Ian rides audax and only recently discovered the joys of being shelled out of the back of chaingangs. As well as competing in the British Cycling Parents Standing Around Championships via his 14-year-old son, Ian organises the Flamborough Flim Flam, an annual full-moon ride to the east coast of Yorkshire from Hebden Bridge.
2017-03-23 08:30:00 - Any assistance in the ritual hunt for suitable seasonal apparel that precedes English winter cycling has to be welcomed. The appropriately stretchy, tightly woven,...
2016-05-16 11:39:57 - The first hurdle in the Fred Whitton Challenge is entering the event. The 112-mile sportive, which packs in nearly 4,000m of climbing, has now become so popular that...
2016-04-26 11:44:28 - If you've done 290km since rolling out of Milan, the last climb over the Poggio is bearing down on you and you can feel Cancellara about to pounce, you'll probably reach...
2014-04-15 09:21:42 - The Yorkshire stages of this year's Tour de France are a radical departure from the usual first week of tootling along the Pas-de-Calais, where the main task for the...
2014-04-08 17:56:36 - On Saturday 5 April, to mark 100 days to the Grand Départ of the Tour De France 2014 in Yorkshire, a grand piano and several pianists were pulled up one of the climbs...