Cycling World Magazine March 2018 | Page 16

16 | Cycling World One Stop Cycling Holidays in the Spectacular Vercors region, France Challenging and leisurely rides on blissfully tranquil roads. Comfortable accommodation in a relaxing setting with facilities and experience to meet all your cycling needs. Why suffer? I don’t mean the suffering that we eulogise - the feeling of muscles straining, lungs heaving and heart pounding. That type of suffering comes with the payback of going fast or reaching the finish, and the pain stops when you do. I mean the soreness in your palms that makes it impossible to rest on the bars, the aching in your neck that means you can’t hold your head up to see where you’re going, the spasm in your back that you just cannot ease or the rawness in your crotch that means you have to stand up on the pedals. Why suffer the pain that means you’re no longer enjoying your ride? The pain that comes with going slower. 10% discount applies when quoting : Vercors01 Tel: +44 (0)7704 241 490 e-mail: [email protected] www.velovercors.com Multisport Coaching Consultants The Friars, Aylesford There’s another type of unwelcome suffering too: that of getting left behind when the road goes uphill or downhill, or even round a few corners. And I don’t mean left behind by guys and girls who do twice as much riding as you - I mean being left behind by guys and girls who do less! is a 13 th Century working priory and guesthouse situated next to the river Medway within over 40 acres of grounds. It is a truly beautiful and peaceful place. We have 80 bedrooms, both double and single, most with shared bathrooms. Bed and breakfast or full board is on offer. Homemade meals are served in our licensed Pilgrims’ Hall. There is ample free parking and we can provide secure lock up facilities for bikes. W e are within easy distance of many stunning cycle routes across the beautiful county of Kent – the garden of England. Cambridge based coach Tim Williams specialises in helping people to get more from their cycling. Working one to one and in small groups, he covers all areas from bike fitting, setup and position to pedaling technique, climbing and descending, cornering, sprinting, time trialing and group riding. Equally at home coaching swimming and running he also consults on training, conditioning, performance and nutrition for cyclists and triathletes of all ages and abilities from novices to professionals and world champions. www.PerfectCondition.ltd.uk • e-mail:[email protected] Tel: +44 7747 065684 The Friars, Aylesford Kent ME20 7BX Tel: 01622 717272 • www.thefriars.org.uk