Parentini Bike Wear
Parentini If you've never heard of Parentini before, they're an Italian company that have been making cycle clothing since 1976 and have supplied custom clothing for professional racing cyclists and teams over the [...]
Gorrick Brass Monkeys Race
A hard earned 2nd place at the 2nd race in the Brass Monkeys series at Minley in fantastic conditions.
Handing over the O2e baton
Writing this in final days as the custodian of O2e, it's been fun to look back over the last two years as Chair of our wonderful charity. Being the successor to Slatts was a daunting task [...]
Breaking 80
2019 2019 sees me take on several of the usual cycling challenges, the first coming thick and fast at the end of January in the 4 day Costa Blanca Bike Race on the mountain [...]
National Marathon XC Championships
Manx100 - was it meant to be? Heading up the M6 fully loaded with the Lavington brothers aboard, a text came through from the ferry company that our 11am crossing from Liverpool to Douglas, [...]
Town Centre Crit Racing
Photo courtesy of Nick P Photography Off the back the long and hot 60 mile Lingfield Road Race where I sneaked a point placing 15th, it was time for a racing of [...]
The Event Bucket List
Events that just have to be done before we can’t play anymore.
Dragon Devil Ride L’Etape Wales
Some things are meant to be Having focused recent training on short high intensity efforts to replicate a town centre crit, I ended up using a different energy system on Sunday 10th June. Up [...]
Favero Assioma Pedals – Review
Having dived into the world of training with power thanks to my superb Wahoo Kickr and TrainerRoad combination, it was only a matter of time before I felt I 'needed' power when training outside. [...]
Seale 2/3 Road Race
In true Spring Classics style, 50 or so riders set out in pouring rain down a gravelly, pot-holed farm track towards the start line. The race was clearly going to be a test. A [...]
Repente Saddle
Via my good friends in Italy who run Epoca Bikes and Parentini Bike Wear, I was introduced to a new company making premium saddles. Repente was formed by some guys who broke away [...]
First Road Race of 2018
The Road Season Starts It was a pretty unremarkable return to the road racing scene which was about as much as I could expect from some unremarkable training of late. I'm a great believer [...]
2017 Road Race Champion
2017 FCCC Clubman Award It was a satisfying evening at the Farnborough & Camberley Cycle Club Annual Dinner, as the Road Race team scooped lots of silverware. Chuffed to have got some silverware [...]
First race of 2018 and it’s back on the 29er!
After a season of honing my racing skills on the road bike, the first race of 2018 saw the return of the 29er to the XC circuit over at the Brass Monkeys event hosted [...]
2018 Goal Setting
2018 arrives tomorrow and I'm totally pumped for the year ahead. Goals are a funny set of ideals that take on lives of their own. Some fall by the wayside and others really motivate [...]