In last month's Newsletter we asked for stories about how people use their Wattbike. We had some great responses but the winner of the Wattbike kit was Tony Kuipers from Australia. Tony only recently got into cycling having been unable to run due to a serious knee injury. After only three weeks of cycling he entered a couple of mountain bike events… Read full post
I went over to see Lee Dixon a few weeks ago to see how he was getting on with his training - Lee used to play football for Arsenal and England and can now be seen every weekend on BBC's Football Focus and Match of the Day 2. It's fairly obvious that Lee has been bitten by the cycling bug quite badly - it gets us all eventually, right? He's… Read full post
I’m off and running…well…cycling to be more accurate! I only joined Wattbike in January, and before the month was out I had been signed up to cycle from the Tour de France prologue in Liege to the Olympic Park in London to support the Right to Play Bike Ride 2012. I do cycle, but I have never attempted anything beyond about 50 miles… Read full post
Summit of Col du Soulor We're always on the look out for insiprational stories from Wattbike owners across the world and this is no exception, a tale of a comeback to the bike and nerves and excitement ahead of a first foray into the challenges of some iconic Tour de France climbs. Jonathan is taking on the Etape du Tour - Acte II, it's the… Read full post
Today we bring you the first in a series of interviews with the HotChillee Ride Captains(RCs), the people who keep the riders on track during The London-Paris and Alpine Challenge. We're sponsoring the RCs throughout this year and they're all well into their training for these events on their Wattbikes. The RCs have quite varied and interesting… Read full post
It was fantastic to open The Times this past weekend and see the Wattbike described as '...a stationary bike. Yet it stands in the same relation to that rusting contraption in your mum's garage as a Bugatti Veyron does to a Robin Reliant.' The Times journalist, Robert Crampton, is taking on the Deloitte Ride Across Britain later this… Read full post
Having just completed my last sportive of 2011 I have to admit to feeling pretty tired. Not only because of the 55 mile hilly course around the Peak District but because I was recently ill. Getting back on the bike after a severe bout of sickness is something that simply cannot be rushed, it took nearly two weeks before I managed to not feel totally… Read full post
So many great memories from our trip to the Alpine Challenge and we've just received the official photographs. We'll pick out our favourites amongst the hundreds taken and put them up here on the Wattbike blog over the next few days... Read full post
So we've been in the Alps in Annecy for 2 days, within 30 mins of arriving we'd been coerced into a ride with Sven, the organiser of the Alpine Challenge. He took us around Lake Annecy which has to be one of the most stunning rides I've ever done. A great loop on a traffic-free cycle path for half of the ride and a great fast road back into Annecy (except… Read full post
You might remember we recently heard the story of Ryan Scott who knocked 40 minutes off his sportive time after training on a Wattbike, well we also noticed a few tweets from one of our followers, DocRoddy, who was tweeting about his impressive performance in the Etape Caledonie. What makes Roddy's story interesting is that his occupation means… Read full post