Lotts Wood Round 1 to Singular

Summit MTB, a club local to us, puts on a series of races over the summer every third Wednesday evening. Last night saw the running of the first in that series. They make excellent use of a small piece of forestry comission land with a tight and winding course which gets more technical the faster you ride it. Steve Webb rode it at a fearsome pace and in doing so became the first singlespeed rider ever to take the overall win in these races. Incredibly the next two places were also on singlespeeds, Phil Moore and Dean Taylor of Velo Club Moulin. The boys were really flying at the front, though Steve ultimately put nearly two minutes into Phil over the course of the 55 minute race. I was sitting in fourth when one of the local flinty rocks made its way through my sidewall ending my day. We'll certainly be there for the rest of this great little series, if you want to make it along and perhaps even borrow a bike for a spin just drop us a line.

Twittering

For those who really can't get enough Singular news, I've begun a Twitter account. While my ramblings here at least make some attempt at coherent prose, in keeping with this new wave of communicative development my twitter will offer you short vignettes of whatever I might happen to be up to at the time (bike related of course, I won't be posting what I had for breakfast...).

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Lots of news

As ever, lots of things happening in these parts. The new jerseys we had in have now all sold though there will be more on the way. Couple of minor tweaks to the design for these ones. Stefano from biciclista.it who manufacture the jerseys was at EHBE over the weekend with the new samples. We should have these in stock again in a couple of weeks - apologies to those who missed out.

Stefano modelling his creation - a fine figure of a man

The new batch of Swifts and Hummingbirds is in the final stages of paint and should leave Taiwan this week. We will see them here roughly three weeks after that all being well with shipping and customs. Those who have pre-ordered will see their frames a bit more quickly as they are being air-freighted.

In racing news the Gorrick 100 Enduro was held a couple of weeks back and once again Steve Webb put in a sterling performance to come home in fifth in the blue riband seven lap category. This was despite a second lap puncture which cost around five minutes. Without that misfortune he'd almost certainly have been nipping at the heels of the podium.

A recent trip to Afan forest with all the gang in honour of Adam's impending deportation to Australia

I've succumbed to some of the whims of fashion and kitted a bike out with some white bits to complement the startlingly white Reba I've been using for a while. It's come together pretty nicely both in terms of style and performance.