This weeks A Ride goes to the Pump & Pedal at Sourton.
Leaves Abbrook at 9am. Out via the Valley, Stinky Lane, Cherry Bish, Okehampton.
Back via Whiddon, Bovey.
100k kms at approx. 18mph. Winter bikes and mudguards preferred 🙂
Harrison Wood reports after a day in the break: I was looking forward to this event after a good set of races at Chitterne and Tom Hawkins. The start sheet however had me doubting how I’d do due to the strength of the field. The event was being promoted by Kibosh who did a great…
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Evergreen Jason reports on a very respectable 5th place at the National Masters “It was like racing on Dartmoor, just under 5000ft in 50 miles! Wet sideways rain – disgusting for August! I thought I’d just try and take the race to them, living down in Devon, I thought attack was the best form of…
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I have always ridden the Junior Nationals however since I never thought I’d be able to jump up to the level needed to be competitive at the Senior Nationals for quite a few years, I never made them a major season goal. Instead, I’d focused much of my training efforts on the road for 2017…