Cycle Slam 2012: Day one update
Just found out we’re off to the Bollinger Caves tonight for a tour, dinner and champagne tasting. Everything is right with the world again!
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Cycle Slam 2012: Day one: What a shocker!!
106 miles; 7hrs 33; 5,373 calories; 1,175 m ascent The gentle rolling ride through the French countryside turns out to be a series of hills a bit like going up and down L’Eree Hill 25 times. The fierce headwind for…
Cycle Slam 2012: And so it starts
The boys set out from Guernsey on Sunday 13th May for an overnight stopover due to an early flight from Heathrow on Monday. A pleasant evening in a country pub is followed by a leisurely breakfast in the airport. An uneventful…
Cycle Slam 2012: May and we’re ready for the off!
Final preparations underway for the ride. Eamonn has a bit of practice riding on the wrong side of the road along Bulwer Avenue, has a panic attack and falls off – great entertainment for the driver and passengers on the passing…
Cycle Slam 2012: April update (a crash, an ambulance and a new bike)
Another day another training ride and all four guys are on top form on the coast road. Mike decides to do a bit more on the coast road while the others go ahead for more hills in Eamonn’s plan. Mike…
Cycle Slam 2012: training in Mallorca anyone?
Ray and Ian are taking it very seriously with a training trip to Mallorca. First morning of training they are accosted by the fashion police, stripped of their chosen cycling jerseys, and their dignity, given a change then ordered to…
Cycle Slam 2012: Eamonn has a plan…
Eamonn has a training plan in mind and the boys are following – how many times can you ride up the hill past the Imperial Hotel? Just to prove the point that we should be training by riding uphill Eamonn…
Cycle Slam 2012: the training begins
And so the training for the 2012 Cycle Slam starts. We have two new riders joining us this year – Ian Hackeson and Eamonn Finnerty. The first part of the training for the new guys was to go to Ian Browns…
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