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Last weekend saw my first attempt at the national Gravity Enduro series at Coed-Y-Brenin forest park in north Wales.

I arrived bright and early Saturday morning and I could already see that this was much more serious than the other more local Gravity Enduros. There were loads of people milling about fettling with their bikes, and all serious bikes too! What struck me first was the amount of this years models, which really illustrates how quickly gravity racing has taken off this year. It's gotta be said that my 2010 meta was looking rather old! ...[ continue reading >> ]

April has seen a mixture of riders staying on and off the bike, unfortunately Mel broke her collar bone at the end of March, Tom hasn't raced yet due to an ongoing knee injury and after a successful start Gregg has now broken his arm.

ready to go - Toms MSC Koncept Carbon RR

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Gregg races in the Youth category for Just Riding Along.
It was a cold start to the day for most of the riders queing up to sign on as snow was falling in huge flakes. This soon turned to rain as riders pulled their bikes out of their cars and set of on their warm up lap. Luckily the weather brightened up a bit for the start of Race 1 and continued to get warmer and brighter throughout the day. The start of the races were a little bit hectic as lots of riders were packed into the narrow fire road creating a big problem for the Commisares lining people up. Eventually though the problem was solved and we were called to the front just behind the Junior riders. I was called up on the second row which I am quite pleased about as I thought the the riders around me were very good so I was compelled by the thought that I was capable of racing these guys.
After the Commisare gave us the usual talk on rules and what to do when passing people there was a silence as "the race will start in the next fifteen seconds" was called...[ continue reading >> ]

With the Cross Country season already started the Midlands and Welsh Series have had their first and second rounds and another Midlands XC race takes place this weekend.
Our riders have already seen some actions, Jason and Gregg rode the Midlands XC round 1 on the 19th of February coming 9th and 10th respectively and Melanie won the Welsh Cross County round 2 on the 11 Feburary.
 

Greggs report from the Midlands XC Series race 1 - Hicks Lodge Leg Burner
It was an early start for a lot of riders that were riding in the first race of the day. As people set off for their early warm up laps the sun was melting the overnight frost, but creating beautiful weather to race in.
Everybody could feel the tension rising as the contestants warmed up on the start line and on their rollers and turbos. Soon enough the whistle came to call the riders up to the start line to be sorted into their race categories. There was a mass of people (120 in total) at the start but luckily I was set of just behind the Junior men and second group to start. The races started off fast and furious as many...[ continue reading >> ]

We've assembled a small team for 2012 of riders who are all co-sponsered - as you can't get far on just a pair of wheels, its our first year to do something more formal so something we hope can grow. We have 5 mtb riders from a mixture of categories.
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Tom  Bell
Category - Elite men, ranked 9th in 2011.
Tom is riding for MSC bikes and Just Riding Along.
Wheels : Tom has gone for the instock racers favorite of American Classic Hubs on NoTubes Podium rims.
Tom was ranked 9th in Elite Men last year and riding full time in 2012.  With plans to race in the UK National Points series and in Europe this season as well as regional UK races.
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Melanie Alexander
Category - Elite women
Melanie is riding for Cyclopedia and Just Riding Along
Wheels:  Mel is riding a 29er this year and we've built up the American Classic hubs on NoTubes Crest rims with Sapim CX-Ray spokes and purple nipples.
Mel finished 3rd overall Elite in British Mountain Bike Series 2011 and is racing in 2012 as well as writing her blog on XC Racer website.
Mels first ride on her new wheels:
"I had a great weekend of mtbing trying out the new wheels. Could not...[ continue reading >> ]