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 […]
Just got bike clean before the rain Read More »
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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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 »
