Cycle Slam 2012: Day two

98 miles; 7hrs 30; 5,580 calories; 1,467m ascent Tour and dinner at Bollinger last night was great.  Highlight of tour was Ian shouting there’s one when Mdme Bollinger asked if anyone had seen a bottle in a cellar containing about…

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: 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…