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Parisot. La veuve de l’ancien maire fait un don de €100,000 à la commune
Le budget de la commune de Parisot vient d e recevoir un sacré coup de pouce de la part de la famille Willaume qui a fait un don d’un montant de €100,000. Le premier magistrat de la commune de Parisot (559 habitants) ne cache pas sa satisfaction. Bien légitime au demeurant ! Pour Frédéric Kérestedjian [...]
A quick bicycle ride to after a five week break
I have been busy and the weather has been bad since I last cycled – on 15 October. I was going to do a repeat of my 12,77 km but at 7km my body said, “No!”. So I turned around at Les Boutiques and my total distance was 8.65km. I think that I should just [...]
Why fast pedaling makes cyclists more efficient
Hunter Allen BS, Elite Coach Recently we reported that cyclists are usually more efficient on both hills and flat terrain when they pedal quickly (at about 80-85 rpm) rather than at slower cadences. Now, a new study suggests that the greater efficiency may be related to the rapid rate at which glycogen is depleted in [...]
Pedal Faster for Better Cycling Efficiency and to Burn More Fat
By Melanie PINOLA If you’re a cyclist training for competition or just want to burn more fat during exercise when biking, it’s good to know whether you should pedal quickly or at slower cadences. Active.com explains why pedaling at fast rates is more efficient. The article recommends cyclists use fast pedaling rates of 80-85 rpm [...]
Lyttelton Restaurant of the Stafford Hotel in London – Jay Rayner’s London restaurant review with a difference
The Stafford Hotel, 16-18 St James’s Place, London SW1 +44 20 7493 0111 Meal for two, including wine and service, £150 People don’t go to the Lyttelton Restaurant of the Stafford Hotel in London’s St James’s for dinner. They go there to be interred. It is a deathly place of over-stuffed cushions and over-varnished woodwork [...]
Canal de Garonne cycle tour pictures: September 2011
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Cycling the Canal de Garonne from Bordeaux to Toulouse
Hill cycling certainly has its ups and down but so too does canal cycling. The one of the few ‘downs’ of canal cycling is that you have to pedal continuously to keep up – no downhills for one to make a ones average speed whilst having a breather. Both hill cycling and canal cycling are [...]
