Some Tinkering on the workshop and the bike. Load of work in and most of my time spent looking for tools so fitted them to the wall. New Parktool backboards fitted. Edit 1.0 Some adjustments to the bike that one only notices when on the rivet, aka all day Sunday. https://youtu.be/_zGncXoH9Fw
The last round of the Fixx Coffee Supercross was held at Russborough House. I have leading the over all from round 1 and needed to finish 3rd to get the over all win. The course was a balance of tyre pressure, to hard loose in the corners in the lower half. To spot risk a … Continue reading Fixx rd 4
So out looking at Tullycarnet park as a possible venue for our race on the 7th January 2018. This park seems ok, now to see if the guys like it too and to get the ball rolling with the council. Plenty of paperwork and forms to fill in. If your needing any help give me … Continue reading Sourcing a Venue, not a “crap course”
2 years I rode the cyclocross World Cup in Belgium Koksjide. This course has a lot of sand. I did a few spins in the sand before hand but this wasn’t enough. Also this had to be the coldest day in a Bike. It was to cold to snow. Last year I rode a race … Continue reading Training in the Sand For Koksjide
I had planned 4hrs on the local Bunrun today. Weather was against that with it lashing. Forecast had it to clear up but it never did. I decided to get out and ride at 300 watts avg for the 2hrs. His would keep he heat in on the wet lanes. Also something to aim for … Continue reading Wet Wednesday
A hard weekend at Britsih National Trophy round 1 at Derby. Saturday night boat to Liverpool and a 2hr drive to Derby. Seemed like the best plan on paper, but a 5am wake-up call was a shock to the system. I never got going in my race and lacked any sort of power and momentum. Small … Continue reading Derby Cyclocross
Small spin into work via the New green ways along the Conswater river. Some amount of work has went into this and is more enjoyable than the Comber Greenway, less dog crap too. Some updates from my friends in Sicily. Men lost on climbs. A little play on the bmx track to test the bikes … Continue reading Friday Small pedalling
So over the last few weeks, I've focused on adding a some videos onto Youtube. Trying out diffrent content. Happy with how it's going and experimenting with posting on this WordPress site, posting on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. This week I've focused on doing a 'Daily Vlog' and played around with different apps from GoPro … Continue reading Kinning Vlog – About
So a few years back we started the ball rolling with Stormont regarding a cyclocross race. The area's that we wanted to use was well out of bounds, a big NO NO. We were shown another area of Stormont that we never knew existed. Lovely area but wouldn't have worked as a cyclocross course. At … Continue reading Throwback: We got to see Stormont Castle
Dunngaon, Windmill Park. Another round of the Ulster Cyclocross Leauge from 2005. In the B race Johnny Reid wins, on a MTB. Full squad in the A race. I took an early lead but dropped the chain. Slipped back a few positions but made it all back up on the last lap to take the … Continue reading Throwback: Ulster Cyclocross Dungannon Windmill Park 2015
