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Heavy and slow. Part 4
Coyhaique - Puerto Rio Tranquilo We stock up on supplies during a wet morning, before leaving Coyhaique. As we ride out of town, we talk...
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Nov 3, 20176 min
Heavy and slow. Part 3
Puyuhuapi to Coyhaique We spend a day mooching around Puyuhuapi, enjoying a well earned rest. We try and hitch to the local over-priced...
Steve
Nov 3, 20177 min
Heavy and slow. Part 2
Chaiten - Villa Santa Lucia - Puyuhuapi We rode mostly tarmac to Villa Santa Lucia, however the gravel sections were really bad with...
Steve
Nov 3, 20175 min
Mirco-Adventure .1
I was awake, cold, getting wet. It was 4:32am and I needed the toilet, having been woken by the fact I was rolling off my sleeping mat,...
Steve
Nov 3, 20176 min
Heavy and Slow. Part 1
‘Heavy and Slow in Patagonia’ Part 1. In November 2016 I undertook an unsupported bike trip along Chile’s remarkable 775 mile gravel...
Steve
Nov 3, 20175 min
Aftermath
It interests me how time can be warped in our memory, something as recent as two weeks ago can seem years old, yet something that...
Steve
Nov 3, 20177 min
Whats the difference?
I was asked by Lee Mackenzie in the interview after the pursuit in Rio which was harder, winning Paralympic gold or climbing El Capitan?...
Steve
Nov 3, 20175 min
"Enjoy it!"
“Don’t forget to enjoy it!” This is the phrase which seems to come up in any conversation I have with anyone outside of the British...
Steve
Nov 3, 20174 min
Chasing impossible
My phone rang and I knew answering it would be life changing one way or the other. For three years I have worked towards this moment when...
Steve
Nov 3, 20179 min
3 yr journey
As I sit recovering in yet another hotel room with my room mate Jaco Van Gass a couple of days before the Belgium UCI Road World Cup....
Steve
Nov 3, 20175 min
Musical chairs
1 second can take you from the being on top of the world to being left with plenty of questions where you might have got that second...
Steve
Nov 3, 20174 min
That seat
Our coach Simon came over to tell us it’s time. As you pick up your helmet and get rid of the music that has been your distraction for...
Steve
Nov 3, 20176 min
Stripes
This 2015 season was my second as a professional cyclist and coming into it I knew what I wanted to achieve. I kept my cards close to my...
Steve
Nov 3, 20173 min
Characters i've meet
As I sit here killing time before the biggest race of my life tomorrow I think about all the people who have helped me along the way. Not...
Steve
Nov 3, 20174 min
Magic pills
I have to admit I had never come across BioCare until they approached me and offered their support.I was unsure at first, being an...
Steve
Nov 3, 20173 min
Panning for gold
The picture that pops into my mind when I think of gold is an old timer sitting on his haunches beside a small river bed, his face...
Steve
Nov 3, 20178 min
Time trial gods
My legs ached, more than normal. I knew this wasn’t going to be easy, it never is, maybe that’s why we do this to ourselves! The problem...
Steve
Nov 3, 20175 min
Sing it Mick
“You can’t aways get what you want, but if you try sometimes you just might find, you get what you need!’ The Newport International was...
Steve
Nov 3, 20172 min
8 yrs old
I recently read something on twitter that got me thinking. It was a retweet that read ‘Would your 8 year old self be proud of who you are...
Steve
Nov 3, 20173 min
Being professional
I’ve been thinking about writing a piece on professionalism for quite a while, however when I have mentioned it to friends they have just...
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