I'd been looking forward to this. I love the Gorrick racing so the idea of an Enduro (outside of their normal classic) was enticing. I'd ridden these trails many years ago as it was the closest riding to my old job, so a bit of nostalgia thrown in there too. After a brisk Bontrager TwentyFour12 [...]
Hey – It’s not often you are on a life size poster at the largest bike show in the world!
Posted via email from Paddy Blake
Torq 12 done! Brilliant course from the Gorrick guys, KMP wrestled themselves in to 4th. Hot teams taking the podium spots. However, they all seemed to have one elite ringer lapping 3mins faster than our fastest laps!! RAB move south please. 4th was a great result for us as we had been in 5th for [...]
What’s happened to the weather! I keep getting hit with the facebook app “photos of history” cleverly showing my pics uploaded 12 months ago! Lots of Brighton Big Dog 2009 dusty trails, and generally really great weather. Yesterday was a different storey. Sat in LondonBikeShow/Morvelo towers from Oli and I all you could hear at [...]
a week of autumnal firsts.
first towpath rave by blinky light. first woolly hat, merino jerseys, cold all day, day. first outing on the ‘cross bike since who knows when. first forgetting that the valley gets dark an hour before the tops. first real need for cap under helmet. first search for the mudguards and [...]
There are times when riding is best done in a group.
The chat, the relaxed coffee before the ride, the friendly rivalry to crest the climb first, the wild fluctuations in pace broadly in line with street signs, the affirmation that cycling is a joy best shared.
Today isn't one of those times. Today it has [...]
Friday.
Stuck in the office.
Bit grey.
Then have this picture land in our inbox from our French distributor Rolosports wearing the Morvélo kit we designed for them.
Damn it.
Posted via email from Oli Pepper
If any of you are heading to Eurobike. Don’t forget to go and see the peeps on the stand and buy them beer and food ;-)
Posted via email from Phil Moore
5 hills.1 Road bike.1 forty minute loop.Fast as I can up them.Try not to faint in between them.The racing thirst has come back.
Torq In Your Sleep next weekend.And 35 pints of Dark Star to hand out to ourselves and others. Maybe it's not just the racing thirst that has come back.
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This was one of the scariest moments of my riding career.
It was faster than it looks OK!!? Thank God for the Pink helmet.
Posted via email from Dom Mason
