Phil Sturgeon

Since the madness in Slovakia I’ve gone a bit quiet on the place-based blogging. I’ve moaned about how bad the Garmin Vector 3 pedals are…

Tubeless in cyclocross and mountain biking these days is pretty much the default, but going tubeless for road is a long frustrating drive on…

When you spend $900 on some fancy power pedals, you kinda hope the hardware won’t literally fall apart while the software bugs out every few…

The last stop in my Czech crossing was Brno, and I struggled leaving, it was so nice, and hot, and I ended up having lunch and a beer with a…

I’ve not felt this at home in any country. Czech Republic, to me, feels just like being in the west country (South West, UK). Hello is “ahoy…

When I started out in Spain there was just one shop in town which had a rack: a big heavy steel bastard, and just the one panier which was…

Two months ago I set off from Spain heading north, with no real goals other than “hit as many countries as you can and do a good job at your…

I have a reputation for haphazard bike work, and getting into stupid situations. I crash, I forget to torque my bars up so a crash mid cross…

After my brief stop in Milan, I had fresh bearings, fresh legs, and some beefy new tubeless tyres, all in perfect timing for a venture into…

Milan was a great rest stop after a bonkers trip through the French Alps, and I had three days off the bike as once again there were things…

After taking a week long break in Nice to relax on a beach, get my back wheel re-spoked, and get a bit of work done, I popped over to Monaco…

Things went to absolute shit between Montpelier and Nice, and got a bit silly getting over the Alps to Italy. Constant headwinds and cold…