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
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 »
