Practice makes perfect – 10 Under The Ben After the Dirty Reiver and 200km of Gravel I was ready for some real mtb action so the following week I would be travelling to Fort William to challenge myself and improve on my previous attempts at 10...
I just want a cup of tea with sugar in it…. This was my thought as I approached 160km my legs were tired – my mouth was dry and I had that sickly feeling of not having consumed enough at the food stops. The DirtyReiver 200...
Cold and wet Winter from November until the end of February, not enough daylight and riding a fat bike single speed is the sort of thing I liked to put my body through. I needed a long ride out on the moors and when Saul “Single...
BattleOnTheBeach Via BikeParkWales “Willy Waver”, “Sixtapod”, “BlueBelle” and “Popty Ping” all words that I would experience during my first trip to BikeParkWales in Methyr Tydfil where the squad of 6 Stadium Riders mountain bikers would fill their day with fast flowing downhill trails. Saul, Claire, Stephen, Aaron,...
'The show must go on' It was never going to be easy – tube strikes, a city that was gridlocked and a packed bus not dissimilar to a scene from one of my many trips to India. A 10am start from Kingston to Covent Garden via the...
Every one day mountain bike race needs to finish with a heart racing eyes watering hand shaking descent. My favourites are Selkirk MTB Marathon, Breamish Behemoth and Tour De Ben Nevis. ...
"You are not here for long so go out there and ride" A ride out with Stadium Riders always spells adventure.. Saul's meticulous route planning and his knowledge of mixing things up is second to none. It was an early start from Halifax as Saul would be...
A steady ride out today on the fatbike..of course.. along the Calder Valley to Todmorden and then head towards Littleborough with the fabulous off-road climb to THE WHITE HOUSE where you have choice to either carry on riding to Ripponden or turn left and head...
On the 11th Dec i would ride with Saul, Andrew, Clare and Stephen aka #StadiumRiders through the Peak District a 22 mile loop and 4,600 feet of elevation was just enough for a Social Sunday ride. The terrain was tough- boulders, loose rocky stones and some...
Riding to Clitheroe on my #singlespeed #fatbike would be my next ride out but this time it would be to listen to Markus Stitz who Cycled 34,097km around the world #singlespeed on a Surly Ogre. My ride to Clitheroe would take me off-road from Halifax-Widdop-Gorple-Hustwood -from here it...
I only seem to do this ride in winter-i'm sure that Saul Muldoon likes to see me suffer...
Remembrance Sunday was spent riding around the South Pennines on my much loved fatbike covering 45 miles and 4,000 feet of climbing enjoying the open space and superb trails around Calderdale. I was testing my new winter bibs from Team JMC and after 7 hours on...
“Somewhere over the rainbow dreams really do come true” No, I didn’t Podium but even better there was no ‘Hike a Bike’ The river was too deep, the valley was low and mountains were high (there’s a song in there). Frazer and Spooks who are the captains...
Dark skies an enormous moon with a million stars above me. My next fatbike adventure would take me to the small village of Ingram in Northumberland a place I have never been to, but heard so much about through “Rich Rocket Rothwell” #RRR who would also...
Some of the best events are right under your nose...
MANX33 – Perfect conditions not a drop of rain…. "Sometimes it's just the way it is" After my stage race in Sri Lanka I felt great physically and mentally to take on the toughest one day mountain bike race in the UK. Along with over 100 riders...
My next event will be the Manx100 a mtb endurance race on the Isle Of Man of 100 miles or 100k 16,000 or 10,000 feet. The Fatbike is going to the Manx100 Isle Of Man timed race 16,000 feet of climbing...
"We rode, we laughed, I fell off, it hurt but most of all we kept smiling" #10UnderTheBen #10UTB #mtb Having just completed rumble in the jungle with yakattack, it was always going to be a tough call travelling up to Fort Bill for #10UnderTheBen and seriously...
Friday 10th June 6.15am Day 1 of 9 The rain lashed down as I made my way to Liverpool airport to pick up my friend Mathew John Mathieson-Nelson, aka Matty, from the Isle of Man. He would be joining me on my next mtb adventure. After...
Sri Lanka, San and Sonder Vir Fortis by Alpkit #Fatbike My next adventure takes me to Sri Lanka. I fly out on Friday 10th June with my friend from the Isle Of Man Matty Nelson. Along with 36 other riders we will be fighting the heat,...
The monster climbs would leave my mouth dry, but I wouldn’t mind as the heart racing, no brakes required descents would more than make up for the leg busting hills I was about to experience on the Selkirk Mtb Marathon. Two weeks after the Dirty Reiver...
DirtyReiver200km 'A Gravel Race Like No Other' ‘A Must Do Gravel Race For Every Gravel Rider’ www.alpkit.com Camino Ti conquers DirtyReiver200’ Powered by www.nutrixxion-energy.co.uk “WE ARE FIRE” the words blasted out of my iPod – 120km in and I just needed to keep on riding. Fire in your belly,...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g94q1yz137E...
2013 was the last time i did this - so its time to do it all again! ...
Man Of Courage ‘Sonder Vir Fortis’ #RideFatAndNeverGoBack #ClifCross Open space, big landscapes, no cars is where I am. The silence surrounds me. I can’t hear a sound only my beating heart as I climb to Gorple Stones, one of my favourite destinations. I am filled with excitement and...
4 day stage race 170 miles 25,000 feet of blood, sweat, gears and fat bike tears. I'll will be racing this organised event through www.yakattack.com in June 2016 and with a very good friend of mine Matti form the Isle Of Man. But more importantly I will be raising...
[envira-gallery id="1273"]Early March and I am riding Fat and SS really do not feel the desire to ride road or CX. Shortly i will be doing a hundred mile round trip to Gisburn Forest on either the fat bike or the SS mixing it with some road...