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9 Lessons Learned From Completing the 2015 Festive 500

Posted January 15, 2016 in Rides & Races by Mark Croker 0 Comments

I am a long time user of Strava, a relatively recent adopter of Rapha clobber and a perinial slob in the week between Christmas and New Year and so when I stumbled over the "Rapha Festive 500" Strava challenge to ride 500km between Christmas Eve...

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The 2015 Philadelphia International Cycling Classic, Bicycling Open

Posted September 22, 2015 in Rides & Races by Mark Croker 1 Comment

The Bicycling Open is not really a Gran Fondo or Sportive per se but moreso a "recreational ride" as the organisers call it that provides amateurs of varying abilities the opportunity to ride the Philadelphia International Cycling Classic course before the pros....

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2013 Etape du Tour: Annecy to Annecy-Semnoz

Posted September 7, 2015 in Rides & Races by Mark Croker 1 Comment

The 2013 Etape du Tour is my favourite Gran Fondo to date. There were four of us that did it and as we had never attempted such an event before it really felt like a great adventure at the time that we would all conquer...

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Hi, my name is Mark and I am a cyclist, a MAMIL Cyclist. I ride my bike whenever and wherever I get the chance. It is the means by which I keep my recalcitrant waistline under relative control. It is my hobby. It is my passion. It is my therapy. It now feeds my creative outlet in the form of this blog.

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Day 8 snaps. (2,000 k's under the belt, 450 and th Day 8 snaps. (2,000 k's under the belt, 450 and the race for the return flight begins)
Gaw Blimey, Rocky is also quarantined! Gaw Blimey, Rocky is also quarantined!
Oh the places they will go......(on a bike) Oh the places they will go......(on a bike)
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