Having another rest day today as the knee is still sore. While I wasn’t doing anything I decided to get my times from the National at Cyclopark last year so that I can compare them to the regional to see if i am in better shape than last year or not: Date Start Full Lap […]
I took today off as my knee was still a little sore and I want it to be ready for the weekend. I have managed to get a spot on the practice session on the Saturday so I will have a lot of riding to do over the weekend. I am pretty excited about racing
My parts arrived from Crucial this morning at 8am so I now have a new headset, new brake cable and new brake blocks to make the bike feel a bunch better. I also got around to building my new ParksTools workstand as the clamp on my old one snapped so I am going to use
Parts Arrived and Sprints. Read More »
Got up and did my weigh in and I have stayed the same weight as last week which is not ideal but it is better than gaining weight I guess! As my knee was still really sore I decided to hold off on the gym again and instead I rode into work and the knee was
Weigh in and Rest day today Read More »
Tonight I met my friend to do sprints and took the newly built S&M Steel panther and took it for it maiden voyage. I built it up with my friends Shimano DXR 175mm cranks to test them out and see how my knee felt with them. They felt great and so did my knee and
First Sprints session on the S&M Steel Panther Read More »
I had to ride in to the office on the Dialled MX24R that I got build up earlier in the week. I was actually surprised how easy it was to be honest. I was expecting to be blowing out of my arse but I wasn’t even breathing heavy when I got to work which is
The doorbell rang at 8:30 this morning and to my delight it was the postman with the S&M Steel Panther 24″ Frame. I unboxed it and got it in the work stand and I must say that it has a really pretty paint job and all the photos online do not do it justice. The
S&M Steel Panther 24″ Frame arrived :-) Read More »
I was feeling rough all day but I managed to get over and do some sprints this evening which I felt good about even though I felt horrible and had to stop as. I was feeling sick! Time wise I was a bit off my best times but it was just good to be on
Finally got a sprints session done :-) Read More »
I am not going to be able to race this weekends National races as I am getting sick so I decided to spend the hotel money on a new frame as I am not totally happy with riding the Chase until the Curtis Frame is ready. I was looking on ebay and found a brand
Missing National so I bought a new frame! Read More »
This weekend started off with an ebike ride to my parents house in the morning which felt easy at the time but hurt once I had stopped: I had to ride most of the way on the second level or tour mode to make sure that I had enough battery left for all the big
