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Bikes and TDF
Just looking at today’s Cycling Weekly and the technical reports bikes are certainly getting a whole lot more technical and expensive. Electronic gears are the normal in the Peleton these days and Shimano have introduced a 11 electronic Ultegra gear range. Mind boggling stuff but does it make you go faster quicker? Probably not, but it…
Anthony Jarrett-
Great race report from Anthony, a determined young man I’m coaching. Giving an account of a weekends race report: Race report from Chelmer 2/3/4 RR. Weather was looking good when we got to HQ. However it started pouring down just as we got our hopes up. We were told that the motorbike had just gone…
94 Million Boost for Cycling push in England
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…
Rory Mackay
Coached rider, Rory, gained his second cat license over the weekend, gaining with a superb weekend of racing at Herne Hill. Well done Rory. Furthermore, Rory, is packing his bags and heading off to Belgium for a week and compete in the hurly burly world of Kermesse racing over. I’m looking forward to hearing about…
A season’s goal
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…
Sunday 13 October 2013
This must go down as one of the wettest I’ve encountered. Not a good day to be out on the bike. With the rain crashing down at 6am in the morning, decided the Sportif was not for me. Dark, wet and cold, very unappealing, so wimped out. Managed later in the day to watch the…