2013 So Far – Ready for Spring

January 2013 started off by eating grapes, in fact 12 of them, one for each chime of the clock ringing in the New Year. I was in Majorca and this was a Spanish tradition to bring good luck. It was nice to get back into a routine of training and have no distractions. Also the weather was pretty good compared to back in the UK and I managed to get 10 quality days of training in, covering a good number of miles and a plenty of climbing to boot. Back... Read More

howies Revolution Competition 3

NOW CLOSED! And the winners is…  Greg Hodgson   Boys and girls it’s time for another brilliant howies competition!   Welsh clothing brand howies are very kindly giving you the chance to get your hands on a limited edition hand printed Revolution T-shirt to commemorate 2012/13 Revolution Series. Team howies return to support 6 Welsh juniors as well as national and professional riders in the four track meets over the winter... Read More

Viva La Revolution! – British National Madison Championship & Revolution 39

GB’s sprint team came away relatively empty handed, but it wasn’t through lack of effort. National Madison Championships and Revolution 39 report. Revolution 39 landed at the National Velodrome at Manchester on Saturday – the National Madison championships made an understated start to proceedings, run during the afternoon before the main event, with a surprisingly sparse crowd privileged to be present to witness some absolutely corking race... Read More

My 2012 Review

UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships Los Angeles, USA – ©Christina Kelkel It’s almost over. All the hype and build up to 2012, the Olympics, the Paralympics, and here we are about to head into 2013. What a year for sport, and amazing to have played a small part in it! Back in February my season kicked off in sunny Los Angeles, where I was racing at the Para-Cycling World Track Championships. They turned out to be an interesting championship,... Read More

From DHL Future Stars to World and Olympic Champions

Revolution Series 10 | Revolution 38 – Emily Kay takes on the Champions LtoR: Any Pieters, Emily Kay, Lizzie Armistead – Image © www.ChrisMaher.co.uk During Revolution 38, I caught up with Emily Kay, last year’s winner of the DHL Future Stars competition, to find out how she is was finding it mixing it up with the Olympic and Senior World Champions on the track.   Emily on the podium at the beginning of her run as DHL Future... Read More

howies Revolution Competition

NOW CLOSED! And the winners is…  Janet Osguthorpe   Boys and girls it’s time for another brilliant howies competition!   Welsh clothing brand howies are very kindly giving you the chance to get your hands on a limited edition hand printed Revolution T-shirt to commemorate 2012 Revolution Series. Team howies return to support 6 Welsh juniors as well as national and professional riders in the four track meets over the winter... 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

Ellie Coster & Emily Haycox

DHL Future Stars Leading Team – Team howies – LtoR: Emily Haycox, Tristan Robbins, Ellie Coster & Joseph Wiltshire. Download: 2012-11-01T15_35_10-07_00.mp3 // Click play button to listen. Related Links: Ellie Coster at Cycling Shorts Emily Haycox Cycling Shorts Revolution 37 Report Cycling Shorts Revolution Series website          Read More

The 2012 Cycling Revolution Begins

Revolution 37 Clancy & Tennant 1km Madison – ©Swarbrick.com The first Revolution of the 2012 series got underway in awesome style, with thrills and spectacular spills. This year we see a change to the format with 12 rather than 8 teams and some new sponsors show off their jerseys. Sim and I braced ourselves for a busy evening. Elite Flying Lap: Returning to the track were Olympians Jody Cundy, Steven Burke [IG-Sigmasport] and... Read More

Kimberley English Interview

Image ©Guy Swarbrick  Download: 2012-10-29T15_44_44-07_00.mp3 // Click play button to listen. At Revolution 37 I caught up with our newest Cycling Shorts writer; sister of Felix… Kimberley English. Cycling Shorts Revolution 37 Report Cycling Shorts Revolution Series website          Read More

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