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A blog about cycling and stuff.

When is a hill a climb?

Published on November 2, 2016November 2, 2016 by The Small Hall12 Comments

When can a ride up a hill be called a climb, and when is calling a hill a climb just showing off a little? Continue reading “When is a hill a climb?” →

Categories Uncategorized•Tags Cycling, Cycling Etiquette, Hill Climbing, hills

If you’re wondering…

Published on October 26, 2016 by The Small Hall6 Comments

The Small Hall is not named, as someone recently suggested, because my surname is Hall and I’m vertically challenged. My last name is Millar and I’m of average height. Continue reading “If you’re wondering…” →

Categories Uncategorized•Tags Bike storage, Blog, Cycling

Coffee with a Dame

Published on October 19, 2016October 19, 2016 by The Small Hall4 Comments

I believe  a perfect cycle ride is not complete without a good coffee. Continue reading “Coffee with a Dame” →

Categories Uncategorized•Tags Cafe 1809, coffee, Cycling, Dame Kelly Holmes, Hildenborough, womenscycling

A reading challenge for cyclists

Published on October 12, 2016April 22, 2017 by The Small Hall13 Comments

The long days of summer are over, it is now, as we settle in to autumn, that I like to start reading again.  Continue reading “A reading challenge for cyclists” →

Categories Uncategorized•Tags Books, Cycling, Cycling Books, Reading Challenge

Sprinting for town signs

Published on October 6, 2016 by The Small Hall6 Comments

The Mechanic has been playing this game for over 20 years, he started it in his youth whilst cycling with a South London Cycling Club. Continue reading “Sprinting for town signs” →

Categories Uncategorized•Tags Cycling, Cycling games, Town sign sprinting

Which way are you going?

Published on September 29, 2016 by The Small Hall6 Comments

I’ve recently noticed a growing trend for rather casual hand-signalling by cyclists. Continue reading “Which way are you going?” →

Categories Uncategorized•Tags Cycling, Cycling Hand-signals, Cycling Technique, Father Ted

If we go any slower I’m going to fall off

Published on September 22, 2016September 22, 2016 by The Small Hall5 Comments

Last weekend the Mechanic and I were driving from London to Monmouth.  Continue reading “If we go any slower I’m going to fall off” →

Categories Uncategorized•Tags Cycling, Cycling Technique, Womens Cycling, Wye Valley

Pedalling in Sauerkraut

Published on September 15, 2016 by The Small HallLeave a comment

‘Pedaler dans la Choucroute’, I discovered this french phrase in a charming illustrated book, recently released  – Speaking in Tongues: Curious Expressions from around the World, by Ella Frances Sanders.
Continue reading “Pedalling in Sauerkraut” →

Categories Uncategorized•Tags Broom Wagon, Cycling, Idioms, The Tour de France

Road-side bike repairs

Published on September 8, 2016September 8, 2016 by The Small Hall2 Comments

For those of you who have read previous posts from The Small Hall, you may have noticed that I refer to my husband as the Mechanic. He’s not actually a real mechanic, he’s a design consultant by day.  Continue reading “Road-side bike repairs” →

Categories Uncategorized•Tags Bike maintenance, Cycling, Womens Cycling

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