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 [...]
Just 2 days to go until Mountain Mayhem (and the weather forecast is dry(!?) mmm… we’ll see…). Took the ‘race’ bike (geared Voodoo) out last night, as its not been used since Enduro 6 and had vague memories of it sounding quite unhealthy during the race. Confirmed at the top of the first climb to [...]
So, around a year after booking the Fundamentals course (postponements due to my fractured elbow and the Atherton’s having a awesome season - how dare they! )…..
Late Saturday afternoon, (in true to form - last minute-ness) I decided to give the bike I was going to use for the following days Athertons training [...]
Go!
In short Hit the North was a lot of fun the course was excellent (much improved over the original HTN course in my opinion). I was really glad I chose to ride the singlespeed (and scwhable mud shark 1.5 tyres), the 32:18 ratio proving to suit the climbs and the flat bits weren’t as [...]
Picked up the singlespeed from Eighteen bikes on Saturday and headed out for a short ride around 5pm, it HAD been a clear, sunny winters day.
Five minutes into the ride it started to rain, an hour later we were in a full blown gale - although short it was the most difficult riding conditions, I’ve [...]
I love Metcheck !
What makes Metcheck shine brightest in the wonderful world of weather websites is the chirpy tone of the daily forecast on the index page the author strikes me as an ultimate weather geek and that’s how I like my forecasters (as opposed to leggy blondes). He seems super excited about the fore [...]