The Italian Grand Tour boasts 68.2 kilometers of individual time trials and culminates in a final-week mountain showdown. However, compared to recent years, there is a decrease in the amount of climbing and the stages are shorter. The official unveiling of the 2024 Giro d’Italia route in Trento has revealed a 3,321km journey starting in … Continue reading “Giro Route Preview – A parcours made for Pogacar (and us with 68km of TTs!)”

As I write this, 2023 is coming to an end. I’ve received my Spotify Wrapped, Strava year in sport and other such annual data reports from various apps and thought it was time to check out some annual myWindsock stats. These are some of our favourite charts to look at in the context of the … Continue reading “myWindsock’s best annual charts”

Step 1: Figure out your current fitness, strengths and weaknesses  In order to do this, there’s two approaches you can take. Firstly you can just do a critical power or 4DP test, some means of testing your anaerobic system and your aerobic system or you can go to a lab and check your VO2 max, … Continue reading “How to set a time trial PB in 2024”

myWindsock has gone on tour. This week, we are in Belgium (in fact, I’m here over the entirety of Christmas thanks to the wonderful sport of cyclocross) and as we all know – Belgians love a bit of windy cycling. I thought this would be a good chance to use myWindsock to try and take … Continue reading “Belgian KOM Hunting”

Anyone who’s gone down to a coastal town in the hopes of a fast Parkrun time only to be blown to bits by the wind will be familiar with the fact that cycling is not the only sport impacted by the wind. It’s that time of year too, where cyclists collectively put their running shoes … Continue reading “myWindsock and running”

It’s fair to say that racing feels somehow in the distant past and a long way away into the future but as we all know, champions are made in the winter. Mywindsock has long been a tool used by champions and many have utilised our platform to achieve their success. Plans are often made long … Continue reading “Offseason training tips”

Cyclists often daydream about conquering impressive mountains, inspired by professionals navigating legendary ascents in major races. Our goal, among many, is to help you explore the world’s iconic cycling segments, find the best day and give you the information you need to snipe the KOM . Based on thorough research (some Googling and asking around), … Continue reading “Britain’s “Classic” Strava segments”

It’s cyclocross season. That time of year when we see cross riders grace our screens and the inevitable conversation of why they’re running deep(ish) section wheels, aero helmets and aero socks comes up. The question of “does aerodynamics matter in cyclocross” comes up a lot but the answer is more complicated than you might think. … Continue reading “Does aero matter in CX?”

You can tell it’s November, every marketing email in my inbox is telling me to buy this season’s latest raincoat which is finally going to be the one that actually works but then, after 3 hours of a storm following you around you’re wet, the contents of your pockets are wet and your feet are … Continue reading “Using myWindsock to plan a ride”

This past weekend saw Britain’s finest hill climbers congregate in the town of Ambleside to launch themselves up a rather famous climb called “The Struggle”. We wrote a segment analysis here as well as a piece with pacing advice here (which I completely ignored and went out way too hard but that’s a story for … Continue reading “How the 2023 Men’s National Hill Climb championships was won”