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Rapport 600K BRM

Reading Time: 8 minutes Rouler 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 […]

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Rapport Race Across France 500 – le récit (French)

Reading Time: 12 minutes Préambule, 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 […]

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Preparing for Race Across France 500

Reading Time: 5 minutes I’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 […]

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Preparing for a 600km ride

Reading Time: 2 minutes The 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 […]

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Power and HR

Reading Time: 4 minutes When 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 […]

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My new ride – Cervélo C3

Reading Time: 3 minutes This 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 […]

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300Km Ride report

Reading Time: 6 minutes This 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 […]

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Long ride equipment

Reading Time: 2 minutes Comfortable 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 […]

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Espoo 200KM Ride report

Reading Time: 2 minutes Temperature was cold. Very cold. We got snow for the first 80km. Then some clearer sky. Then rain for the last 50km Some lessons learnt: Mud guards are necessary. Nicer for other riders. But also prevents my back being full of mud. I was keeping some of my food (gels) in the back pocket of […]

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Going cycling for a long ride

Reading Time: < 1 minute A while back I’ve shared my list for getting ready to cycle long-distance on the Facebook group called Solitary Cycling. The comments were a mixed bag. From people who enjoyed my list and thanked me, to people who had no idea what long-distance cycling meant and thought I should “just ride” and improvise if something […]