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Living the dream. When your job means you get to ride with the legend that is Sir Chris Hoy - one of the most genuine, g...
14/11/2024

Living the dream.
When your job means you get to ride with the legend that is Sir Chris Hoy - one of the most genuine, generous and humble people you could ever meet.
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Day 4 of the Paddy McGuinness Ultra Endurance Cycle Challenge for BBC Children in Need









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Day 4 and we’ve reached Beattock. This morning we rode from Gretna Green and met up with Grace who is riding on the Chal...
14/11/2024

Day 4 and we’ve reached Beattock. This morning we rode from Gretna Green and met up with Grace who is riding on the Challengers for the BBC One Show - watch that tonight on BBC1.

The Scottish contingent from have had the privilege of supporting today’s stage.

Paddy McGuinness Ultra Endurance Cycle Challenge for BBC Children in Need





A moment of R&R on Day 3 of Paddy’s Ultra Endurance Cycle Challenge. It’s 6pm and we’ve just crossed the border into Sco...
13/11/2024

A moment of R&R on Day 3 of Paddy’s Ultra Endurance Cycle Challenge. It’s 6pm and we’ve just crossed the border into Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. Time for a cake and a coffee. 🧁 & β˜•οΈ Endura Cycle Clothing

The end of Day 2 on Paddy’s ride as we head into Kendal and the Lake District.  πŸš΄πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈ πŸŒ… - 130 miles done - 170 to go. Pa...
13/11/2024

The end of Day 2 on Paddy’s ride as we head into Kendal and the Lake District. πŸš΄πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈ πŸŒ… - 130 miles done - 170 to go.

Paddy McGuinness Ultra Endurance Cycle Challenge for BBC Children in Need




Out for a bike ride today and bumped into Giant from Gladiators 😁      BBC Children In Need Paddy’s Ultra Endurance Cycl...
13/11/2024

Out for a bike ride today and bumped into Giant from Gladiators 😁 BBC Children In Need Paddy’s Ultra Endurance Cycle Challenge.

Any guesses as to what I’m going to be doing this week?
10/11/2024

Any guesses as to what I’m going to be doing this week?

This week has been a departure from the usual cycle guiding. I’ve been chaperone rider with Amanda Holden for Behind the...
09/10/2024

This week has been a departure from the usual cycle guiding. I’ve been chaperone rider with Amanda Holden for Behind the Scenes on Global Radio’s Make Some Noise Charity event for Heart FM

I’m going home. 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸš΄πŸ»β›°οΈπŸš΄πŸ»πŸ”οΈπŸš΄πŸ»β›°οΈπŸš΄πŸ»πŸ”οΈπŸš΄πŸ»β›°οΈπŸš΄πŸ»πŸ”οΈπŸš΄πŸ»Here are some of my favourite shots I’ve taken in Italy, Switzerland a...
01/10/2024

I’m going home. 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Here are some of my favourite shots I’ve taken in Italy, Switzerland and France over the last 5 weeks.

No matter where I travel in the world, Scotland is always where my heart is.


28/08/2024
The Skinny Tyres van parked up at ST towers last night.πŸš΄πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈπŸš΄πŸ»πŸš΄β€β™€οΈ
13/08/2024

The Skinny Tyres van parked up at ST towers last night.
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⚑️Charlie Aldridge - 8th place Men’s MTB XC ⚑️πŸ”₯ Tom Pidcock took Gold with a stunning last-lap-pass on the inside line r...
30/07/2024

⚑️Charlie Aldridge - 8th place Men’s MTB XC ⚑️
πŸ”₯ Tom Pidcock took Gold with a stunning last-lap-pass on the inside line retaining his Olympic title. πŸ”₯

But, GB team-mate and first-time Olympian put in a stunning performance for a top-ten finish.

