by Sir Guy Litespeed | Apr 21, 2015 | Blog Post
L’Enfer du Nord “Paris-Roubaix is the last test of madness that the sport of cycling puts before its participants. A hardship approaching the threshold of cruelty.” Jacques Goddet, former Race Director. My alarm went off at 4.15am and all the fears from the previous...
by Sir Guy Litespeed | Mar 3, 2015 | Blog Post
Lucy Monro 1964 – 2015 Lucy died on Friday 13th February in a tragic accident, whilst riding the Dubai Roadster’s Coast to Coast Challenge. She founded Team SWR (named after Stuff Worth Reading, one of the magazine’s that she published), in late 2013...
by Sir Guy Litespeed | Oct 10, 2014 | Blog Post
It’s c.9.00am on Wednesday and I’ve withdrawn into a very small place. The floor is comprised of smooth black tarmac, the walls are made of slow pedal strokes, straining legs, heavily laboured breathing and merciless punishment and the ceiling is dark pine...
by Sir Guy Litespeed | Aug 7, 2014 | Blog Post
SGL, August 2014. My final pre-CCC training block was three days in Wales, 8th – 10th August: a three day odyssey (see map below) – epic rides linked by epic drives! Just what a road trip should be… Wales has always provided the backdrop for my final...
by Sir Guy Litespeed | Aug 6, 2014 | Blog Post
(Click on any of the photos to enlarge them and then use the Back button to shrink them again) July 2014: it’s Thursday afternoon. The sun’s shining, the water’s a deep blue colour and as I pull into the wave I know that it’s going to be a good one. I turn...
by Sir Guy Litespeed | Jun 5, 2014 | Blog Post
Back in November last year, I pulled the trigger and committed to attempting a Cent Cols Challenge (CCC) – the Dolomites version, commencing on 31st August – and my entire year has been focused on preparing for this. I first heard about the Cent Cols a few years...
