It had been two years since I had last raced at Vire in Northern France where I got dropped every stage. I went with the aim of hanging in for as long as possible whereas this year I went with the aim of being a contender. We arrived the day before the first stage and went…
Westpoint 2/3/4 3rd at 50…!! With the conditions being dry and warm for the race, there was a good entry for Westpoint’s season curtain closer. .Like many others, I really enjoy the circuit. With fast flowing corners and a short hill, it feels a bit like a road circuit without the cars… I wasn’t sure…
Welsh 100 mile champs At the end of 2015 I proclaimed I would ride a 100 mile time trial. This was something that I’d previously said repeatedly to Andy Perkins, that I’d never do, and that if he ever heard me talking about it he was to put me straight. Through the winter I had…
S40/10 SW DC Champs After the last few TT’s being cancelled due to poor weather and poor drivers I was hoping today’s would definitely be on With my season aim the GHS final just around the corner I needed to get a TT under my belt as part of the preparation Driving to the HQ it…
Velopark 2/3 Cat 25/08/16 This was the last Velopark race of the summer season, promoted by CS South Hams. I had to attend a corporate dinner in London for work the night before, so was going to skip it, however I managed to get the train back for 5:30. Since I’d needed to get a…
Tour Of Britain 2016 Sidmouth to Haytor This year the Tour of Britain is back in Devon and as always Mid Devon Cycling Club will offer the members the chance to experience riding the stage on Sunday 9th October 2016 starting in Sidmouth on East Devon’s Jurassic Coast, the modified stage will cover 113-kilometres or…
Scones… In the lead up to the 4th Cat Velopark race I’ve been putting in a lot more hours on the bike, along with a little less food consumption than normal. The reason? Clicking that submit button on the Canyon website! With the thought of a new bike delivery dispatch date of 4 weeks, which…
Westpoint 3/4 Crit – 16th August – 2nd place I rode over to Westpoint with Mark Sanders, leaving in what we thought would give us a decent amount of time to get there, however we’d misjudged our timings and arrived with just 20 minutes to spare. After pinning our numbers on and a quick trip…
Yeovil CC ’10’ from Andy Perkins Sarah Lakey, Harrison Wood and me travelled up to the U30/10 course at Podimore near Yeovilton. Conditions looked pretty good stood in the car park warming up – but didn’t translate into fast times on the course as we had hoped. There was virtually no wind on Sunday morning,…
“Cutting it fine in more ways than one” The R25/7 at USK is nice. It’s an honest course, a bit like the S4, and needs to be worked at the whole way round. I’d ridden this event last year and got 2nd, but had a poor ride due to the heat, and very quick dehydration….