Thank-you. This is me being delighted at squirting a can of cream on top of a yukky hot chocolate I bought at the Bradford National Trophy. Now imagine if I am pleased with that, think about how happy I get when people write on my blog. So... Gem Atkinson Mr Annoymous Chr15 Pablo Jerez Simon E Andy Waterman Kevin Vicious Stefan Rohner Martin Phips Stu Alex Murray Aaron Abitia Lancewrite Tao
The 500 is in km which is annoying as I only work miles, yes I know dying unit terminology. So I rode 8 miles at 6.30am this morning. I did a tabata then got the X68 (final ride of the year) to work. I am SO hungry right now and I only did 35 minutes work. I did get my heart to go to 190 bpm - good times as my 2 week flu meant my heart rate max fell to 184 bpm, with a bit of training its slowl
Well, well, well. This is a turn up for the books. I wrote a post about how I took part in the Pret-A-Rouler cycling fashion show. I was dragged into it by Kristian House but it was a fun old event and I got to wear some dashing tweed. Some days later a chap from another bike shop wrote a comment on my blog. It was rather agressive and didn't quite apply to me as it was directed at the or
Ok, alright. I'll bow to the social pressure and get involved. Actually its basically a trimmed down global version of Stefan's Autumn Cup To quote Stefan: "Tomorrow I start with some friends over Europe, the 'Autumn Cup 2010', nothing to win, just a motivation game. From 01.10.2010 - 31.12.2010 we write down the hours we spend on bikes, any bike! No watts, no average speed, no km, just t
I didn't race at Bradford. I really really wanted to. The course with the steps is a favourite of mine. Bradford was the place I did my first ever National level cross race, three years ago. However, I didn't even pull my skinsuit on. 1 lap of the South East champs last week put me in the red and it took me a week of not riding my bike to recover. I'd hope I'd wake up in Bradford to disco
Tiramisu Cup Cake - Beas of BloomsburyGood!- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
My cold was getting better and now its far worse. I am so freezing cold today and everyone else around me is wearing t shirts because I made it so hot. I am currently wearing: Woolie Boolie Merino Socks Ugg Boots Howies Warm Felton Jeans - Flannel Lined Rapha Crew Neck Merino Long Sleeve Jersey Howies Chunky Merino Cardigan Scarf I would say that this is perhaps more Merino than a sheep. This
Greetings to all you Hardcore Sportivos. Due to incredible numbers at the Regents Park training camps recently, you are welcome to join Colossus and Myself on our sojourns into the mountainous wastelands they sometimes call ' South of the river'. We will try to ride Tuesdays and Thursdays, with reasonable weather, meeting at 6.15 pm. Please try to form an orderly queue outside the shop [ there will be a cut off point at Guilford St ]. Due to the high-profile na
Sickness. And not the good type, that Fearne Cotton often refers to (see below). I'm talking scratchy throat, tickly cough, yellow snot and difficulty breathing. I got ill after what I consider my best ride of the season so far at the National Trophy in Southampton. I was properly motivated to climb inside the hurt box for the next two weeks ready for Bradford and the bigger picture
I saw this about 4 Christmas's ago on BBC 2 and I bought the DVD. I looked on CrossJunkie's site and he has only just discovered it. Anyways reminded me to go home and find the DVD under my bed and watch it whilst the snow melts away.
Those pistons right there are going to snag the National Champs jersey in about a month. No brainer. Mr @FieldyCX
Happy to say I'm get supported by Specialized. Recently a superb pair of prototype mud tubs arrived for me. & for my winter hours on the road which start this month a pair of womens specific S Works showed up. Not yet available for UK female riders though... They are all patent, all White with a hint of shiny silver. If they are anything like the S Works MTB shoes I think my feet are going
Clearly I inspire. It literally is the only phrase that one should learn.
Yes, I think its wise to assume that if a horse stamped in your arm pit or you were doing a bit of fencing and put your foot up a horses butt then yes, you'd need an instant heat pack. I'm pleased the packaging outlines the causes of pain in diagram form, ideal if your not sure if a heat pack is required.
