Sir Guy Litespeed
Ride Leader for ASSOS of Switzerland, Serial Everester, Keeper of the Cloud & Adventurer in Up See My Latest RidesSir Guy Litespeed
Ride Leader for ASSOS of Switzerland, Serial Everester, Keeper of the Cloud & Adventurer in Up See My Latest RidesAdventures in Up
I’m a Ride Leader for ASSOS of Switzerland and a lifetime athlete, with a bias towards mountainous and wild places. I’ve cycled all over the UK, Europe and further afield, including Australia and the USA. I love all types of cycling – road, gravel, cobbles, fixed and MTB.
To date my adventures include 11 Everestings, three Cent Cols Challenges, Hawaii’s Sea to Summit on Mauna Kea (the world’s hardest cycling climb), the 2012 Tour de France route and the Ultra Raid Pyrenean.
Besides this blog, I’ve contributed to various publications and podcasts, including the Everesting Podcast, Adventure Audio Podcast, Proper Cycling, Everesting (the excellent book by Matt de Neef) and a guide to cycling Scotland’s NC500 for the Scottish Tourist Board. In recent years, my eldest son Tom has been my companion on many of these rides and hence he appears in numerous pictures.
Despite the grandiose nickname (which was given to me by a friend on Stage 5 of the 2012 Tour de Force and seems to have stuck), I’ve never been a pro, I’m not particularly fast and at 82 kg, I’m never going to be a gifted climber either! I am however good at planning, try to leave very little to chance and once committed, I don’t give up easily!
Kilometers
Rides
Everestings
The Highs, the Lows and Everything in Between
This website is about those challenges and the preparation that goes into my biggest rides. It’s about the places I go, the people I meet and the things that inspire me. Most of all, it’s about the highs and lows of riding bikes of all types, in all weathers and in a multitude of places. Some of my more notable rides are listed below.
vEveresting 2021 / vEveresting 2020 / Everesting 2019: Strata Florida (gravel), Wales / Everesting Roam 2018: Exmoor, UK | Everesting 2018: Stwlan Dam, Wales | Everesting 2017: Cime de la Bonette (2,802m), France – Europe’s highest Everesting at the time | Everesting 2017: Mynydd Graean (Gravel Mountain), Wales | Everesting 10k 2016: Whiteleaf, UK (#23 in 100 Greatest Climbs) – 10,260m | Everesting 2015: Bradenham Wood Lane, UK | 2015: Lucy’s Cent Cols Memorial Challenge, Cevennes, France | 2014: Cent Cols Dolomites | 2012: Tour de Force (Le Loop) Lifer | 2007: Ultra Raid Pyreneen – time record
Recent Adventures
A Guide to Cycling the GB Divide – the GBDURO Route | Land’s End to John O’Groats Off Road
Tom was well ahead by now – at least 30 minutes I suspected. I’d seen his tyre tracks in the mud a few kms back. It was already late in the day and my pace felt glacial, but the sun was shining and I was relatively relaxed. I stopped to take a picture of a small loch...
The Definitive Guide to Everesting | Top Tips & Advice for Everesting | The Ultimate Guide to Everesting
Why did I write this guide and who’s it for? This guide is intended to be a definitive source of advice and insight for any cyclist contemplating an Everesting. In recent times, I’ve repeatedly been asked for advice on Everesting and I decided to put all my tips in...
London – Roubaix : Cycling 100 Miles on the cobbled streets of Central London : A Lockdown 2.0 Project
The idea of 'London - Roubaix' was born out of Covid-19, travel restrictions, Lockdown 2.0 and a little personal challenge I set myself, back at the start of 2020, namely to complete at least one 100 mile ride, every month of the year. I added a few extra rules: one...
A Guide to Cycling the GB Divide – the GBDURO Route | Land’s End to John O’Groats Off Road
Tom was well ahead by now – at least 30 minutes I suspected. I’d seen his tyre tracks in the mud a few kms back. It was already late in the day and my pace felt glacial, but the sun was shining and I was relatively relaxed. I stopped to take a picture of a small loch...
The Definitive Guide to Everesting | Top Tips & Advice for Everesting | The Ultimate Guide to Everesting
Why did I write this guide and who’s it for? This guide is intended to be a definitive source of advice and insight for any cyclist contemplating an Everesting. In recent times, I’ve repeatedly been asked for advice on Everesting and I decided to put all my tips in...
