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 […]
British XCM Championships announced
In a late move, British Cycling have announced that they will endorse a national Marathon Mountain Bike (XCM) Championships event for 2016. Set for August 28th, the race will take part in Crychan Forest, a mostly pine forest in Mid Wales. With the race starting and finishing in Llandovery, the event aims to have a 40km […]
Richard Jansen wins Dutch Beach Racing Championship
Cyclocross racing isn’t the only winter bike racing option in Europe – many in the ‘lowlands’ of the Netherlands and Belgium turn to beach racing. This past weekend, the Dutch Nath National Championships Beachracing was held in Egmond. With a strong headwind Ike Groen and Stefan Vreugdenhil attacked from the start. They cooperated very well together and […]
Epic Cymru – Stage Racing returns to Wales
Epic Cymru is a brand new Mountain Bike stage race held over 5 days within South Wales on August 15-19th, 2015. It has been launched by ACycling, brain child of seasoned endurance racer Matt Page. Living and training in Wales, it’s clear Page is passionate about his country and the mountain biking on offer. Epic […]
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 […]
Being taken out of the comfort zone
When attempting to increase physical performance, you only get fitter / faster / stronger when you push your body out of its comfort zone and force it to overcompensate. Repeated small cycles like this are what bring the big gains over the course of a season. But what about technical riding? I would argue that […]