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Three peaks, one gear
Its a ‘cross race but not as we know it. No Jammie, LOADS of carrying and, well, a bit longer than the usual hour or so. The 3 Peaks – billed as the toughest, biggest cyclocross event in the UK – has been run in the Yorkshire Dales since 1961. I’ve only been doing it […]
SRA x TCR – Debrief
It’s been over 8 weeks since I buckled it in Sarajevo and since reading my good pal Tim Pulleyn’s post, TCR Kit List – what worked & what didn’t, I thought I would produce my own list of good shit, bad shit. If not to perhaps help future TCR riders, then at least it’ll remind me […]
#redisfaster in Rothesay
For clarity and as a key map of Mr Lindsay’s brain; “speech” and *thoughts*. Perhaps one of the most unique aspects of the Scottish ‘cross scene is that in order to get to two of the race venues you have to take a ferry. Can you imagine Sven rolling his camper onto one of CalMac’s finest vessels and […]
Baws Oot at Beveridge Park
Well, it’s finally here! Get the skinsuits, aero lids and fancy socks out, cyclocross is finally upon us. I gave road racing a bash this year; it was great. Except getting papped out the back in the neutralised zone in one race and then crashing and snapping my frame in another. Nah, it wasn’t that […]
The dCROIS of Leo Plaster
A couple of months ago Leo got in contact looking for his first cyclocross bike. He came to the right place. The build Leo’s dCROIS build went something like this – Shimano Ultegra 6800 Hydraulic groupset, Pacenti SL25s laced onto blue Chris King R45 hubs shoed with Challenge Open Tubular Limus, a Whisky Parts No.7 fork […]
SRA x TCR – Part 3
LAND MINES, TRAIN LINES & BOSNASKI WINES Day 8 of TCR Col, Slovenia to Zagreb, Croatia (204km → 1703m ↑) After avoiding last night’s take-a-tourist-to-a-party-and-mug-him-trap I kept on up the hill to find a wee hiding to bivvy for the night. I say night but what I really mean is an hour or so before I headed […]
SRA x TCR – Part 2
GRAVEL TIMES, STRAIGHT LINES, ROAD CRIMES Day 5 of the TCR Briançon, France to Valle Lomellina, Italy (250km → 3440m ↑) This was meant to be a quick nip over to Susa then smash it along the flat lands east to Slovenia. I was feeling very stiff and sore that morning so post my doppio doppio (two espresso, […]
SRA x TCR – Part 1
Preface I had hoped to do some pre-race posts about the route I was planning, the kit I was taking and the bike I had tricked out for racing but time caught up on me and the next thing I knew I was on a plane to Belgium. I had no real intention to create a […]
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