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Pagey & Oxley – Not a new Cop Show!!

Pagey & Oxley – Not a new Cop Show!!

Just in from Ed at Great Rock….”Get your summer sorted and make 2010 the year to progress with 6 days of riding, training & tips with Nigel Page and Ed Oxley. Riding 13 – 18th July. Staying at St Jean d’Aulps, near Morzine in the [...]

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The North Face: Backpedal Messenger Bag & Tent Mules

The North Face: Backpedal Messenger Bag & Tent Mules

The North Face always seem to have some interesting products geared at biking and are a slight change from the normal racing gear. This Bike Messenger bag (The Backpedal) has taken over from my well worn Da Kine backpack as laptop/camera/ MCN/ school gear bag [...]

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Trans Provence 2009

Trans Provence 2009

Before we go any further, let’s get the numbers out the road. The Trans Provence is a 7 day 25 timed-stage race, over 320 km with 9500 metres of climbing and 15200 metres of vertical descent. Basically – this is a big event! Being touted [...]

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Euro Clive T5 update

Euro Clive T5 update

Races won races lost rules changed (multiple times) and excitable Italians I’ve seen it all. I’ve even seen Benny Hill running off into a blizzard chasing a bunch of guys on there bikes at 3200m, it’s a wonderful world out there folks…. So my latest Euro [...]

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Eurofighter 2009

Eurofighter 2009

After a winter away from the Alps it was a welcome return to the land where huge silhouettes are painted against the skyline- it is so easy to forget how impressive the mountains are as you approach from Geneva. The heart rate really does rise [...]