I did another double cross weekend. I hopped inside the Specialized Fun Bus and headed under the sea to Belgium to watch and cheer the Brits at Koksijde which is something I love. I might go to Zolden on Boxing Day. The crowd and atmosphere is pure Belg. Sunday I again woke up at 5.45 and this time went off to Southampton. Hardly the centre for cross and I was that impressed with the course
RJ has hurt her knee from an imbalance in her left thigh muscle. Which, means she has spoilt running club. So we went on a power walk & slow jog today off towards Crystal Palace park. I've been going down the park ever since I was a baby, i did diving training as it used to have an olympic training status and I trained there for when I used to play football. Anyways it's always fun to go j
I'd forgotten how good the program Paint is. Its the original Photoshop 1.0This is a picture of Graham who worked the pits for me at the National Trophy cleaning my bike. Thank-you Graham and David for helping and jet washing.
Prototype Specialized Terra Tubulars arrived. They must have known I'd puncture at Mallory Park, unless they planned it that way. They look good. The Big S doesn't do things by halfs, more on Andy's blog about why the dominance of Dugasts may be coming to an end re the announcement of 3 new tubulars. More details are on Bike Radar from the US I'll be gluing them later this week after Thursday'
I don't like it, its a bit flippin freaky, but it intrgues me - Hyde Park Pet Cemetery.
Love these, I don't know much though. Trust me if you like. Not my money is it
Well, I did alright at the National Trophy. Actually quite pleased with my result even though I punctured my Dugast front tub. Only that bloody wheelset I've been spending a load of time on in the last few weeks. Original clincher wheel destruction - 1 hour Wheel Build - 2 hours Gluing - 3 hours Sealing - an episode of X-factor (1 hour 30mins) One must factor in drying time, you can't move onto the next stage without a day in between. Drying - 48 hours Total - 7 hours 3
Due to overwhelming and malicious pressure from members of the Ferrous Oxide Users Lobby [F.O.U.L.], we will welcome, albeit in limited numbers, Fibrephobes wishing to partake in training at Regents Park, usually at 6.30 pm on Thursdays. As you can imagine, this is a major compromise, neh, climbdown by the CarbonConsortium, one that has caused major rifts within its inner sanctum. We will have to stand firm against the imminent media ridicule, but rest assured we
Went to Richmond and Wimbledon. Quite a good game. Andy bought a Viennese Finger it was massive. Photo credit (Andy Waterman)Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
I reckon my answers to the questions are pretty good, no repetition of a pacific word, no use of funny hand movements too much, shame about the hair, looks as though i've been blown by a gale from one side. I's say its fairly embarassing but pleased with my efforts anyways.
I knew I could ride to 6th and I've managed it, ok the field wasn't that hard at the inter-areas it contained some of the usual suspects from the National Trophy rounds. The course had 3 off camber tight turns, hurdles and lots and lots of grass.Didn't feel that confident (ie I'd make mistakes, slow down too much, waste energy on turns, and wear myself out).Mr Anonymous will be pleased to know I
There is a man I work with. He's 50 or so, small, bald, not fat & not skin or bone. He's Landan through and through. Not your typical stylish Rapha cad. He doesn't understand the point in sportives. He's a man of circuit racing, palace, hog hill and back in the daytime trials. He's very old skool. He talks only in gear ratios 53-14 is his favourite. He is full of energy, he never stops. He will always lend a hand. So we taught him how to use email. We taught him to find p
I just read on Louise Mahe's / Hannah Reynolds (Mule Bar Girls) facebook that, and I quote "You hurt in training so you hurt the others in races [winkey smiley face]." Fair point. Currently they are hurting me. I think its because they are powered only by pure organic mule bars and my cake isn't quite up to scratch. Either way, tabata tonight after I go to Geoff Waugh's exhibition preview. I'm going to only watch this video for the full thirty minutes on the rollers. note: I find
I was meant to be doing something like something important. I got distracted and began picking at things. That's how it starts and before you know it, the cage is off the mech, there is a jockey on the bench, sprockets in the Safety Kleen tank and hmm a burning feeling on my leg.So engrossed (sic?) was I in picking tiny specs of black dirt from my running gear, I didn't notice the chemical run down the industrial rubber glove and trickle onto the pocket of my jeans. I placed my cogs
This has been getting me through the Tabata Tuesdays. Well for the next two weeks until I get bored. Warm up Tensake - Coma Cat TV Rock - In the air Tabata Kelis - Acapella Fake Blood - I think I like it Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads will roll (A-Trak Remix) Katy B - On a mission D1 & Caspa - Back for the first time Cool down Cassius - 99 (Reset! Remix) Foals - Spanish Sahara
Bike Fitting - Condor Cycles from Condor Cycles on Vimeo. Made a video and its on the new Condor site. Can I just say MY idea, MY concept, directed my ME - basically proves I'm an Idiot Savant. But I couldn't of done it without Adub and Ben coz Adub he can work the pixel gun and Benji the bike jig.