If I may share a moment of pride…

Charlie first started mountain bike racing in 2010, aged 8, with the club.
I helped set up the club in 2009 and was coaching at the club at that time Both my kids rode alongside Charlie as we all trained on Kinnoull Hill above Perth.
In 2019 he became the first British man to win a mountain bike cross-country world title at any level.
The photo is of Charlie with his 2019 Junior World Championships gold medal and Rainbow Jersey and the girl racing on the banner is my daughter Maisie

https://www.skinnytyres.com/2024/07/28/american-flyer/I'm just back from a week of guiding cyclists around the Dolomites...
28/07/2024

https://www.skinnytyres.com/2024/07/28/american-flyer/
I'm just back from a week of guiding cyclists around the Dolomites and passes above Bormio with Marmot Tours.
In the Refugio di Bonetta on the Passo di Gavia I came across this signed picture of Andy Hampsten racing on the Gavia in
The Giro d'Italia 1988
Read the full story of this epic battle in the link in my bio.

Stage 14 – The Passo di Gavia

5th June 1988 Chiesa in Valmaenco to Bormio (120km)

The Gavia is a beautiful climb, surrounded by towering peaks, reflected in the crystal waters of Lago Bianco at the summit. It was not so on the 13th June 1988.

The Passo di Gavia was first used in the Giro d’Italia in 1960 and it had been causing occasional mischief in race ever since, but it was in 1988 that it would raised to the status as an iconic arena of professional cycling. It was one of those moments where the television images and photographs captured the brutality of professional road racing and the disregard nature has for humanity.

Many of the riders of that day’s stage will tell you that it was one of the hardest stages in the history of pro cycling. The Passo di Gavia is a hard climb, but in the valley it was clear that the weather was going to make this day even harder. There was some confusion as to whether the stage would be cancelled. There was a meeting of team Directors and with freezing rain falling in the valley it was clear that the summits would have snow.

Worse was the fact that the upper sections of the Passo di Gavia at that time were also unpaved, which would make conditions that much worse. Andy, however, was used to tough conditions; he spent his off-season training on unpaved roads in the mountains around Boulder, Colorado and he knew that other riders were underestimating the severity of the challenge that faced them.

7-Eleven team Manager, Jim Ochowicz was also thinking ahead. He was not just going to rely on his rider’s resilience and experience riding in extreme conditions. Hampsten was within the grasp of the Maglia Rosa, 1 minute 18 seconds behind race leader Franco Chioccioli; Ochowicz was not going to let the chance for a podium spot, or perhaps even an overall victory for his rider slip away.
Read more by following the link...

Andy Hampsten and the Passo di Gavia The Passo di Gavia American Flyers In 1985, 23 year-old American cyclist Andy Hampsten won stage 20 of the Giro

60 miles in 2 hours and 6 minutes; I had never ridden my bike so fast for so long and I probably never will again. It wa...
16/07/2024

60 miles in 2 hours and 6 minutes; I had never ridden my bike so fast for so long and I probably never will again. It was also in pre-Strava times, so I can’t actually prove the veracity of this story.

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60 miles in 2 hours and 6 minutes; I had never ridden my bike so fast for so long and I probably never will again. It was also in pre-Strava times, so I

When coffee β˜•οΈ and alpacas πŸ¦™ come together. Alpaccacinos are the result. Great, coffee, cake, soup and a very friendly w...
14/07/2024

When coffee β˜•οΈ and alpacas πŸ¦™ come together. Alpaccacinos are the result.
Great, coffee, cake, soup and a very friendly welcome at Callanish Alpacas.
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Miles and SmilesEven when the weather is not on your side it’s hard not to smile when you’re out on your bike. πŸš΄πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈ πŸš΄πŸΌβ€...
12/07/2024

Miles and Smiles
Even when the weather is not on your side it’s hard not to smile when you’re out on your bike.

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11pm in Oban πŸš΄β€β™€οΈ πŸš΄πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈAnd we’re back. What a beautiful evening in Oban on the eve of another Hebridean Way trip.πŸš΄πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈ  ...
09/07/2024

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And we’re back.
What a beautiful evening in Oban on the eve of another Hebridean Way trip.

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