dave atkinson's Blog Posts

The damp finale: Can I ride a 200km Audax 12 months in a row? Ride #12

It was damp, and then it was done. Not a lot more to say than that…
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The damp finale: Can I ride a 200km Audax 12 months in a row? Ride #12

It was damp, and then it was done. Not a lot more to say than that…
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Wearily drudging towards the line: Can I ride a 200km Audax 12 months in a row? Ride #11

The greyest of days and the flattest of routes do not for happy cycling make
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Wearily drudging towards the line: Can I ride a 200km Audax 12 months in a row? Ride #11

The greyest of days and the flattest of routes do not for happy cycling make
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Can I ride a 200km Audax 12 months in a row? Ride #8

Two-thirds distance and the sun’s still out
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Can I ride a 200km Audax 12 months in a row? Ride #8

Two-thirds distance and the sun’s still out
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Can I ride a 200km Audax 12 months in a row? Ride #7

The “seeing how the pros do it” edition
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Can I ride a 200km Audax 12 months in a row? Ride #7

The “seeing how the pros do it” edition
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Can I ride a 200km 12 months in a row? #6: The Brompton one. And then the other one.

Biting off more than I can chew, followed by biting off absolutely the minimum possible
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Can I ride a 200km 12 months in a row? #6: The Brompton one. And then the other one.

Biting off more than I can chew, followed by biting off absolutely the minimum possible
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Can I win the Brompton World Championships?

Racing folding bikes in the sun in a garish shirt
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Can I win the Brompton World Championships?

Racing folding bikes in the sun in a garish shirt
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Can I ride a 200km 12 months in a row? #4: The Pauline Porter Populaire

Three for the price of one, but only one of them counts. Hopefully it counts, anyway.
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Can I ride a 200km 12 months in a row? #4: The Pauline Porter Populaire

Three for the price of one, but only one of them counts. Hopefully it counts, anyway.
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Can I ride a 200km 12 months in a row? #3: The Mendip Man

Plus a big balloon and a small appendage, to get up to distance
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Can I ride a 200km 12 months in a row? #3: The Mendip Man

Plus a big balloon and a small appendage, to get up to distance
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Can I ride a 200km Audax 12 months in a row? Ride #1

The Ultimate Gospel Pass Audax is the first in the series
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Can I ride a 200km Audax 12 months in a row? Ride #1

The Ultimate Gospel Pass Audax is the first in the series
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A long way to ride for a cloth badge

400km on your own is fun until it isn’t
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A long way to ride for a cloth badge

400km on your own is fun until it isn’t
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Mini Review: Ned Boulting’s Marginal Mystery Tour: 1923 and all that

A really interesting and thought-provoking show, whether you’ve read the book or not
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Mini Review: Ned Boulting’s Marginal Mystery Tour: 1923 and all that

A really interesting and thought-provoking show, whether you’ve read the book or not
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Zwift Racing League round 5: rider roundup

I voted myself a week off, kind of
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Zwift Racing League round 5: rider roundup

I voted myself a week off, kind of
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Zwift Racing League round 3/4 – I wish I was fitter

And maybe some green shoots of that maybe happening. Maybe.
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Zwift Racing League round 3/4 – I wish I was fitter

And maybe some green shoots of that maybe happening. Maybe.
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Zwift Racing League round 2: Positives and negatives

Negatives for me, mainly. And positives for everyone else
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Zwift Racing League round 2: Positives and negatives

Negatives for me, mainly. And positives for everyone else
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Zwift Racing League. I remember now, it’s hard.

Back to the shed for the first round of the new season
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Zwift Racing League. I remember now, it’s hard.

Back to the shed for the first round of the new season
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The Whole Bryan: How I finally conquered the 600km Bryan Chapman Memorial audax ride

Wales is amazing. Audax is great. 600km is easy. Life is beautiful
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The Whole Bryan: How I finally conquered the 600km Bryan Chapman Memorial audax ride

Wales is amazing. Audax is great. 600km is easy. Life is beautiful
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A date with Bryan: 600km audax, take 2

Time for another go at the big ol’ yomp across Wales, amongst other things
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A date with Bryan: 600km audax, take 2

Time for another go at the big ol’ yomp across Wales, amongst other things
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So I rode 500km on Zwift

I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it though
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So I rode 500km on Zwift

I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it though
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Cummings and goings

I’m missing doing Audax a bit, but I’m also quite enjoying being on Zwift. So why not combine the two?
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Cummings and goings

I’m missing doing Audax a bit, but I’m also quite enjoying being on Zwift. So why not combine the two?
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What’s on your indoor training playlist?

Trance anthems? Dubstep? Folk music?
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What’s on your indoor training playlist?

Trance anthems? Dubstep? Folk music?
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That time I did Red Bull Timelaps solo

25 hours of 24-hour racing
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That time I did Red Bull Timelaps solo

25 hours of 24-hour racing
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