Mas de Panis

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 [...]

This afternoon I took the Peugeot 807 to Mas de Barrasquet in Saint Jean de Laur as Geoff and Sandy Cook arrive there tomorrow and will need it to cart their troops around. I needed a reason to get on the bicycle and I have previously, on one occasion only, done the bicycle ride from [...]

I achieved two best times on this ride: 56 minutes 55 seconds for the 16.95 km, and 3.6 km uphill at an average of 9.9 kph

Yesterday’s ride took me 58 minutes and 12 seconds and today took me 58 minutes and 00 seconds. The 3.6 km Caylus hill took me 22 minutes and 12 seconds yesterday and 22 minutes and 15 seconds today:

I last did this ride – or any serious hill ride for that matter – on Wednesday 27 April 2011. I didn’t watch the clock today but this was my best time ever for this route – by 28 seconds: Click here for my stats for this route:

This is a delightful ride and fairly short too.  Saint-Cyprien has a colourful Sunday morning market which is certainly worth visiting.  I normally park at Blagnac near the aeroport and cycle from there but today I drove into Toulouse and parked in the underground parking at Saint-Cyprien. This is a route which is published in [...]

It you want to cycle from Toulouse Blagnac Aeroport into Toulouse, here is your route: If you want to cycle back to the aeroport from the city then follow this: If you would like the Garmin Edge 800 files then please contact me via the Contact section of this blog. I would like to acknowledge [...]

This is a route which is published in VTOPO‘s guide called Toulouse à Vélo. It is published as a 19 km route by I did it in 21 km.  It takes one north-west of the City and one turns south cycling through a greened area called ‘Zone Verte des Argoulets’ and, further on, through ‘Parc [...]