With not much going down here in the desert, I have luckily kept something up my Rapha sleeve in order to drip feed goodness onto the Dirty Nomad site until I can get some new riding adventures happening later ...
For those of you that thought you were in for some Latino action, my apologies... Slightly less thrilling, but mildly entertaining, here are a few videos from the Spain mission (Tip - If any of the vids won't p...
It’s hard to put my finger on it, but I REALLY loved Spain… It wasn’t one thing and its not really about comparing it to another country per se, but some of the things about Spain that I think contributed to me...
Warning - This is a NO cycling post... Yes, not a shred of cycling in it I am afraid (and mildly disgusted with myself), so I apologise in advance. No riding and no Vuelta...
Really?! Bike in bike box... PRO...
So, here we are today live from Madrid, penultimate day on the Dirty Nomad tour of Spain and the last stage of the 2013 Vuelta!
Yes, today was the dreaded first step in the end of another adventure... There ...
Today saw the end of two things:
Riding in Spain
The Vuelta (effectively)
And, with that order in mind, this is how todays update shall roll... If you do decide to come to this part of Spain and destro...
There were 3 compelling reasons that got me across the line to come to Spain on this trip:
I had nowhere to live
I wanted to see the Vuelta
I wanted to ride the Angliru
As such, today was a BIG day.....
Honestly - I am really trying to condense these Spanish posts, but man, the place is SO rammed with goodness I am struggling, so apologies, its another long one, but if you think my words are full of BS then ju...
Sometimes when you least expect it you can have crazy surprises drop into your lap... Day 4 was supposed to be another casual start, some riding and then watching the stage 17 finish in Burgos. However, when I ...
Officially for the PRO's on the Vuelta today was a rest day... Given I am still as fresh as a Wellington Southerly, there was no rest going down at DN Spanish HQ. For today, Gu-Tee had an 80km ride from the hot...