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By Verity Posted on 26/03/2018

Cape Epic Stage 7 Grand Finale

Distance: 67km Climbing: 2000m Weather: Cloudy 22 degrees. As I heard the bagpipes (they wake up the camp, early doors, with a real, live bagpiper) for the final time, I … Continue reading Cape Epic Stage 7 Grand Finale

Categories: Cape EpicTags: Brotherton Cycles, Cape Epic, mountain biking, mtb xc, specialized, women's cycling
By Verity Posted on 24/03/201824/03/2018

Cape Epic Stage 6

Distance 76km Climbing 2000m Weather: cloudy 20 degrees. Plan: Solo. Push on as able. The cool weather today was a blessing, with still a lot of climbing and my chest … Continue reading Cape Epic Stage 6

Categories: Cape EpicTags: Brotherton Cycles, Cape Epic, Liv, mountain biking, specialized, women's cycling
By Verity Posted on 22/03/201822/03/2018

Cape Epic Stage 4 The Queen Stage

Distance: 111km Climbing: 1800m Weather: Sunny 33 degrees. Plan: Didn’t have one. A technical day, both up and down and an enormous helping of sand. Some very broken people, including … Continue reading Cape Epic Stage 4 The Queen Stage

Categories: Cape EpicTags: Brotherton Cycles, Cape Epic, Liv, mountain biking, specialized, women's cycling
By Verity Posted on 21/03/2018

Stage 3 – the Longest Day.

Distance: 122km Climbing: 1800m Weather: cloudy initially at a cool 20deg then full on sunshine at 28deg. Powerful Tail wind! The finish line seemed to come too quickly today. A … Continue reading Stage 3 – the Longest Day.

Categories: Cape Epic, MTB XCTags: Brotherton Cycles, Cape Epic, mountain biking, mtb xc, outdoors, specialized, women, women's cycling, xc
By Verity Posted on 19/03/201820/03/2018

Cape Epic Stage 1.

Distance: 110km Climbing: 1900m Weather: sunny 28 degrees. Plan: Gently wind up the effort, attempt to move up in category, but without big efforts. Don’t crash. Tough, rough and very … Continue reading Cape Epic Stage 1.

Categories: Cape Epic, MTB XCTags: Cape Epic, mountain biking, outdoors, specialized, women's cycling
By Verity Posted on 18/03/2018

Prologue

Distance 20km Total ascent: 600m Weather: Sunny 23 degrees. Plan: Go steady, loosen the legs, settle in the bike skills.

Categories: MTB XCTags: Cape Epic, mountain biking, mtb xc, specialized, women's cycling, xc
ATG / Cytech sharing their knowledge
By Verity Posted on 03/03/201703/03/2017

Mountain Bike Leadership Workshop

Be it a guide, an instructor or a leader, I want to be one, and want to be one of the best out there – I have a lot of … Continue reading Mountain Bike Leadership Workshop

Categories: leadershipTags: BCCoaching, leadership, mountain biking, MTBLeadership, Plas y Brenin, women
By Verity Posted on 21/01/201721/01/2017

Leadership

As I gradually pull together the skills required for leading on a mountain bike, whether in a local playground or out on an exposed ridge at 800 metres above see level, many … Continue reading Leadership

Categories: General Comment, UncategorizedTags: leadership, mountain biking, navigation, outdoors, Snowdonia, Tryfan, women
By Verity Posted on 20/06/201620/06/2016

Mountain Mayhem 24 hours 2016

Relative to previous years, Mayhem provided a surprisingly technical challenge, largely due to the preceeding week’s rain. It was certainly a torturous challenge to the legs, for when you weren’t … Continue reading Mountain Mayhem 24 hours 2016

Categories: General Comment, MTB XCTags: 24hour, 24hr, mountain biking, Mountain Mayhem, mtb xc, Twentyfourhours, women's cycling
We did get a bit giddy, not entirely cool & focussed.
By Verity Posted on 15/09/201520/07/2017

August Adventures in the UCI World Cup.

World Cup action. I’m finding it difficult to find time to write at the moment, so many projects on the go. This is a bit outdated but so it is.. … Continue reading August Adventures in the UCI World Cup.

Categories: MTB XCTags: mountain biking, UCI, women's cycling, World Cup
By Verity Posted on 24/07/201520/07/2017

Good Friends

Summer is in full swing, as is my diary. I can’t keep up. Planning, unplanning. I’m heading out to Paris in a bit – Business Class – that was a … Continue reading Good Friends

Categories: General Comment, MTB XC National ChampionshipsTags: cycling, Geoff Thomas, Lance Armstrong, mountain biking
The rideable climb, when no-one's in the way, you can ride up around the final steps, no bike carry.
By Verity Posted on 01/07/201520/07/2017

Queen Victoria Cross and such

Its been a while, busy I guess. The Lance thing was a long time ago now, seems like that never happened, though I will never forget descending flat out for … Continue reading Queen Victoria Cross and such

Categories: General CommentTags: Brotherton Cycles, hadleigh farm, mountain biking, mtb xc, women's cycling

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