Sunday 22 November 2009

This, That and Man Flu
















Well its "off season" so not a lot going on really. I had a full month off the bike after my last race and have only just started getting going on the bike. Done a few 1 hour rides but no distance yet. I have fitted a set of crud road bike guards which seem to do a great job and are the only guards I have fitted to the Giant OCR winter bike with any success. Its not time for the turbo yet as its not quite at the snow and ice stage of winter so still out on the road. I have been offered a Hope vision 2 front light to borrow for the winter from my sponsor and should have it fitted this week. I have spent the week watching Anthea suffer with a heavy cold and matched her symptoms at about 1 - 2 days behind her. Of course me being a man, my condition is a lot worse!! I have "man flu" but I am still managing to do a bit of training as its only a head cold and not on my chest. I am stuck in work today so have been surfing the web a bit and found the bikes pictured. If I had between £4000 and £6000 (dreaming, I don't have any money for a bike) I would of course do a custom build but for an "off the shelf" bike from those shown I think I would opt for the Bianchi, which would you choose?

Thursday 5 November 2009

More media coverage


This weeks coverage is of the End to End Mountain Bike race I did in the Isle Of Man, it was shown 4 times over the 3rd and 4th November on Sky Sports 3. I was filmed leading the main pack of 970 riders trying to close down the 3 breakaways. I even had my name called out by the commentator! Beat that Turboman!!! Next weeks media coverage is the main story on the sports pages of the weekly newspaper "The Bridlington Free Press" and no its not free before you ask!

I now have a provisional game plan for next seasons targets but will reveal all after I find out a bit more info about the races planned and will then make it public knowledge but lets just say its ambitious.

Sunday 1 November 2009

Hear my radio interview - for one week only!

For those that don't know I was interviewed for BFBS radio at the weekend regarding the Yorkshire and Humber title. If you want to hear my embarrassing interview click on the following link http://www.bfbs-radio.com/pages/extranet/listenagain.php and scroll down to "From the touchline" its Saturday part 3 and starts at 29 mins just as the Saturdays record is finishing. Try not to laugh at me. Yes I know i'm a sad man but its as near to fame as i'm going to get!