Jim is a serial gran fondo racer, Haute Route ambassador and writer. Having dabbled briefly with UK racing, he retreated promptly for the sanctuary of the high cols - his favoured terrain - and heads to the mountains whenever possible for training and racing. He writes his own blog, and can be followed on both twitter and instagram.
2018-07-13 15:39:39 - La Marmotte. With a 173km parcours sending you over four mountain passes to rack up over 5000m of climbing, it's not for the faint of heart. I rode it in 2018 having had...
2018-06-06 10:42:30 - A stalwart on the sportive scene, the Tour of Wessex has been around for many a year, and was the first multi-day event you could ride in the UK. A three-stage monster...
2017-07-11 09:52:44 - Early every July, thousands of cyclists descend on the spectacular Dolomites region of northern Italy to tackle one of Europe's toughest sportives: the Maratona dles...
2017-06-19 10:30:00 - The Struggle. The new kid on the sportive calendar, now in its second year. All gritty, grainy imagery, Yorkshire roses, and sexy kit. It prides itself on its savagery,...
2017-03-22 09:59:42 - Assos: the Rolls Royce of cycling kit. Notorious for having the comfiest shorts and most divisively-designed jerseys in the shop, you equate the brand with huge quality...
2016-10-17 16:12:55 - Last December I had another of those moments where I lost all rational thought, like I had a few weeks earlier when booking onto the Marmotte, and I entered the...
2016-10-10 11:34:35 - Well, the day had arrived to take on the infamous Marmotte, probably the most well known gran fondo in the world, and for 2016 back to its classic route of Glandon -...