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A Cycling Journey

A Cycling Journey (ACJ) is a project born out of love for cycling and the outdoors.

It is the story of an average but determined cyclist on a journey of discovery and exploration:
What can cycling teach us about our limits?
Does it ever get easier or do you just get faster?
How fast can you really get and how far can you really go?
How can cycling help us keeping our mental health and can you balance serious training with a 9-5 job?
What is this "Gravel" thing everyone talks about?
Is it or is it not all about the bike? And how many bikes do you need?
How difficult is it to maintain your own bikes?
Can you start Mountain Biking in your late 40s?
And how many other questions about cycling can we answer?


Website, Blog and Forum coming soon!

Follow me on Strava: strava.com/athletes/acyclingjourney
or Instagram: instagram.com/acyclingjourney


Contact me at [ acyclingjourney AT gmail DOT com ]

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planned a road ride

June 26, 2025

Time

6h10m

Distance

116km

Speed

18.8km/h

Ascent

1,740m

Descent

1,720m
Map data ยฉ OpenStreetMap contributors

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planned a road ride

June 26, 2025

Time

7h10m

Distance

147km

Speed

20.6km/h

Ascent

1,730m

Descent

1,930m
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planned a road ride

June 26, 2025

Time

4h50m

Distance

104km

Speed

21.6km/h

Ascent

800m

Descent

1,310m
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planned a road ride

June 26, 2025

Time

4h27m

Distance

74.6km

Speed

16.8km/h

Ascent

1,830m

Descent

1,790m
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planned a road ride

June 26, 2025

Time

6h28m

Distance

134km

Speed

20.8km/h

Ascent

1,480m

Descent

840m
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and like this.

and planned a gravel ride

July 13, 2023

Time

10h24m

Distance

121km

Speed

11.7km/h

Ascent

1,210m

Descent

1,190m
Map data ยฉ OpenStreetMap contributors

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went cycling

December 22, 2022

The 200k Audax Ride That Wasn't To Be - A Car Crash To End My Cycling Year?

Time

2h45m

Distance

59.8km

Speed

21.7km/h

Ascent

480m

Descent

430m

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December 23, 2022

As I set out for this 200 km ride, my first DIY Audax ever, many thoughts went through my head but I really wasn't remotely expecting it to end the way it did... ๐Ÿ™„

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But let's get back to the beginning, shall we?

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Earlier in the month I had made the sensible decision to give a planned Audax event a miss

went cycling

December 3, 2022

The South of Bucks Winter Warmer - 200 km Audax (RRtY 22/23 - Leg #1)

Time

9h24m

Distance

208km

Speed

22.1km/h

Ascent

1,610m

Descent

1,570m

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December 4, 2022

What a day!

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High highs and low lows on a day spent riding bikes from dawn to dusk.

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But let's get back to the beginning...

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After spending the previous afternoon getting my bike ready and after way too little sleep, around 5.20am I woke up fighting my alarm and the desire to just stay in bed ๐Ÿ˜ด

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What if I gave

went cycling

November 27, 2022

Reading Train Station to Home

Time

0h19m

Distance

6.74km

Speed

21.4km/h

Ascent

40m

Descent

30m

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November 27, 2022

Time to get back to the fam...

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The Queen Elizabeth line between Reading and Paddington today was a relative success: I found it quite convenient for off-peak bike transportation, despite the many lifts you have to take on either side to get your bicycle to/from the platforms.

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Shame the services to/from

went cycling

November 27, 2022

Pottering Around London with Ed - Richmond Park, Sigma Sports & The Crรชpes Place (tm)

Time

5h42m

Distance

43.0km

Speed

7.5km/h

Ascent

210m

Descent

190m

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November 27, 2022

What a lovely day!

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In typical London fashion, the skies stayed gray all day and we never caught a glimpse of the sun โ˜๏ธ๐ŸŒงโ˜๏ธ, but we did not get soaked and had a nice social ride despite the traffic forcing us back to single file at times ๐Ÿšด๐Ÿšดโ€โ™‚๏ธ

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I got into London Paddington on the Queen Elizabeth line

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