| A really tough start to the National XC series on a technical course which was super muddy, straight from the off the whole 1st lap was strewn with crashes and near misses so I struggled to find a rhythm, once the race settled I had 3 good laps and was sitting quite comfortable swapping positions with another rider, then one silly mistake and a crash I decided to dial it back and see the race out, happy with 20th even with a poor performance. |
28 Mid Devon riders completed the 2022 South West cyclocross season has come to a close seeing Mid Devon Cycling Club taking many reginal podiums over the 7 rounds across the South West, with some outstanding performances under 12’ James Allen and Lauren Fox both won every round in the league, Edward Selwood 2nd over…
A new non-too serious training ride to dust off the cross bikes and skills begins on Friday the 25th of July. Meet in the car park at Forde House, Newton Abbot for an hour or so, followed by an optional post ride beer / lemonade. E-mail offroad@mdcc.org.uk for info. Mountain bikes are welcome.
Today saw the second round of the Soggy Bottom mountain bike cross-country series. I arrived to a bright and sunny Newnham park to be greeted by two young army cadets marshaling the road crossing at the bottom of cottage return, a couple of riders passed not looking too muddy, Today was going to be fast!…
MTB XC Round 2 was also South West Champs at Grammarcombe MDCC had a good day with many medals. On a warm sunny day on a well set out courses for the different age groups. Under 10 Male Oliver Gray was 2nd seeing off some good strong field working very hard over the 20 min race Under…
This day’s racing has moved from its traditional late February date to mid-August – well at least the rain will be warmer. The course is well used and provides a mix of fast long straights then some narrow twisting sections where ‘out of sight soon becomes out of mind’ and gives any breakaway a good…
The year kicked off to a good start with mdcc spring circuit races with two races in one day where I took both wins at my first races after lockdown where I had been training hard. The next race was the Colin Lewis grand prix with hard competition from the well know race , in…