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The week leading up to the Allen Valley Velo Hill Climb on the 22nd of September started with me still licking my wounds from the last race. After dropping my chain mid-climb in the previous event, I was mentally and emotionally bruised. My ego, slightly dented, led me to spend most of Monday not doing

On a rare dry weekend in September, a mix of roadies and dirtbags headed to the Scottish borders. Based at Whithaugh Park in Newcastleton, the weekend got off to a good start with a cracking meal at the local pub, The Grapes. Day 1 Half the party took on the Ken Laidlaw sportive route, a

The Anticipation: 6 Days to Go It’s Sunday evening, and I’m still buzzing from my first ever time trial race. The thrill of crossing the line with a personal best has barely worn off, but now the realization is hitting me: in just six days, I’ll be tackling my next challenge—my first hill climb. Winters

The Decision to Race After months of contemplating entering a race—and chickening out on my first attempt—I finally mustered the courage to put my name down for a competition. The event: a 25-mile time trial on an anti-clockwise loop around Northumberland, including parts of the east coastal route. With no real idea of how fast

We’re all just about back from what was an awesome week in Majorca. We had 23 members out there at once, all having made their own arrangements and staying across a variety of locations. Here’s the highlights. Arrival Day – 40km With people arriving at different times there were a couple of options – Campanet

Well that’s a wrap on the NY Moors weekender. We had 9 riders on the Saturday. A few brave souls arrived on Friday afternoon and rode a cheeky warm-up ride that I had optimistically labelled a “bimble” (more on that later) before getting to down to theserious business of pre-hydrating for the next day. The

When I heard about the Hill climb being on the Iconic Winnats pass, I thought “wow it has to be done, but will I get in?”. But as the entry was based on Spindata results, only the fastest 150 men would get a ride plus any remaining places not taken up by females and juniors.