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Thanks for checking us out!If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed.Today I took a break from riding and spent the day exploring the Serre Chevalier region with Leah. We took the bus into Briançon and hiked up to the old city.
This charming part of the town - the highest [...]

As a rest day for the Tour riders we took the opportunity to check out Alpe d’Huez. The bus took the riders to the top of the Col du Lauteret, and the non-riders right to the top in the village of Huez.
The descent down Lauteret was 40 of the fastest downhill kilometres I’ve ever ridden! [...]

We boarded the bus and were on our way at 8am for the nearly 10 hour trek to Serre Chevalier.
By the time we made it to Alpe d’Huez I could barely muster a smile as I was sick and tired of being on the bus!!
But we passed cyclings mecca and continued to our hotel. After a good [...]

After an ontime departure, we “enjoyed” a turbulence filled flight to Paris.
Getting through the airport required a lot of patience but we finally found the Sports Tours bus… Where we waited for nearly an hour as one of our tour members arrived but their bike didn’t.
Mine survived the flight and is ready for a ride!
Once we [...]

From The Guardian
Delivered from the deep
Adventurer and former Royal Marines commando Dom Mee was single-handedly crossing the Atlantic in a 14ft boat when he was hit by the fallout from Hurricane Rita. In this remarkable dispatch, he tells of his 31-hour battle with monstrous waves and bitter cold - and how he nearly gave in [...]

Another uphill and challenging finish to a somewhat scenically dull stage. Grey skies and grey houses really don’t excite me. But the thought of the breakaway succeeding certainly held my attention. It wasn’t until the final two kilometres that the last member of the breakaway - Sylvain Chavanel - was absorbed by the hard charging peloton.
I [...]

Woo Hoo!!!! Le Tour is underway for the 95th time - with one major change; this year Leah and I will be there to see the final seven stages.
Today’s first stage also featured a major change in that it was a full stage instead of the traditional Prologue time trial. This means that the first [...]

Today I was at Gears having my final pre-France bike tune-up when a father and son walked in with the sons bike. The back tire was flat and looked like it took a serious hit. The father wheeled the bike to the service counter and asked the tech, “Why is the tire flat? Isn’t the [...]

Rogers gets you coming, and going. Literally.
An Early Cancellation Fee (EECF) applies if, for any reason, your service is terminated prior to the end of the service agreement. The ECF is the greater of (ii) $1100 or (iii) $220 per month remaining in the service agreement, to a maximum of 400 (plus applicable taxes), and [...]