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 his experiences.
Cracking ride by coached rider Rob Hunter in yesterday’s (Sunday 14 June) in the above event. Rob, rode the 40k aspect of the team event, was passed by no one and scorched around the course in one of the fastest times. Excellent ride, and all to his hard work. Garmin, stats as follows: https://connect.garmin.com/activity/803406787
Good article in this months Rouleur magazine on this enigmatic rider who retired prematurely from pro racing at the ripe old age of 29. Winning the prestigous Tour of Flandes at a mere 22 years old and again 2 years late, he became disillusioned with the sports drug culture and called it a day. Amazing…
With the nights clipping in now, thoughts turn to the winter months. Why not a have a bit of fun and enjoy some cyclocross? It’s great fun and very sociable. And oh, get a coach to get you started.
Interesting to read the write up about SRAM 12-speed groupset. Especially with the race team opting to use a 50/37 chaniset with a 10-26 12-speed cassette. This supplies a smaller and bigger gear at either end of the scale with 50 x 10 bigger compared to 53 x 11 and 37 x 26 is smaller…
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…
Chatting with various cyclists, they all mentioned the season is winding up, especially as the mid-week events are coming to an end with losing the light now. And depressingly thoughts are turning to Winter. But fear not, I find September and October some of the best months for riding. What is needed is a end…
