Round 3 of the Wattbike league at Friary Grange Leisure Centre, kicked off with the familiar 500m time trial. The 3 groups racing during the evening’s proceedings had been reshuffled following the previous weeks performances and resulted in some very different racing as a consequence. Group 1’s race was won by Chris Stilgoe in 31.02 seconds, a faster time than he recorded the previous week… Read full post
The 5 races in the event programme ensured a full and action packed evening of indoor cycle racing. An increased field or riders also meant that the competition for points was even more hotly contested. Charlie Cox continued to show his strength and endurance, as he had the week before. He took 4 out of the 5 possible victories in his group and took the overall victory in his group and goes to the… Read full post
Getting back into the routine of training now, after going to the awards for British Triathlon on Saturday night (won age grouper of the year, yipee!) and sitting with a world class table of athletes I am motivated to go. Eddie (Wattbike coach) and I had a phone conversation yesterday and he has provided me with my stats and training zones from the tests I did with him a few weeks ago. Did the first… Read full post
The Wattbike league is based on the type of racing commonly seen at indoor velodromes and provides 5 different events for each competitor to participate in. Riders are split into 3 groups of 10 riders. Group 1 is for the ladies and the remaining 2 groups places are taking by the men. A mix of participants had assembled which included first timers, seasoned wattbikers, cyclists and triathletes and even… Read full post
He beat me to it, and posted his first entry before I had a chance to introduce him, but here goes. Nick is the reigning World Age Group Triathlete and is just getting back into training in the lovely British Weather. Here is how he describes how he got into Triathlon and his plans for the future. My first experience of triathlon was in 2001 where I came 2nd in a novice sprint event. On a borrowed… Read full post
After a few months of little training its time to get going again. met with Eddie (WattBike coach) least week and about to start my first session set by him on the bike – with the rain today im glad im inside. ----- Read full post
We have just noticed that our friend Dave Reedle has picked up a silver medal at the Para-Cycling World Cup in Manchester. A PDF of results is available on the British Cycling website ----- Read full post
We were very impressed when Jamie Staff broke Chris Hoy's record for 200m on the Wattbike, and thought that it would last a while. Apparently we were wrong. Last week in Holland some of the Dutch rowers took on a few pro cyclists. Over 2oom Jan-Willem Gabriels, Silver medallist in the Dutch 8 in Athens and 8th in the coxless four in Beijing produced an incredible 8.84 seconds. Jan-Willem Gabriels… Read full post
Some good pics of the Brereton Wheelers Wattbike Night at Lichfield Friary in September can be found at Martin Sutton Photography ----- Read full post
This just caught my eye when looking through past emails…… Name check for Wattbike as well! ----- Read full post
Ben, Gary and I were at the World Cup this weekend doing 200m races, we saw some pretty impressive times and peak power scores. No power score quite matched David Readle from the GB Blind and Visioned tandem who showed us a picture of his peak power on his phone – a staggering 2180W! We were very impressed and we wish David and his stoker Simon Jackson all the best in the BVi tandem for this… Read full post