?
Random Rides Top 10 unridden rides While Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher have spent the enforced break debating their Premier League team of the season, decade, and modern era, we've come up with some primetime filler of our own. The challenge: name the top 10 rides you'd love to take on once the lockdown is lifted.
Random Rides Cycling in Mallorca Booking a spring training break to Mallorca, the last thing you expect is for the island to go into lockdown and cycling to be outlawed shortly after your arrival. Broleur had just 24 hours to make the most of this magnificent cycling Mecca.
UK Sportives The Kentish Killer Sportive The Kentish Killer celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2020. What makes this endurance event such an enduring favourite? And given the storms sweeping the country, would we live to find out?
Random Rides The 365-Day Challenge Everyone likes a goal, right? Unfortunately, some people just have to take it one step too far. Here are some of the (painful) lessons learned in the course of completing the 365-Day Challenge - exercising every single day for an entire year.
UK Sportives The Tour of the Roses The Tour of the Roses is a small, social and super-challenging ride through three of the UK's most beautiful cycling regions: the Yorkshire Dales, Lake District and Forest of Bowland. Even better, it's organised by Broleur.
Random Rides Le Club des Cinglés du Mont Ventoux Some clubs are more discerning than others. The Club des Cinglés du Mont Ventoux restricts entry to those foolish enough to climb all three sides in a day. Way harder than your average provincial bouncer.
UK Sportives L’Etape UK Sportive OK, so L'Etape UK may not cover an alpine stage of the Tour de France, but squint and the Chilterns are every bit as beautiful. Arriving in tip-top form, a fast time was a foregone conclusion, right?
Random Rides The Trans Cambrian Way by Mountain Bike On paper (well, Google maps) the Trans Cambrian Way looks like a leisurely three days of mountain biking. No problemo boyo - we'd be supping welsh ale by tea time.
European Granfondos Quebrantahuesos Granfondo The Quebrantahuesos Granfondo straddles the Spanish and French Pyrenees. Over 200km long with more than 15,000 riders, the "bone-breaker" is Spain's biggest amateur cycling event.
Top Cycling Climbs Top 10 toughest cycling climbs in the Surrey hills Box Hill may have its famous zig-zag bends - all two of them - but it's far from the steepest hill in Surrey. Staple Lane, Barhatch, Bug Hill and Whitedown can all lay claim to being Surrey's hardest cycling climb.
