As planned I went over to Curtis Bikes on the way to Cyclopark and dropped off the wheel and brake for Gary to figure out the disk brake mount for the 140mm rotor that I want. I then headed over to Cyclopark and had a really horrible journey that started at a standstill on the […]
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The 16t sprocket has just arrived from Halo which is good going as I just bought it yesterday 🙂 I got confirmation that the chain ring will be here tomorrow so I will be able to change the gearing hopefully on Monday afternoon as I am off as I am on call tonight. Unfortunately my
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Tonight was the first Tuesday evening coaching session at Bath. I was really not feeling it when it came to going to the track but once I was there I felt really good and I was glad that I went. Matt had said that it was better to use flat pedals for the session so
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I had an active rest day today. As I was in the office this morning I rode the Dialled MX24r in which was a bit wet as it was raining but I had waterproofs so not really a problem. I then worked all morning and then rode home. At about 2pm I went to the
Went to the track for 12:30 and did gates which was really good but the bike felt odd still with the 24×1.75 tyre on it so while I am changing the brake later today I will swap the tyre back to the 24×1.60 Tioga power block that it had on it before. I didn’t do
Good gates session today. Read More »
At lunch time today I took my old work stand outside and washed the Steel Panther as it looked like this after gates at Bristol last night!: As I was setting up the jet wash it started to spit a bit even though there were blue sky all around! I carried on and washed the
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Finished work and got ready and went to Bristol for gates. As I got closer to the track the rain got harder and harder until it was basically torrential by the time I arrived. As I had spent an hour driving there I decided to ride anyway! It was OK and the gate was super
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I woke up a few times in the night with a bad stomach so I decided not to go to the gym again this morning. I forgot that my parents were coming to visit as my dad had a hospital appointment so it worked out well anyway. As I had to drop off and pick
Training delayed again today Read More »
Work starts today! I have just put a tyre and tube on my new back wheel (S&M Trackmark 24×1.75 tyre and Tubolito tube) so I will get it on the bike in a bit and also swap out the tube in my front tyre for a tubolito as well then I will be running 2
New wheel fitted to bike. Read More »
Had to get up early, pack up the car and head to Cyclopark to make the 12-1:30 pre-regional training session. The session was really good, I had some knee pain but as I got warmed up that went away a bit and I was gating really well. Unfortunately the track had been “resurfaced” which meant
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