After finishing the last couple of crits just outside the top 10, I decided to change tactics this week and not try to compete for the sprint. With just over 3 laps to go, I attacked to join another man who had shot away from the bunch a few laps before and was going solo. […]
I was lucky enough to get a week in the alps to hopefully get some decent training in, and while we were there the grapevine told us there was a hill climb going up the alpe. Given my love for hill climbs I couldn’t say no. The first 500m from the start line to the […]
After landing in Nairobi and posting my first ride on strava I was quickly met with an invitation to sign up to one of the major road races in the Kenyan racing calendar – The Farmer’s Choice Road Race. With just a week to get used to riding at 2000m altitude and make a few modifications […]
Tamara Davenne took third place at last weekend’s round of the Women’s Team Series at Oakley. Riding for her trade team, Team Vision Innovative Leisure, Tamara rode an all round impressive and composed race. She maintained position at the front of the bunch and followed the moves up each repetition of Panshill before using her […]
At the end of June six OUCC riders finally decided reps of Brill hill were not enough to quench their climbing thirst and that the mountains near Bormio in Italy were calling. This was our chance to ride some of Europe’s highest roads and climbs made famous by the Giro d’Italia. The first day would […]
With the weather looking so resplendent Ollie and Bradley decided that riding home to Cornwall would be a great way to get some base miles in. This sounds hard. In fact it meant 530km in 4 days on mountain bikes, carrying panniers of kit, largely off road. Definitely a ride to be proud of. Day […]