Good news to hear that
A number of English cities and national parks are to share a £94m cash injection to promote cycling.
Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Newcastle, Bristol, Cambridge, Oxford and Norwich will share £77m, with four national parks getting a further £17m.
The money is to improve existing and fund new cycle routes. The government says it also wants to cut red tape to facilitate cyclist-friendly planning.
About time to I hear.
Everyone should have one, it makes you focus on what you want to achieve. So with this in mind, I’ve signed up to ride the Grand Fondo-110 mile sportive over the brutal Chiltern Hills. http://humanrace.co.uk/events/cycling/chiltern-100-sportive Sunday June 1st is the day, better start taking this seriously. If I can get round in less than 6…
This is a good month to lay plans for next season, take a break and enjoy other activities which you wouldn’t normally do during the season. Decide your goals for next year now and set up a plan. For those of you who have access to a coach, then discuss these plans with the coach….
Power training- I’ve recently invested in Rotor power cranks on my race bike. It’s the only way to go if you really want to improve and takes the guess work out of training. With a power program and competent and challenging coach your riding will go to another level.
After enjoying myself, with my wife on holiday in boiling hot Cornwall where I spent too much time sunning myself on the beach and sampling the local fish, it was time to lick myself into shape. So yesterday, Tuesday 29 July, I went for a 5 hour ride taking in some mighty Chiltern climbs, in…
The new season has arrived in much bigger profile than before and I’m getting quite keen in entering the over 50’s races. Fortunately, the Central League has super program of races to compete in as follows: Sept 28 Team Quest- Hillingdon Oct 4 (sat) Team Mk- Milton Keynes Oct 19 Zappi’s – Oxford Oct 25…
This Saturday April 13 is my club’s Westerley CC afternoon of crit racing at Hillingdon Circuit. So as a good club man, I’ll be judging the finish with the invaluable services of the circuits photo finish equipment. Hopefully there will some fast all action racing with riders coming over the line well spaced apart making…
