May 31, 2012

Fraddon is a village in central Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, in the parish of St Enoder. It is roughly midway between Newquay and St Austell and is south of the linked villages of St Columb Road and Indian Queens. Mebyon Kernow, the UK political party for Cornish devolution, is based in Fraddon. It is also the home of Dick Cole, a leading member of the party. Just south of Fraddon is the settlement of Blue Anchor. The Blue Anchor Inn is...

May 31, 2012

A juicy review… I was asked to review BEET IT stamina shot.  James White drinks have  developed the idea of a 7cl concentrated beetroot shot to deliver the equivalent dose of dietary nitrate (5mMol) – which they now recommend as the optimum daily dose – as naturally found in 25cl BEET IT beetroot juice. It is cut with lemon juice to reduce it natural sweetness. As a result it neither tastes nor smells of beetroots, and has proved...

May 28, 2012

As I wrote my last article for the website I was just about to start my racing for the season with the Tom Hawkins RR. The race didn’t exactly go to plan with me just finishing in the bunch and my team mate finishing in the bush… But we don’t talk about that. Since then I have had my first experience of winning a circuit and a road race. Taking the first round of the Cornish Series, with a solo attack for the first half of the...

May 27, 2012

Now that the evening Ilton series is about to start I thought I would talk about how to ride in the crosswinds which always affect the racing up there. Ilton is a great place to learn how to ride in crosswinds, its always windy up there and the wind socks for the airfield make it really easy to see which way the wind is coming from. The principle of an echelon is based on the fact that when the wind is coming at you from the side, the best...

May 15, 2012

The race started as usual at the Yarborough Leisure Center with a full field of one hundred and sixty riders taking the start. There was a short delay as last minute safety and radio checks were carried out then the racing got started proper as the riders hit Burton Road. Perhaps encouraged by the early sunshine and the enthusiastic crowds there were attacks straight away as a few overly brave riders tried to get an early jump on the...