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 [...]
January 8, 2009 – 10:30 pm
Back sooner than I thought!
Nice snowy run last night which gave me the excuse to try out a my new head torch from Alpkit.
The Gamma was a bit of an impulse buy - persuaded by some good reviews and very reasonable price of £12.50 (with batteries included!). The main beam is slightly brighter [...]