Giles P. Croft

Mountain goat ⛰️🐐 • Coaching: @gilespcroft • Awesome wife: @TheWoolCroft

[Giles P. Croft @gpcroft]

Years ago I won a competition & a book by @friebos called Mountain Higher

At the time, due to an old overuse injury, I wasn't even cycling. I stared wistfully at those climbs 😢

Today I returned to the mountains for the 1st time in 15yrs, choosing Mont Tendre to break the spell

[Giles P. Croft @gpcroft]

Blimey! 😨

[tuttoBICI @tuttobiciweb_it]

Fulmine a ciel sereno al #GirodItaliaWomen: Lorena Wiebes squalificata per bicicletta non conforme al regolamento. Vittoria di tappa e maglia rosa per Elisa Balsamo. Un verdetto che cambia tutto nella corsa rosa! 🚴‍♀️
https://t.co/28wuMNcyj3

[Giles P. Croft @gpcroft]

Wow, what an extraordinary finish! I really didn't see the sprinters getting over that climb. Nor everybody staying upright at the end!

[Giro d'Italia @giroditalia]

🇫🇷 Paul Magnier (SOQ) wins in Pieve di Soliga ! 🏆

🥇 🇫🇷 Paul Magnier (SOQ)
🥈 🇮🇹 Edoardo Zambanini (TBV)
🥉 🇮🇹 Jonathan Milan (LTK)
#GirodItalia

[Giles P. Croft @gpcroft]

@faustocoppi60 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[Giles P. Croft @gpcroft]

@Captain7bag Personally, now I've realised the comfort of fatter tyres, you won't catch me on anything thinner than 36mm ☺️

[Giles P. Croft @gpcroft]

@Ddozmoe @BenjiNaesen It was great, but by the end (given the ending) I wish they'd managed to tell it over two seasons instead of three. The cycles got a bit repetitive.

[Giles P. Croft @gpcroft]

😳 He’s got better core strength than I have, that’s for sure.

[BikeBlz @BikeBlz]

Behind the scenes #GirodItalia

[Giles P. Croft @gpcroft]

@HavocTrigger @HeerJeet I've got that string set up with an @alfredapp search term, so that all my results come back clean.

[Giles P. Croft @gpcroft]

Noted 📝

[MarkFitz90 @Fitz90MARK]

My 80yrs neighbour, a keen cyclist has renewed his road bikes every 5 years or so. I asked how he got this ££ spending past his wife.
His secret - His custom bike builder paints all his new bikes exactly the same! 🚴‍♀️🤣

[Giles P. Croft @gpcroft]

@Roadman_Podcast I used to run mine in the kitchen of my little 1 bedroom flat, until the walls sweated. Dreaming of the sort of technology we have today.

Still, it got me fit enough to win! Also portable enough to stick in the boot and warm up before races – can't do that with a smart trainer!

[Giles P. Croft @gpcroft]

@lucasaganronald Let's see if he's on the start list today.

[Giles P. Croft @gpcroft]

@AnnamacB Poor lad. 😢

[Giles P. Croft @gpcroft]

@JamesTalksSport @tadejmooric Niewiadoma looked like she was poised to strike, later up the climb, but dropped like a stone when it happened. I wonder if it was a fuelling issue?

[Cillian Kelly @irishpeloton]

What a great video to announce it. Among all the AI slop and nonsense football-style announcement videos.

How refreshing.

[Giles P. Croft @gpcroft]

@irishpeloton It is gorgeous. The big hug at the end 😍

[Giles P. Croft @gpcroft]

@privatetalky Mini, obviously.

[Giles P. Croft @gpcroft]

@kaczkagolab @boboomf Yes I rather enjoyed the first few tutorials but it just got too daft. Plus, when I tried to port what I'd learned across to a published cryptic, it was completely different.

[Giles P. Croft @gpcroft]

My Chica 😍
She rode 126km over two days with me this weekend, and most importantly, enjoyed every minute.
#cycling #thenextgeneration

[Giles P. Croft @gpcroft]

@Cyclingbottle I'm astounded that Pidcock is back so soon, after that knee injury.

[Giles P. Croft @gpcroft]

@privatetalky I really miss Touch ID. Face ID sucks in comparison.

What's the difference between 3D Touch and Force Touch (if that's what it's called – the thing that lets you 'peek & pop' with haptic feedback) that we now have?