After a successful 2016 season, I planned to continue my transition to the road throughout 2017 whilst maintaining by background in time trialling. The support which Mid-Devon CC provided me with for the 2017 season made it possible and allowed me to have my best season to date. On a cold February morning, my season…
Every now and then its good to cast your mind back and allow a little nostalgia to creep in. Whilst much has changed in the world of cycling in recent years, the hero’s of yester year and their results are still to be marvelled at. The picture above shows iron man Dave Bedwell competing in…
The second Mid Devon CC Academy Skills session will take place at the Velopark on Tuesday 21st November at 6.30 pm sharp and will last for around 90 mins. Building on the first session, Mark Dolan’s plan includes working on sprint finishing and analysis as well as chain gang and break away efforts to include a…
Tuesday 7th November 2017 saw the 1st of the Mid Devon CC academy training sessions ran by Mark Dolan. We had around 30 riders from the Youth, Junior and Senior squads doing drills. The focus was on smooth group riding, followed by some standing start sprints and finishing off with a breakaway race simulation. We’ll…
The Mid Devon CC race team proudly presents a series of evening training sessions at the Torbay Velopark Worried about losing the marginal gains that you’ve eeked out across the season? Concerned that the new wave of Mid Devon pros have returned to your quiet Sunday club run ? Need some additional motivation as the…
As my season has now pretty much reached its conclusion I wanted to take the opportunity to thank the club for the support in 2017. As many of the club will know I have received a financial support, in instalments, from the club’s Rider Support Fund, to help with the cost of racing this year….
In response to demand for a less race orientated range. Primal winter kit is now available to order. Bib tights, Gilets and LS Jerseys. The team store allows you to login and place an order for the kit you would like to receive and pay for your order individually with a personal card. To login and…
The Masters in Albi By way of background Ian Deakin and I needed to qualify to gain an entry to the World Masters Championships in Albi in August. Ian had already pre-qualified in the Cypriot event for the RR and TT for his age group 60 t0 65. So when I went to Peterborough for…
I’d start off this report by confirming that I am not Welsh, although I did serve there for 4.5 years in the RAF I’d won this event in a record breaking time 12 months ago, and although I’ve been struggling a wee bit with recovery, after my National 12 hour escapades, I had some good…
I have always ridden the Junior Nationals however since I never thought I’d be able to jump up to the level needed to be competitive at the Senior Nationals for quite a few years, I never made them a major season goal. Instead, I’d focused much of my training efforts on the road for 2017…