Interview: Switching Jobs, Dieting & Panic Attacks
Bikeradar.com recently published an in-depth feature looking into my somewhat untraditional career path, so if you’re interested in finding out how I ended up living in Devon, why I got pissed off with modelling and how I tried and failed […]
Video: The Tour Series, Fixed Days and Waterkant Krit
I’ve just returned from an extremely fun few days of travelling and racing. Last Thursday Dave and I set off from our home in Devon, first travelling up to Stoke-on-Trent where I raced the second round of The Tour Series […]
Thundercrit: Sick Racing
I’ve just finished watching editing my video of Thundercrit so I gave it a watch all the way through before uploading it to my YouTube channel and I quickly realised that all the footage of me complaining about feeling ill is […]
My Fixed Gear Race Weekend in NYC
I’ve just got back from a long weekend in NYC and man, jet lag is the worst! Seeing as the city is absolutely crazily expensive I decided to go for just three days, figuring that along with keeping costs to […]
Video: My Winter Indoor Crit Racing Training
Hi pals, hope you had a good weekend and are enjoying the longer evenings! I’ve just had a great weekend with back-to-back races on both days, the first over at Westpoint Arena in Exeter and the second at the new […]
Ten Top Tips For New Racers
I didn’t grow up racing bikes, in fact I came to cycling fairly late in life and bike racing even more recently so I can still vividly remember what it feels like to be a newcomer to a sport that […]
Motorbikes, GCN, British Cycling…
In a brief moment between a training ride and an excursion to fix my mum’s puncture and take her for a ride on a tandem, I’ve finally managed to sit down and begin tackling some of the writing I’ve been […]
New Bikes To Ride From Liv Cycling
Hello readers! Sorry I haven’t posted an update in a while, I’ve been super busy dashing all over the country and trying to juggle all the different aspects of my career. Thanks for bearing with me. My intention as I […]
My best rides of 2017
I’ve been meaning to write a kind of ‘year in review’ for 2016 for a while now, but seeing as I was in La Gomera over new year then had to try and catch up with a million things […]
Adapting training plans for winter
When I wrote my 2016 ‘To Do’ list I had little idea of how my year would actually pan out, so unfortunately there’s quite a lot of stuff on there that I’ve not achieved, but not to worry, I intend […]
Red Hook Crit Barcelona 2016
Red Hook Crit in Barcelona is without doubt every fixed crit racer’s event of the year Those that can tend to fly in early or extend their trip after the race because it’s so much fun hanging out at the […]
Racing Mountain Bikes At Southern Enduro Round 3
My most recent mountain bike race involved a trip to Hampshire to camp out and race Round 3 of the Southern Enduro series. I’m not 100% convinced that sleeping in a tent with my incredibly loud, snoring husband is the […]
Rad Race Fixed 42 World Championships
Apologies for the tardiness of this post, I’ve been pretty flat out trying to catch up with work and travel these last few weeks! In the middle of June, the ‘Fixed 42‘ Fixed Gear World Championships took place in Berlin, the […]
How To Ride Faster
One of the things I love most about cycling is going fast. The other is getting airborne and doing jumps, which isn’t really relevant to riding a road bike at all so when it comes to riding asphalt I get my […]
Racing La Petite Course Crit In Paris
The weekend before last, I hopped on a train to Paris to go and race the inaugural edition of La Petite Course crit. It just so happened to be the same weekend that the London Nocturne was taking place and […]
How About Racing Enduro In Wales?
With multiple timed stages reached under your own steam, Enduro races have invigorated grass roots mountain biking over the last few years introducing the thrill of racing down technical terrain to a new generation of riders. Unlike a Downhill race […]
A Training and Injury Update
I’m still relatively new to both training and racing – it was only last June that I impulsively entered the inaugural London round of the Red Hook Crit series and signed up for a month’s intensive training in preparation. Before […]
Fast Forward Carbon Tubular Track Wheels
I’ve been running Mavic Ellipse clinchers on my track bike for a while now, and whilst they certainly do the job pretty decently, every time I go to the velodrome, I do get wheel envy. I’m generally a pretty cheap […]
The many stages of injury
If you play any kind of sport, you take your chances with injury and cycling is no exception. The stuff that I do, I almost expect that at some point I’m going to hurt myself – it’s just kind of […]
Racing Welsh Gravity Enduro Round 4
It seems like three is my magic number this year – I took this third spot on the podium at Round 4 of the Welsh Gravity Enduro series last Sunday meaning I’ve grabbed third places in the last three races […]