'If there was a Podium place for the Singlespeed category then I was 3rd' :-) A week on from my adventure stage race in Sri Lanka and I was now in a small village in North Yorkshire called Boltby at High Paradise Farm. To my pleasant...
Rumble in The Jungle Sri Lanka 4 Day Stage Race 2017 ‘It’s always better the second time round’ The Sri Lankan air was warm, there was hardly a breeze - the blue skies and picturesque villages from the final climb on stage 4 looked like an artists...
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...