👹 Stage 111: The best apps for cyclists
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👹 Stage 111: The best apps for cyclists
how to hydrate, and 6 reasons to try gravel
Welcome to the latest N+1 Newsletter.
It’s a busy weekend here in Girona with the Easter celebrations which seem to take over the city every year. It’s also the morning after Paris-Rubaix weekend, one of my favourite one-day races in the World.
We did an epic six-hour ride up to Montseny from Girona yesterday. If you’re ever in town I would highly recommend you try it. We left early to get back for Paris-Roubaix, and parked ourselves in front of the TV from the second we got home. A day of bikes. What’s not to like?
I’ll be heading to Ireland this week for my next block of racing. While it’s a road race, it takes in a network of farm tracks and gravel sectors so I’m very slightly scared!
Happy Pedalling,
Joe
Feel free to email me at joe@nplus1.cc if you have any questions, or feel I’ve missed something worth putting in the Newsletter.
N+Read 🗞
The BEST women’s Paris-Roubaix EVER
Alison Jackson wasn’t supposed to win Paris-Roubaix at the weekend. The early break is never supposed to win Paris-Roubaix. But, she did exactly that.
⏱ 5-minute read
Preparing for Hell
The cobbled classics may be the hardest races to prepare for from an equipment perspective. There are so many things to consider. From wheel and tyre choice, to where you place helpers and mechanics on the road. It’s a logistical nightmare.
Just how do you prepare? EF Education - Easy Post reveal all…
⏱ 4-minute read
Cycling’s best apps
What apps do you use when riding? It’s fair to presume that most of us use Strava, but that’s just the start of the list. In this article, you are given a guide to cycling’s best free and paid apps.
Which will you be downloading?
Shameless plug alert! If you're looking for even more options, you might want to consider downloading these two apps: N+1 & Find My Ride.
⏱ 2-minute read
Travel gravel in the Basque Country
Travel Gravel is the best kind of gravel. Exploring new areas and going in search of an adventure are all part of the fun. Not knowing the destination, but enjoying the journey.
⏱ 4-minute read
Why YOU should try gravel
Gravel is the fastest-growing discipline in cycling, but there are still some doubters. I’ll admit, until recently I was also one of those doubters. That all changed when I experienced it for myself.
If you won’t take my word for it, check out these six reasons to try gravel.
⏱ 3-minute read
How to hydrate
Hydration is one of those things that we rarely think about, but it could be letting our performance down. With the warmer months just around the corner, it’s certainly an aspect of fitness you should be aware of.
This is the science of hydration, and some performance tips too.
⏱ 3-minute read
N+Tweet 🎲
https://twitter.com/parisroubaix/status/1645048035611639813?s=20
I think his wheel might be broken…
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N+Listen 🎧
Inside Paris-Roubaix
The team at the Escape Collective spent the day on the ground at the Hell of the North. From the Arenberg Forest to the Roubaix Velodrome, they take us behind the scenes of what it’s like to be a fan at cycling’s biggest one-day race.
⏱ 59-minute listen
N+Watch 👀
We owe a lot to pro bike mechanics. They fix things that we break, they keep us on the road, and they put up with us claiming that we’ve “already tried to fix it”. In this video, Francis Cade takes a look at the 10 Most Hated Products in the mechanic world. Do you own anything on the list?