Marc-Olivier MeunierReading Time: 23 minutes1219km de fiesta C’était un rêve. Après m’être sérieusement mis au cyclisme il y a 4 ans, après avoir fait ma première balade de 100 km avec des amis sur un vélo trop grand, après avoir réalisé mon premier BRM de 200 km avec les randonneurs locaux, je l’ai finalement fait. Paris-Brest-Paris 2023. Aller en […]
Reading Time: 22 minutes1219km of party It was a dream. After getting into serious cycling 4 years ago, after riding my first 100km ride with friends on an oversized bike, after riding my first 200km BRM with the local randonneurs, I finally did it. Paris-Brest-Paris 2023. Getting to France No surprise here. Flying from Finland to France is […]
Reading Time: 8 minutesRouler 600km en moins de 40h n’est pas anondin. Je pensais être largement capable de valider la mission, mais j’ai vraiment dû puiser dans mon mental pour terminer. Pourquoi ? Je rêve de participer à Paris-Brest-Paris depuis quelques années. L’inscription requière de compléter une série “Super Randonneur”. 200km, 300km, 400km, et 600km. Ce dernier 600km […]
Reading Time: 12 minutesPréambule, aller à la ligne de départ Tout commence avec la descente vers la ligne de départ. Jeudi 16 Juin, nous remplissons notre camping car de victuailles. Nous nous dirigeons vers le port de Vuosaari pour prendre le ferry Finnlines en direction de Travemunde en Allemagne. 30 heures de traversée et 1400km plus loin, nous […]
Reading Time: 5 minutesI’m preparing for my ultimate goal of completing Paris-Brest-Paris 2023. But I don’t want to just get there and wing it. 2022 will be another training season for PBP. I will need to complete a least one BRM which can be either one of the following 200km 300km 400km 600km 1000km I will most likely […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe 600km ride we are preparing goes from Helsinki to Yyteri and back. It’s called Helsinki-Satakunta-Helsinki. Or #HSH600 on Twitter. The elevation is not bad, actually it’s fairly flat over 60% of the ride. Just really hoping for good weather and not too much wind. The bicycle I am definitely going to ride with my […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhen preparing for a long ride like Paris-Brest-Paris, I need to make sure I can cover a lot of ground as fast as possible and with the lowest heart rate possible. The whole game is to be in a functioning mode where you burn energy that you consume and you don’t start digging into your […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis is my new Cervélo C3. I say new because I just got it, but it’s a second hand bike. I’ve never, and probably will never buy a brand new bicycle. I’m very happy with the idea of giving a second life to a bicycle. Equipment on board So it’s a Cervélo C3 with Ultegra […]
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis is a ride report for a 300km Brevet. This Saturday 8th May 2021, I did my longest ride to date. 318km Oh wow, what a ride… Lessons learnt: Be more aware of calorie counts. I’ve burnt about 9000 kcal during that day. And that means eating a lot! I did eat more regularly than […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesComfortable or Fast? I’ve been riding long distance with the wrong bike for too long. My ride is a BMC Team Machine Ultegra Di2 with Dura Ace C24 wheels. It’s a race bike. It’s aggressive. You push the pedals and it wants one thing: going fast. The problem with a race bike is comfort. Full […]