Are we ready for the South Down’s Way? Maybe. Am I ready? No. No, but I would never be. There is always something else that I could do. Bike, kit and body are on a diet. The tyres have been changed to Maxxis Crossmark Exceptions which has saved (on paper) 235g, pedals and shoes have…
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650B or not to B
We went to see the new Whyte, Wilier and Marin bikes at the Lotus Research Centre last week. There is a lot to be excited about for the road rider, the commuter and the trailsters but the big thing to talk about is 650B or two seven point fivers. I jumped on the Whyte 909…
What do you really need to ride?
I am going to ride the South Downs Way so need to get some off road and SDW miles in. However, Saturday night I thought that I would not be able to ride. Panic! I couldn’t find my Garmin! I searched all the usual places at the shop, went home, searched there, then went back…
Who needs racing?
One of the reasons that I raced mountain and road bikes was that it was the one sure way of getting a good ride. Recently, however, I have been getting all of my fun on the Tuesday rides. These sessions allow me to do what I did in mountain bike racing and yearn to do…
Mountain biking can be very social – but needs to be done more often
I used to ride fifty fifty road and mountain bike but, in part due to the weather, I have been almost exclusively riding on the road for the last year. One reason for this is that when you go for a road ride that is what you do. You , I, ride! So often mountain…
Its not all about the road
After the last 12 months it really is a joy to be mountain biking. Road riding of one sort or another is on the up because of a variety of things: lifestyle trends, the Olympics, the sheer number of road cyclists and rain. Around this part of the world it is the latter two that…
Tough riding on the South Downs Way.
Right on our door step is the longest National Trail in the country: The South Downs Way. Everyone talks about riding it, three days, two days, one or even there and back! The gentle rolling nature of the Downs belies the true toughness of this trail. I have decided to get to know it before…
Riding with an old friend again – Scott Scale 920 revisited
I had planned to use the Scott Scale 920 this weekend and wanted to get a feel for riding the South Downs Way. I realised that, apart from sections of the SDW between Amberley and Steyning, I try to avoid riding it. I might talk about it every day but I usually ride narrower and…
Mountain bike demo day 23rd March, muddy and wet.
As the week went on the bad weather forecast kept getting shifted back later and later in the week until it broke late on Friday . The rain was set to finish Saturday morning and, sure enough, by the time we had set up the Ezi-ups and got the bikes out the rain had stopped….
Never ride in mud again! But I loved it
I had said that I’d never ride in mud again. Of course there would be an exception – if I was in a race or on an epic ride (SDW) and it was raining then I’d just have to carry on. So it was with a sunken heart that Chris and I drove over to…
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