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National MTB Championships 2017 22-23rd July: 2017 Cannock Chase: Staffordshire An Epic Battle!! I travelled early again on the Saturday morning with the Birchills to Cannock Chase for the one off National MTB Championships at the end of July. I hadn’t ever ridden in this area but was promised a mixture of trail centre tracks, […]

TT Today was the day of one of the biggest UK time trialling events. Alongside the national 10 it is the pinnacle of UK TT’S I’m told. Having recently refocused over to time trialling I was looking forwards to the event. I wasn’t off until 16.40 so this allowed me to travel up on the

After having a 2 week break since my last race (the national champs) I was going into this feeling quite good. The race wasn’t as long as it usually is because of a lack of day light. It was a very aggressive race with people trying to break away every couple of laps. With about

Junior National 25 –  Ever since I started doing TT’s I’ve always wanted to be able to have a decent crack at a national event. I did this last year in the GHS 10 and came out with 8th overall. I was happy with this but wanted more. I had good season of getting some

Sunday July 30th saw the second running of the Tour of Witheridge Moor. I hadn’t raced the course before, and it became clear from just a 15 minute spin to warm up a bit that it wasn’t going to be flat. The race was to be 2 laps of 26.5 miles, with a total of

It took us about 4 and a half hours to get to Milton Keynes on the Saturday. I had raced the same course the year before but still wanted to go and look. Thankfully sections had been resurfaced however big potholes and rough road surface still littered the course. The rain poured down when we

On Tuesday 18th July Tim Hingston from the Mid Devon promoted the Inaugural Mid Devon CC World Circuit Racing Champs at the Velopark. The idea of a club champs had been muted for several years but 2017 was the year it finally came to fruition. First up was a 4th CAT/Go Race event which was won

The Mid Devon sent Harrison Wood and Louie Priddle to the National Champs this year. Here’s how they got on: Harrison Wood Today was the big one and I was looking forwards to it. I had recovered over the week from my exploits in Spain and after driving the course the day before I felt

3 races 3 records I’ve been pretty slack with my racing updates, so to those of you who like to follow the clubs racers I apologise for that. After a steady, but strong start to the year I had a bit of a wobble with health. Initially my father was the one taken ill in

Bizkaiko Itzulia 2017 (Junior Tour of the Basque country) I’d been offered the chance to be a guest rider for HMT cycling at this race. This race is the biggest junior race in Spain and one of the biggest in Europe. Previous winners have included Mikel Landa now of Team Sky. I’d trained hard up