How it comes to pass that the Tour starts in Leeds is a little beyond me, but with the worlds greatest cycle race passing the front door we had to take part. The weather forecast is bleak, but in the best tradition of weather forecasters being wrong, the sun shone and shone. These fellas probably …
As I reach the A1 I catch sight in my mirror of my fleece pocket, unzipped. A quick check confirms my worst fear, my wallet is roadside, somewhere between the petrol station and the A1, 9 miles! Arse. Spinning the bike round I re trace my route checking the verge, I want to go quick …
A quadrathlon seemed like a good idea at the time! A 1.5K swim, 7K kayak,34K bike ride and a 10K run to finish you off, Jon and I agreed to share the workload, him swimming n running and me filling in with the kayak and biking. Our times, 31.47. 59.40 1hr 15 and 51.56 Given …
Ireland’s premier road race has suffered from poor weather in recent years, which is a shame because racing on the closed roads between Portrush, Portstewart and Colraine is probably the best I have seen in thirty years of watching racing. William Dunlop on Guy Martin’s back wheel entering the Ballysally roundabout The partisan Irish crowd …
The weather forecast wasn’t for blizzards, but thats what we got as we chomped our way through our butties of choice at Scotch Corner, full on, white out blizzard. Its been four or so years since I visited Hamsterley. Why, why, why have I left it so long, other stuff to do I guess but …
The Coed y Brenin Enduro seemed like the perfect way to exploit the balmy early Autumn Temperatures. A day spent riding the best of Coed y’s trails, smooshy ups and fast technical downs, just the job. Except it wasn’t. The weather held good, so no complaints there. The trails, what trails? The start bore …
Endurance racing isn’t just about the racers suffering hours of discomfort, sweat and tears, the spectators go through it too and that is the whole point of 24 hour racing. The race may last a day but the preparation by the teams and those that come to watch starts long before the the flag drops …
Blue sky days on the Isle of Man means bikes and racing, we headed over for the re vamped Classic TT and Manx GP. Riding a motorbike on the circuit for the first time is a rather surreal experience, we’ve heard about it, we’ve watched the DVDs and the ITV4 coverage of the recent TT, …
We left the café on a Sunday evening in August, girls on board, with the intention of making it back to Le Mans in one hit, we had tried this before and failed miserably but what followed was a fast, never to be repeated trip. As we neared Antwerp on the ring road a …
Its been a while since we visited Stainburn near Otley, we need to go more often, just 6.27 miles and we are knackered, 1,657 feet of down means the same pushing up, 5 complete runs and a couple of sessioning bits just about did for us. I notice a slash in the sidewall of the …