Albert Ayton
One of My Favourite Cyclists I got a letter from one of my favourite ever Chain Gang cyclists earlier this week, Albert Ayton. Albert first joined us in 2000 at the age of 79 in the Dordogne. He’s an accomplished…
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The Loire Valley Bike Tour – Good Reasons for a Cycling Holiday – Part 1
Good Reasons to Choose a Cycling Tour in The Loire Valley First off, the Loire Valley. It’s relatively flat, which usually means not such nice scenery, and certainly Provence, the Dordogne, Tuscany and Umbria are all more beautiful. But there…
Which Cycling Holiday Should I Choose?
If You’ve Never Travelled With Us, How Do You Know Which Bike Tour Is Best For You? Our first bike tour was based around the Dordogne, in France and as you might imagine, we tried to choose the best area…
Wines, Vines and Good Times – Wine Tasting in South London
Last night I went along to the inaugural meeting of ‘Wines, Vines and Good Times’. Rubbish name, but a very nice lady called Ruth setting up a wine appreciation club in Balham, London. Last night was just an introduction –…
Lance Armstrong – Tour de France – He's Quite Good At Cycling Too
In last month’s issue of ‘Pro Cycling’ there was a little snippet about Lance Armstrong, particularly about a 6-minute clip on YouTube. We all know about Lance on a bike. Back in the ‘90s we had 5 years of Miguel…
Who Was On Our Second Ever Cycling Holiday?
Last Saturday I had a real treat. A few days before I got a call out of the blue from Ranju, Sandeep’s other half, and we arranged to meet for lunch at Villandry (in London, not the chateau in the…
Tandem Bicycles
Tandem Bicycles I Hear You Ask? You May Have to Buy Your Own Years ago – and I really mean years ago, in 1979 – I cycled around Exeter with my brother Mike on a tandem bicycle, displaying placards for…
Looking Foward to The Tour de France
This is the time of year when I start following the cycling press. It’s the run-up to the classics of Belgium, Holland and Northern France, and it’s the first chance we get to run the rule over the runners and…
My New Bike
Just before Christmas I had my bike stolen. You might remember me waxing lyrical about the wonderful chain wear gauge. Inevitably I had just finished fitting the new cassette, chain and middle chain ring. Of course this means the bike…
The Chain Gang’s Favourite Japanese Cyclist – Yoko
Last weekend I received a real bonus. One of the loveliest ladies we’ve ever had on a Chain Gang holiday was Yoko, from Hiroshima in Japan. She’s ferociously strong on hills – which she denies but which Hanna, Lisa, Gary,…