cyclocross Originally uploaded by gregfalski.comTwo races in 24 hours hurts man! I've done stage races before but your legs don't feel tired in the same way. 40 minutes of going pretty hard hurts and then to finish late in the evening and repeat on course at the National Trophy the next day its difficult. I couldn't really contend with anything at the National. I tried my best but I wasn't
Ben stole Liam Killeens wheels, but that's after that chunk of blonde hair'd muscle stole his first from the pits at the Abergavenny cross.You'd think the champ would know to label his wheels. But guess what wheels they were... Mavic Krysium SL silver (yeh I know! I just built a pair). Liam was rocking Dugasts, which had been transplated with a Michelin Mud tread. If it's good enough for Liam
This is me, in a cave, telling people what to do. What I do best. I'm not saying what I tell them to do is best but I am best at telling.
What the hell happened there then. Well I'll tell you, I got complacent. That's what! Finished 2nd in the Eastern League at the weekend. I opted for Eastern because after my double cross race weekend, Eastern was the race on the Saturday and I decided its a really well run league, fun with really nice people going. A photographer shows up too so I can look at pictures of myself the following week. Why am I cross - well, here's how it goes. I have to start way back because I'm not a
Just had a thought, might do a project. here are some words related to the new project. seeds stealth croxted road waddington way 4-6 weeks pansy probably won't work
Image: Andy Waterman The only way forward in cross is tubs. Fact. I said it last year, in my end of season round up. Once I got tubular tyres my racing changed and I could feel the difference. That said clinchers have their place, riding to a training session down Mitcham, a punctured clincher is easy to sort and your off riding again. Punctured tub and thats the end of the game. But I fe
I don't know how it happened, Kristian H persuaded me I guess, but I ended up in an all tweed outfit and modelling in some hipster fashion show. The Tweed outfit I wore, which included a silk scarf, plus 4's, shirt, flat cap, tweed waistcoat. the tweed wasn't Harris as @tarmacchaser pointed out but it did have reflective strands woven into it. pretty smart cycling tweed. But I look shit in the pi
Move over cakes. Well, not quite, I love a good sponge. But we've realised its no way forward for a pro. In fact whilst it was helping us train, it might have become an addiction that just went too far. Thank god it was cake and not crack. I think I've got one of those addictive personalities. 2010 was the year Rapha Condor girls did cake. And it culminated in a 4 page spread in cycling weekly. BOOM. We've set ourselves some rules re cake to ween ourselves off it Cake can't be eate
Right there is alot of stuff to pick up on. I did a double cross weekend, Eastern League on the Saturday and then London League on the Sunday. Both races were a stark contrast to each other. The first was grassy, sunny and dry the London League was painful. I think I wrote in an earlier blog that its dumb people referring to cyclo cross as Hell. Well I take it back it was. I coudn't count
I got a couple of messages about doing and blog posts and when the hell am I going to update Cross 140. I've been taking pictures (honest), I just got super busy. Launched a new range at the cycle show, did some cross races - some I did good, some I goof'd then I launched my first ever proper website (http://www.condorcycles.com/). It still needs some work. Like a new born baby, it needs constant
I was sitting on the train en route to Esher to go watch a film and eat Italian (FYI). There is a guy opposite me. He sounds alittle bit like an idiot. He's just said to his friend "That girl I was seeing, yeh I'm going to drop her. She only just got back to me after a month with a date when she can meet up. I don't think I can be bothered." No mate - I think she can't be bothered, you fool. Ok then he said "oh Jennifer, yes that was a rather drunken flight. Saw her last week, bit
Its the end of the season. Therefore doing things that may break our collarbones is now allowed. Rapha Condor girls and boys team were asked by Prostate Cancer charity to ride a sportive of the Stoke Stage of the Tour of Britain. I have to travel up from London to do it, so did Phips and Rachel and Martin,Brigga, Dean and Curley had to drive across from somewhere North or Midland
