The 5th edition of Battle on the Beach returns on April 14/15th with entries set to open at midnight on January 1st – a perfect way to kickstart your cycling year. From its humble beginnings, the unique event has grown to become one of the biggest cycling events in the UK, attracting over 850 riders […]
Cape to Cape 2015 Stage 1 – Mullens and Tupalski take the lead
The Cape to Cape’s eighth edition got underway today under perfect blue skies in WA’s Margaret River region. Over 1,000 competitors from across Australia formed a massive, multi-coloured snake stretching for hundreds of metres beneath Cape Leeuwin’s historic lighthouse. Today’s stage, while the shortest at just 42 kilometres, was also widely touted as the race’s hardest, with […]
Tide to Tide: A team relay against the sea
On Saturday October 4th, howies and A Cycling are putting on a brand new coastal cycling event in Wales. It will be a six hour team relay, racing from high to low tide (3pm to 9pm) on a spectacular 7km course through Pembrey Country Park. This follows on the success of Battle on the Beach […]
howies Battle on the Beach
300 riders arrived at a sunny Pembrey Country Park in Carmarthenshire for the inaugural howies Battle on the Beach, the first UK beach race. The event sold out in just 3 days when entries opened in January and also doubled as the first ever Fat Bike UK Championships. Riders travelled from far and wide, including […]