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mountain mayhem

Mountain Mayhem

June 21st, 2010
Filed under: Team, Uncategorized – by: James Leavesley 4:16 pm

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After a good result at the UK 24hr solo champs and a week training in the alps, I was feeling strong before this year’s Mountain Mayhem. As usual I would be riding in the solo class. I arrived on Friday to shock horror rain…. however I was assured that it was only a shower and all would be good for the weekend. I did a quick pre ride of the course which was similar to past years but with a little bit more climbing and a new section of singletrack.  I then settled down to watch the football on the big screen which I don’t think I need to comment on…

 
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A varied diet of trail and tar – The 3 Ways Saga :)

June 15th, 2010
Filed under: Team, Uncategorized – by: Paul Errington 11:38 am

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 The internet is definitely the root of all evil for most of my epic adventures… I see a link or I stumble across a blog a seed is sown then the text messages/emails go out to see if any victims can be found to partake.
In this instance it was finding a small article on some site about the new East Highland Way in Scotland… a linking piece of trail that joined the West Highland way with the Speyside Way allowing a pretty sizeable coast to coast off road experience… a quick estimate was 240ish miles of off road riding.

After the texts went out the only taker was Mike Mcfarlane (www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk), I had met Mike through working at Ride Cycles and he was now working at a local outdoor store but had taken a big chunk of time out so was free for the trip.

 
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Col Bagging

June 14th, 2010
Filed under: Team – by: James Leavesley 5:30 pm

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A week in the alps seemed like a good way to spend some of my all too short holiday allowance, so my wife son and I drove down to the southern alps and rented an apartment just outside Annecy. As it was a family holiday riding wasn’t the top of the priority list but it seemed rude not to take my bike. The weapon of choice for this trip was my Genesis Vapour road bike and I thought it only right to ride as many cols in the limited amount of time I had. I was a bit worried about the gearing as its only a double however the climbs don’t tend to really really steep just very long (between 15 – 25km)
 
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24hr solo championships

June 1st, 2010
Filed under: Team, Uncategorized – by: James Leavesley 8:09 am

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Last weekend was the inaugural 24hr solo British solo championships in Newcastleton, Scotland. This race was what a lot of the top riders have been waiting for, and it was a testament to how much the sport had grown from its humble beginnings under 10 years ago.

 
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Road trip

May 12th, 2010
Filed under: Team, Uncategorized – by: James Leavesley 1:20 am

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I have been on a bit of a road trip with work this week which opened up the possibilities of riding a little further a field. First stop Newcastleton to check out the 24hr UK Championship course. This was the only 7 Staines trail I hadn’t previously visited and although not necisarily the most technical its going to be a cracking course for a 24 hour race.

 
 
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