The Tour of Flanders (Sportive) from the gutter
A beginner’s tale of riding Flanders for the first time. I knew riding the 133km Ronde van Vlanderen over Easter 2013 was going to be a big challenge from the first moment the idea took hold. The decision was made months before and our places were booked from January. By my standards I rode a […]
My girodilento family festive 250 ride two #girodilento250 with Stoemper Bikes
Yesterday (Boxing Day), I rode for the second time during the #girodilento250 – this time with a special guest, David from Stoemper Bikes. I choose a scenic variation on one of my regular training rides, taking us a bit further south than normal. The extra loop also put in 3 punchy extra climbs of which, […]
Stoemper Taylör build and first look
If you’ve been following the progress of my Stoemper Taylör (http://girodilento.com/stoemper-taylor-update-its-on-its-way) you’ll know that it had arrived and just needed to be built up. Friday was the day that I drove the frame, fork and complete build kit over to Rohan Dubash at DoctorD (http://doctord.co.uk/) to watch Rohan work his magic and turn my pile […]
The Eagle has landed
It’s here! … It’s in the UK now – my eagerly anticipated Stoemper Taylör and I’m literally bursting with excitement – hopefully it’s going to arrive at my front door imminently, or at least in the next couple of days. Now I really need to get my builder sorted out. It’s always good to share good […]
Stoemper Taylör update – it’s on it’s way!
Last evening I got some exciting news from Stoemper – my Taylör is shipping out to me today, so it should be here soon. They’ve been kind enough to send me some photos of it during production and you can see them here. The experience of having a custom made frame built and painted specifically […]
A visit from Stoemper bikes…
Last weekend, David from Stoemper bikes dropped by for coffee and cake on a whistle stop visit to the UK (to go riding of course, but on a Bronto http://www.brontobikes.com/) and he kindly brought his Taylör for me to check out in person whilst I wait for Todd to make my own. David’s Taylör saw […]
Stoemper’s new road bikes – Darrell and Taylör
You may have seen my recent post on Stoemper Bikes brilliant Stoepid week, where they got a bunch of guys including Bicycling Magazine’s Bill Strickland (@TrueBS) and attempted to ride 5 of the toughest and most famous spring classics in a week (see more here: http://girodilento.com/the-brilliance-of-stoepid-week ). Part of the point of Stoepid week was all of […]
The brilliance of Stoepid Week…
I’ve been a fan of Stoemper bikes for a while – how can you not love a brand that named the bike models the Eddy and the Ronny (the Eddy is my favourite: http://stoemper.com/the-bikes/eddy/ – it’s a fantastic looking bike). How can you not love the motto: Stoemper are about to launch some new road bikes Stoepid […]