Category: MTB

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Not getting any faster

With the Mawddach Goldrush looming on Sunday I’m now taking it easy for the second half of this week so that I’m fresh for it. I did however have to do some bike maintenance earlier this week and whilst at it did a wiper seal service on my forks and a rear shock air can...

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Isle of Man End 2 End

As well as signing up for the Dyfi Enduro 2010 yesterday I managed to get an entry for the Manx E2E, or to give it its full name the Isle of Man End 2 End Challenge. It’s another Mountain Bike race, this time, as its name would suggest, from one end of the Isle of...

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Dyfi Enduro 2010

Entries for the 2010 Dyfi Enduro opened today and soon sold out completely. I managed to get an entry in though, rider number 282. Most of the local riders also got a place so it should be a good year. The course will be similar to last years – Click here to see the Dyfi...

Supporting your Local Bike Shop 0

Supporting your Local Bike Shop

I try my best to support my local bike shop. Afterall, its good to have one fairly local when you live somewhere like this, but sometimes they don’t make it easy. The other day I snapped a bolt off in the pin that mounts my rear shock to the frame. No problem I thought, it...

End of Month Ride – Llandegla 0

End of Month Ride – Llandegla

The first ever trip to Llandegla for an Ystwyth-MTB end of month ride and it was a roaring success. There were only three of us from Ystwyth-MTB, Dave, John and myself, but we met up with the Bristol contingent of Jay, Brad, Matt, Beale and Woody in the car park and were already looking forward...

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Turbo Trainer Intervals – When will it end?

I didn’t think I’d be able to do that! Yesterday, despite still having a bit of a cold, I did my 3:2 minute intervals workout on the turbo trainer. Last time I did this workout on Feb 1st I did the hard efforts at 280 Watts and wrote: My legs were feeling it come the...

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Mawddach Goldrush – More Preparation Needed

Only one month to go until the Mawddach Goldrush so I thought I’d better get some longer rides in. That was the plan for Saturday, but the surf was going off so I had to go for a surf at Ynyslas first. The surf turned out to be pretty much as good as it gets...

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Time for a Rest Day

The trouble with trying ti get fit is that it can become a little more than a habit and become an obsession. You end up trying to do more in order to improve, but in the end just do too much. Resting is very much an important part of any training schedule and after last...

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Brechfa Video Clip

Here’s one for Matt. A quick video clip (from Kelvin) on the first descent of the Raven Trail. Kelvin, Jim and I were already at the bottom, then down came Matt, followed by a couple of more tentative riders. Jay and Brad were on their way somewhere too!

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End of Month Ride – Brechfa in the snow

We had a good Ystwyth-MTB end of month ride today, even if I was the only person from Ystwyth MTB club. We had planned to meet at the Bryngwm car park for 10am, so I set off from Aberystwyth at around 8:45 with Dave and John just behind me. The journey there was just as...