James and Stephs Paris to Barcelona Bike Ride





This blog is the Journal of James and Stephanie's Bike Ride taking place between the 17th and 30th July 2010, an unsupported ride taking in 800 miles of road between Paris and Barcelona, with the addition of the stage 14 tour de france ascents of port de pailheres and/or Ax 3 Domaine... both category 1 climbs!

We are supporting the Starlight Foundation a very worthy charity that grants wishes for terminally ill children

We Raised £10,000 for the starlight foundation
I have been asked a few times if I still have any of the routes / planning docs etc. by people looking to do a similar route - yes I do and happy to share, get in touch at james.cole@indigo-leaf.com


Saturday, 10 April 2010

Fantastic Ride!!

42 Miles today! in glorious weather.. surrey and sussex hills, we must have passed a few billion pounds worth of property!! Lurgashall was a particular highlight.. recommend it!! check the elevation out... tough third quarter!!

Tuesday, 6 April 2010

lots of training done... loads more to do!

Steph and I have kept up on the weekly schedule, maintaining two  rides a week, averaging about 50 miles in total per week... we've braced some nasty weather, and a couple of punctures, one of which had me banging on the door of halfords early sunday, pleading for an inner tube and pump - I managed to break both!!, now with the evening light on our side we are upping the miles and hours some what!

Monday, 15 March 2010

First Hill!!

Steph and I did 28 miles on Saturday and a fast 10 on sunday.... the saturday ride encompassed our first ascent - 70 meter climb over half a mile, peaking at 17%... we managed it without a great deal of flare to be honest!... still the first was never going to be pretty!

Wednesday, 10 March 2010

The training progress

Two weekend rides

week 1 = 24 miles
week 2 = 34 miles

Looking forward to temperature rising and the longer evenings!

(and would rather the cycling gear did not make me look quite so much like homer simpson!)

Monday, 8 February 2010