US Granfondos Bikes & Beers Kent Island Bikes & beers. It's already a win win. When it comes to downing ale, there's no contest. But could Andy be crowned King of Kent Island - when it's not even a race?
US Granfondos The Gravel Grape Crusher A mixed terrain ride across three states. Gravel tracks, grassy climbs, boulders and brews by the bucketful. Could a ride that starts with a beer have a happy ending?
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.
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?
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 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.
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.
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?
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.
Top Cycling Climbs Top 10 toughest cycling climbs in the Kent Alps Broleur ranks and rates the steepest hills of the infamous Kent Alps. Yorks Hill, White Lane, Toys Hill and Westerham all make the list - but what's our number one col?
UK Sportives The Evans RIDE IT London Sportive Sometimes you need to take a break from the virtual world of Zwift. The Evans Cycles RIDE IT London Sportive provided the perfect opportunity. Broleur, keeping it real since 2012.
UK Sportives The Wiggle Kent Classic Back on home turf, the Wiggle Kent Classic provides the perfect opportunity to scale our beloved Kent Alps. Would we reach the peaks or descend into a mid-life crisis?
UK Sportives The London to Brighton Bike Ride The London to Brighton bike ride is perfect for those wanting to dip their toe in shallow sportive waters, rather than jump straight in at the deep end. Roll up and ride on.
UK Sportives The Etape Caledonia Sportive It's a challenge in itself to think of a UK sportive that combines such excellent organisation, gorgeous scenery and welcoming people as the Etape Caledonia. Definitely a Broleur favourite.
UK Sportives The Tour de Yorkshire Sportive As born-and-bred Lancastrians and long-time Londoners, we're naturally scornful of Yorkshire’s superiority complex. Sadly, in the case of the Tour de Yorkshire sportive, it's totally justified.
Top Cycling Climbs Top 10 toughest cycling climbs in the London bergs No one can claim the London bergs rival the peaks of Europe. But put a stint in up London's steepest hills and you'll find yourself languishing on Lactic Acid Lane rather than cruising up Easy Street.
UK Sportives The Hell of the Ashdown The Hell of the Ashdown is the home counties' answer to Paris-Roubaix. If frozen February riding is your thing, you should come and have a go - if you think you're hard enough.
UK Sportives The Velo Birmingham Sportive Velo Birmingham is one of the few closed-road sportives in the UK - and given the number of local complaints, there may not be too many more. Shame, because the ride - and the support - did the midlands proud.
UK Sportives The Tour of the Hills Audax I couldn't sleep. The same thoughts kept circling around like vultures in my head. Where do I go from here? What's the point? What comes next? What does it all mean? They weren't existential questions that were bothering me. Oh no, it was far more serious than that. I was
