May cycling

I did 100 km of Swains Lane loop – which turned out to be 41 ascents (Mont Ventoux is the equivalent of 24 ascents). This earned me a 2015 ‘King of the Mountain’ award for Swains Lane which I’m quite proud of. I will buy a red polkadot mug to celebrate in due course 🙂

41 laps of Swains Lane


I cycled from Otford to Whitstable on a very enjoyable London Brompton Club ride. The bike got muddy, but I’m ok with that 🙂

Whitstable winder

February cycling

I got to commute in the snow 🙂

Snow commute

The rear rim failed on Brompton, I discovered this *after* I rode to Windsor, did a sportive and rode back. Whilst I was waiting for the new rim to be delivered, the Condor got a bit of use.

Brompton rim failure

The advantage of living on a big hill is training rides look cool:

Swains Lane

I discovered the local chip shop serves excellent recovery food. It’s all healthy stuff, honest.

Pangs fish and chips

I took a nice trip to explore South London cycle routes 20 and 21.

View at Caterham

 

Though I went off-piste a bit and found myself deep in mud.

Muddy path

 

The Condor handled it beautifully but needed a bath as soon as we got in.Muudy brakes