How to Ride from London to Paris: Part 1 – Getting Started

This is the first in a series of posts written by veteran Bloodwise London to Paris riders, for new riders looking to get started in training and planning for an L2P ride. Got something else you’d like some advice on? Give us a shout out in the comments below. “It never gets easier. You just […]

Full Gas: Lee Valley Winter Circuit Series

Karen Tostee (and others), racing for Hub Velo CC at the Full Gas Winter Criterium series, Lee Valley Velopark, January 27th 2018.

Buen Camino: Cycling the Camino De Santiago

The old man considered me carefully, sizing me up, his face a map of time. He looked me up and down, taking in my pale skin, my dust-spattered face, my shabby cycling gear, noisy cycling shoes and looked briefly over my shoulder at my fellow riders who were trying to form an orderly queue behind me. […]

Minimum Maximum

Minimum-maximum Beats per minute Minimum-maximum Beats per minute __________ Photography by Damien DeBarra © 2017. Image of Calvin Cheung, riding for Hub Velo. Taken at the London Velodrome, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Lee Valley. Lyrics from Elektro Kardiogramm by Kraftwerk

Up On The Hill

Now look up, look up higher and see It’s not as hard as you figured it would be Now two tons, two tons lighter Agreed, now, if it’s all right with you, then it’s all right with me And up on the hill is where you find us And up on the hill that […]

Cover Me

You know we’re sinking
We could fade away
I’m not going down
Not today

The air is so cold here
Too cold to see
We have to take cover
Cover me

Way up here with the Northern lights
Beyond these broken bars
I pictured us in another life
Where we’re all super stars

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Lyrics from Cover Me by Depeche Mode

So Much Love

There’s a fire
In my veins
The desire
Causes pain
I will say it
Again

There is so much love in me

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Photography (c) Damien DeBarra.

Lyrics taken from So Much Love by Depeche Mode

London to Paris: Year 3

Hello again. So, yes, we’re cycling from London to Paris. Again. This will be my third year taking part in the Bloodwise London to Paris bike ride. It starts September 14th from Eltham Palace in London, arriving at Dover that evening. One ferry trip later, the group arrives at Calais in France. Day two sees […]

#MEDITATEFOR30: DAY 3 – Follow Your Breath OR How to Use Kraftwerk On Your Bike Ride

Day 3: 15 mins of meditation using the Calm app.* Stop me if you’ve heard these before: ‘Follow your breath.’ ‘Say to yourself “I am breathing in. I am breathing out”.’ ‘Focus your awareness on your breath.’ ‘Your breath is your anchor; a safe harbour you can return to during the day.’ Personally, some of […]

#MeditateFor30: Day 2 – Getting your OMMMM On

So, can meditation make you a better cyclist? Can it improve your performance? Can it make you enjoy cycling more? To try to get some answers, I’ve determined to try to meditate every day, for 30 days and see if this has any effect on how I ride my bike. But where to start? Let’s […]

FURIOUS RIDING

Cycling, Photography and the search for The Good Life

Author: Damien DeBarra