Essex is a hotbed of XC racing right now with more 2016 events announced by the Travers Bikes team. It all started in 2014 with the Potash Spring classic, then in 2015 a 7 race series was added and the Essex Summer Evening Series (ESES) was born. In 2016 the racing is expanding further with...
After the last 2 rounds of the UCI MTB Marathon Series at La Forestiere and the Azores MTB Marathon I was feeling confident going into the final European round of the season. Roc d'Azur takes over the air field in Frejus on the French Riviera. This year the event saw 20,000 participants, 300...
There may not be a more fitting ending to the season than securing the best results of the year. That is exactly what both Seb and Tom did at the weekend at the final round of the Taça de Portugal in Avis. Seb – “It was a really quick turn around coming from Greece and then back out to...
2015 sees the 24 Hour Solo World Championships return to North America for the first time since 2009 and the first visit under WEMBO’s stewardship. Every year the debate rages about the quality of field and the riders missing but arguably this year sees the greatest breadth of quality riders with...
Warm-up… We’ve had South African superbike the Momsen VIPA Team Issue in for test and it was interesting to see how a bike designed primarily for marathon and stage racing in the southern hemisphere would handle UK trail conditions. This bike is a result of the collaboration between...
Having heard many a good thing about the Finale24 event and particularly the course a road trip south was plotted with family in tow for sun, gelato and 24hours of punishing racing for the WEMBO European 24 hour Solo Championships. We drove down through France via overnight stop over in Macon...
Warm-up… For a few months now I have been riding and racing the Focus Raven 29R 1.0 “Team” bike which will be my bike for the 2015 XC race season. The Raven being a popular model for racers and all mountain bikers alike, I thought it would be useful for other racers to put together a few...
Warm-up… Waterproof shorts are one of those garments you don’t realise how useful they will be until you own a pair. For years I’d unflinchingly accepted a soggy chamois as a simple reality of rain affected races; something you just put up with. But as race distance increases, so too does...
Warm-up… The challenges of the Strathpuffer 24 Hour provided an excellent test environment for kit and clothing. Next in my series of warm weather gear reviews are the Altura Night Vision waterproof gloves. These are positioned as an extreme weather commuting product with the ‘Night...