Showing posts with label enduro. Show all posts
Showing posts with label enduro. Show all posts

Tuesday, 13 December 2016

2016 - my year in cycling

2016 has been a pretty good year for cycling, this year i have ridden in England, Scotland, Wales, France, Germany and the USA. Here is a look back at some of the things I've been up too.

January 1st, Putting up with the winter grind as I just need to get out the house.

Jan 31st - Feb 3rd, Core bike show, indoors but surrounded by bikes


March 15th, Commuting to work can be very dull so I look for some more alternative routes, even taking in some single track.


April 7th, a trip to Bike Park Wales for business and fun with Freeride Legend Chris Smith and Tom.


April 18th-23rd, distributor trip to Bellingham, USA to visit Transition Bikes.



May 8th, track building with my kids in our local woods.




June 2nd - 5th, Pebbles and Fort William for the WC with Russ, James (from Pedals Edinburgh), Martin, Tom and Freeride Legend Chris Smith!



June 12th, we support the Transition Bike Southern Enduro, this round was at Tidworth.


July 15th, riding the Hayling Island Billy line with a stop off and the dirt jumps.


August 30th - 3rd Sept, Eurobike transport.




September 9th-11th, Suisse Normande with Chris, Greg and Simon.


September 26th, the Transition bikes booth at the Cycle Show with Tahnee Seagrave.




November 19th, Work trip to the Ghent 6 days with Rob, Luke and Russ.




November 25th, day off Fridays and one of my many visits to QECP


December 2nd, Winchester and back via the South Downs Way with Chris and Greg.


Winchester winter ride from DanJones34 on Vimeo.

December 7th, dealer visit to the Forest of Dean with Tom




Tuesday, 24 November 2015

Press Release: The Transition Bikes Southern Enduro Series.

We are pleased to announce that Transition Bikes via its UK distributor Windwave have come on board as the title sponsor for the new 2016 Southern Enduro series. The Transition Bikes Southern Enduro series is a new for 2016 event organised by the same team that run the successful QECP Enduro events. 

Transition Bikes brand manager Dan Jones said, “This series represents a major step forward for the Enduro scene on the south coast where our company is based, so when we got the opportunity to get involved we jumped at the chance.”

The Transition Bikes Southern Enduro series will be run over 4 rounds:
Rd1 17th April: Milland, West Sussex
Rd2 12th June: Venue TBA
Rd3 24th July: QECP, Hampshire
Rd4 18th Sept: Venue TBA

Each event will be a one-day race with practice in the morning and racing in the afternoon. The stages will be “predominately downhill with a mix of technical singletrack and fast flowy trails.
Entries will go live on 19th December where you can buy an entry for all rounds in one go for £160. There are 100 of those available. You can enter the individual races two months before each event at £42.50 each.
Links:
Transition Bikes UK
Facebook: www.facebook.com/transitionbikesuk
Twitter: www.twitter.com/transitionUK