October 21, 2011 – 11:45 am
First proper cyclocross race* of the season was predictably hard, legs and lungs, ignoring the commands from my brain to propel me faster over the mostly flat, dry(!) Euro style course in Huddersfield part of Rapha’s Supercross series.
*actually maybe the 3 Peaks is a proper cx race & everything else a cheap imitation.
Lined up on [...]
January 25, 2011 – 1:13 am
After obsessively checking weather websites for weeks leading up-to the Strathpuffer 24 I was a little bit miffed that the ‘proper’ winter weather Scotland had been enjoying had taken a turn for the warmer just a couple of days before the race. If I was going to do a 24 hour Scottish winter race I [...]
September 6, 2010 – 9:33 pm
Tent pitched just a few metres away from where it was a year ago, the ground was no longer a marsh and a few million midges had moved into the area.
I had been feeling fitter overall this summer in comparison to last but not had chance to prove it in a like for like race [...]
Lashing it down.
It seemed apt for the forth & final (or not!) installment of the Hit the North race saga.
Although a bit apprehensive about how my body would react to 8 straight hours of CX bike action, the preceding weeks’ deluge and gloopy looking course made me feel a bit better about the decision.
Viewing [...]
Woken by my 5am alarm, not an ideal start to a day when starting a 24 hour race at midday.
Up. By 5.30 two bikes have been squeezed into the car & I’m off to get my pit helper for the race. Seb had offered to drive so I could get some sleep.
Zzzzzzzzz…. The change in [...]
October 22, 2009 – 11:14 pm
I had missed the previous two races in the 2nd Brownbacks Race Series as they all clashed with other events/races. So was looking forward to the final race of the Hope sponsored series.
As the only bike that wasn’t in bits the decision was made for me to ride it on the singlespeed. I’d ridden [...]
September 30, 2009 – 9:09 pm
A first timers view on Yorkshires ’special’ cross race.
September 24, 2009 – 9:43 pm
New Bike! It arrived just in time for the The Three Peaks (my first ever CX race) which happens this Sunday.
The Crossbow was purchased from Sam at the very helpful Sett Valley Cycles who specialize in Ridley bikes - highly recommended.
Only ridden about 3 times so far, a 55 mile hilly, sportive ride around the [...]
September 7, 2009 – 3:10 pm
Eventually decided on riding the Genesis singlespeed for the Kielder 100 race as the weather was still looking extremely wet and there would be less chance of mechanical ‘issues’.
I took Rich up on his offer of a lift to Kielder and we arrived around an hour before dusk, enough time to register and pitch my [...]
Off (early tomorrow morning) to the Singletrack Classic Weekender at Rossendale Quarry for the err… weekend. One bike, one set of tyres (Halo Choir Masters of course) and three disciplines; Trails, Downhill and XC - sounds ace!
I’ve also just signed up to the Montane Kieder 100 a one day, hundred mountain bike mile race on [...]