Meet #TeamSkoda for RideLondon
When I saw the bombardment of tweets about those that had been lucky enough to get a place in this year’s RideLondon, I realised I was missing out on something. At the time, I was living in Amsterdam. I didn’t know where I was going to be come August 2013, and I hadn’t really grasped just what RideLondon was at the point of the application deadline back in August 2012. As more and more friends around me started to brag about their place, I was... Read More
Cycletta Aims to Help Get One Million Ladies on their Bikes by 2020
Cycletta Aims to Help Get One Million Ladies on their Bikes by 2020 - Victoria Pendleton CBE hoping to see lots more ladies taking up cycling as a way of staying fit and having fun. - 56% of all Cycletta participants were taking part in a cycling event for the first time - 96% of participants, who weren’t already regular cyclists, said that they had been inspired to cycle more regularly in the future. Cycletta, the UK’s leading series... Read More
Stranger in the Night – Dipping a Toe into the Dark
Stranger in the night – dipping a toe into the dark There’s a lot of buzz about night riding at the minute – what with the massive national increase in cycling since the summer of Wiggo and the Olympics, participation has skyrocketed both on and off road. With our balmy, breezy summer evenings, cycling through August, September and even October is perfectly do-able, but the switch to Greenwich Mean Time rather spoils the party unless you’re... Read More
My First Sportive. by Jon Carver age 60 3/4 class 2c
Image – ©UK Cycling Events My First Sportive. by Jon Carver age 60 3/4 class 2c We got up Early. We had a long drive. It was in Surrey. Surrey is a long way away. In Surrey a man gave me a number and a sticky label and a bag of drink. I rode my bike for a very very very very long way. There were lots of men and ladies who were huffing and puffing and saying rude words. The rude words made me laugh, so I said some too and nobody told... Read More
Ned Boulting – Talks Doping and Team Sky
Ned Boulting ©Rob (AKA Your Funny Uncle) Download: 2012-11-01T15_24_17-07_00.mp3 // Click play button to listen. Interview with Ned Boulting at Revolution Oct 27th at Manchester Velodrome. An very honest and open interview. Related links: Ned Boulting Signed Book Competition Ned Boulting “How I Won The Yellow Jumper” Cycling Shorts Book Review Willy... Read More
An Open Letter
As soon as Lizzy Armistead crossed the line to take silver in an exciting finish to the Women’s Olympic Road Race (more exciting that the men’s may I add!), she didn’t jump at the opportunity to gush about a life-achievement, but to express the disappointing reality at lack of support in women’s cycling to an international audience. She wasn’t only standing on the podium to collect her medal, but to represent a sport... Read More
Mark wins silver in the C1 Individual Time Trial!
Image – © Gareth Fuller/PA Wire Mark wins silver in the C1 Individual Time Trial! Mark Colbourne has added yet another Paralympic medal to his collection after winning silver in the C1 Individual Time Trial! He won his third medal of his first Paralympic Games after completing the 16km course in 25:29 minutes, but Michael Teuber of Germany picked up gold finishing with a time of 25:16 minutes. The Welshman can now add his new silver medal to... Read More
Mark Colbourne Breaks World Record
New World Record – Mark Colbourne ( GBR ) – Men’s C1 3km Individual Pursuit Qualifying © Christina Kelkel Mark Colbourne Breaks World Record and Qualifies for C1 Individual Pursuit Final! Mark Colbourne has broken the C1 3k Individual Pursuit world record with a blistering time of 3.53.970 and will battle for gold with Zhang Yu Li of China in the final this evening! Mark had a good clean start to the race and remained composed as... Read More
Tour of Britain 2012
Tom Murray, Jonathan Tiernan-Locke & Dan Craven – Image © markghopkins.co.uk The 2012 road season is heading for its close and with it comes the Tour of Britain, you will struggle to miss it this year too after all the publicity from the Tour de France and Olympics the Tour of Britain is set to be a big success this year. The streets, towns and fields will be awash with fans new and old drawn to the event by big names and unrivalled access.... Read More
Hello!
Mark Colbourne and I have produced a video featuring the Para-cycling team. As myself, Mark and the rest of the Para-cycling team are unable to attend the Opening Ceremony tonight due to the cycling events starting tomorrow, we wanted to share a little video with you to say “Hello!” We shot, directed and edited the “Hello!” video as a thank you for the overwhelming support we’ve received from the British public, and it was a fantastic... Read More
