Judy McNeill and husband Roy travel to Nuenen (Holland) for the Gulbergen24 MTB Race. What do you do with dis-used land fill sites? You ride mountain bikes over them of course! What else! We had travelled to Nuenen, Holland for the Gulbergen24 MTB race. Roy had found the race during a search of the internet…
Author: questadventure
Old git cyclist (road, gravel, commuter and mountain bike rider and racer), skier, snowboarder, once a windsurfer, husband, father, bike shop owner, fitness fanatic, cook, linguist.
Its all in the mind – the size of your knobs! Or how big you think they are.
I love riding my road bike so much so that I have to make an effort to get onto the dirt. So, last Friday, when I was asked if I would be out on my mountain bike on Sunday I was not too keen. I do like my new bike, the Kinesis FF29, but last…
The future is bright – the future is bike
It’s hard to imagine quite how our car mad nation is going to change over the next few years. I went up to the Surrey Hills on Sunday and the roads and trails were packed with cyclists: tourists, wannabe racers, sportive riders, XC guys and the new style gnarly North Downs free rider. What a…
Whyte T-129, 929 and M-109 reviews and a local trail
I don’t usually need an incentive to ride but there has been some extra pressure over the last few days. In no particular order: The weather and trail conditions are awesome (grab it while you can), I have been trying to get a time on the Blue Run (Strava pressure) and I had three new…
Riding faster
I was asked last week how do you ride fast. The guy that I was speaking to rides regularly but doesn’t seem to be able to ride any faster. That got me thinking as I like riding fast. But before we get to involved we need to ask, what is fast? It is all relative….
Tour of the Hills – The changing face of Britain
I rode the Tour of the Hills yesterday. It was my first Audax. An Audax is, if you like, a thinking man’s sportive. Basically it’s a ride where you have to find your own way round. The organiser will post the route often with detailed instructions and then you pass various check points and get…
Do you feel inspired? What are you going to do about it?
I usually write this blog in the hope that it might help motivate or inspire someone some one to ride. In fact motivation and inspiration is what the shop is all about. With the TdF and now the Olympics you probably haven’t even noticed that I’ve not been writing. What usually kicks off this rant…
Wilier 101 XN 29er quick test
I was asked to try out the Wilier 101 XN 29er to give my impressions of the bike. What an honour? There are worse jobs. I have a Wilier Cento Uno (101) road bike so you can imagine my fascination with this mountain bike. The day I chose was sunny and warm (believe it or…
Punctures and luck…
Touch wood and all that…. The fact is I don’t get many punctures, road or off road. Apart from a pinch puncture blip when I first started riding a 29er I’ve hardly punctured. Is it the quality of equipment, riding style or luck? I don’t know. I like to think that it is the former…
Enjoying the rain, the warm and my FF29
I race (badly) every Friday and now ride, not “a” but “my” mountain bike, every Sunday. The Friday road racing was supposed to replace the Tuesday Goodwood Gallops were I’d usually be hanging on for dear life and praying that I’d last. Not so the fourth cat races. I’m not strong enough to get away…
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