Without a bike on holiday in Brittany I wet off for a run around the coastal cliff path from our cottage. The trail barrelled up and down the various headlands with ocean views, golden sandy beaches and glorious blue skies reflected in the gentle waves far below. The track was very rocky in places and I [...]
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We always tend to ride with friends John and Nicky at our place on Cannock Chase and do kiddy things down in Romsey (near Southampton) where they live, swimming, beaches or The New Forest. I had brought a road bike down with me to do a few hill sessions but John persuaded me to borrow Nicky’s Cannondale [...] Three days of uncharacteristic summer down pours had left much of the Midlands very soggy. During a ride on Saturday with friends near Abergavenny I had reached that point where it is not possible to become any more wet and muddy trails soon became quagmires. Sunday however dawned with blue skies and bright sunshine as I travelled [...] I had intended to do the last round of Manchester Midweek MTB Madness last night. The Bow was clean and serviced and I was very organised with a box of kit in the car to go there straight after work. As 5.30 approached the sky grew darker and then it started to rain really hard. I have not done any XC races this year, nor any cyclo cross races and have been missing the buzz of head to head racing. With a couple of months before the next World Cup race I thought I would try and find a couple of XC races to do. As I work on the outskirts [...] |
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