74 Despite having the full week off leading into the final round of the Rapha, I pulled out a fair result, however, doing that for one week sometimes leaves you with fresh legs (hence the good race), but going into … Continue reading →

73 With a very successful first weekend done and tied on points with Hargroves & Rapha for 3rd place, it would be all or nothing going into the final round held at Alexandra Palace in North London. With the Wiggle … Continue reading →

72 Going back 4-5 weeks ago I saw a press release on the British Cycling website about an invitation-only cyclocross event call the Rapha Super Cross. The event was designed to bring three days of super-charged cyclocross racing to venues … Continue reading →

71 So with the mountain bike season done and dusted, it was time to get the cyclocross season officially underway with the first round of the British National Trophy in South Shields, where the start list revealed not only the … Continue reading →

70 After a good effort in last week’s BMBS and with another reasonable week of riding done, I had one last mountain bike race left before I could knock the mountain bike season on the head for another year… ‘The … Continue reading →

69 After a successful cross weekend winning two races in two days, I decided that I would use the same format and go for another two wins the following week. As all part of my build up to the last … Continue reading →

70 Despite racing a round of the Southern Series at the start of the month, it feels like it’s been ages since a big cross country race, with my last big race being the Olympic Test Event back at the … Continue reading →

68 Event : Notts and Derby League Rd 1 & West Midlands League Rd 1 (Cyclocross) Preparation : Nowt!! The Notts race was the first time that I’ve sat on a cross bike since last season, so in terms of … Continue reading →

66 After an early morning wakeup call and already covering the miles by 6am, we (me, wife, daughter, mam, dad, gran) headed for race HQ, a Holiday Inn ten miles outside the race venue in Basildon where signing on only … Continue reading →