Innehållsförteckning för December 8, 2022 från Cycling Weekly

Cyclists have a strange relationship with running. If my cycling friends and contacts are anything to go by, most of us have dabbled with the knee-busting activity at some point in our ‘careers’, and with varying levels of success. I’ve been running for the last month or so. The time-efficiency helps at this time of year and it’s a nice change. After a year of focusing on watts and aerodynamics, it’s refreshing to forget it all and do something less structured. Plus it can be good for your body as cyclists miss that impact training that helps strengthen bones. Then there’s the fact that after a few weeks of running my yearning to ride soon returns. There are countless cyclists who, having retired from high-level competition, dive straight into a…

The money is to be used to develop the velodrome’s off-road trails, and will also go towards the employment of an off-road development officer who will look to build awareness of, and spread the word about Herne Hill’s trails in the local community. Chair of Herne Hill Velodrome Trust Tim McInnes told Cycling Weekly that the grant, the second received from the Rapha Foundation, is a “vote of confidence” in the velodrome’s work. “It means a huge amount to get this. We got a grant from the foundation back in 2019 to support our development work at the velodrome. It enabled us to do a bit of investment in the site, but also hire a youth development officer, which was a role we hadn’t had before,” he said. “We used…

Davide Rebellin driver found The truck driver suspected of running down and killing recently retired Italian pro Davide Rebellin has been located in Germany. The 62-year-old is a German national and wanted on charges of vehicular homicide in Italy. He has so far not been arrested as no such charge exists in Germany. Rebellin, who was 51, was killed while out training in Montebello Vicentino last week. Colin Sturgess goes to WiV Colin Sturgess will take his experience and expertise to the WiV-Sungod team next season. He leaves the outgoing Ribble-Weldtite team to join WiV, who this year won the men’s National Road Series with Rob Scott and finished top club in the British Cycling rankings. Sturgess, a former pursuit world champion, called the move to WiV “a no brainer”.…

CEO Jake Wright has tipped a hat to this with the most recent product lines, which feature the city’s iconic ‘worker bee’ imagery. “We’ve always been known as a ‘made in Manchester’ brand,” Wright says. “The bee is the symbol of Manchester, so we wanted to incorporate that in some way.” It also fitted in perfectly with the fact that many of the technical fabrics the company uses feature a honeycomb construction. “A lot of the base layer fabrics we use have a hexagon weave to them, so it all fits quite nicely with the brand,” Wright points out. Different versions of the bee symbol are used to differentiate between its Primary, Perform and Paragon ranges, which are designed for new riders, seasoned riders and competitive riders respectively, as well…

A legendary 1977 study saw eight subjects put through a brutal 10-week programme of intense running and cycling six days per week. On three days, they performed a bike session of six five-minute VO2max intervals, and on the other three days, they ran as far as they could in 40 minutes. In other words, they had to train flat-out almost every day for 10 weeks straight. The reason this study has acquired legendary status is not just for its sadism, but because participants made some of the biggest VO2max gains ever recorded: a stunning average increase of 44% or 16.8ml/kg/min. While writing this feature, it occurred to me that this study poses a novel question: does the combination of intense running and intense cycling have a turbo-charged, double-whammy training effect?…

Trek Bath Odd Down Winter Series #1 Date: Sat 7 Jan This is the first of eight events, lasting until the end of February. Odd Down is the venue, a purpose built 1.5km closed road circuit just south of Bath. There are races for all cats including Go-Ride relays for youths and adults. Closing date: Thurs 5 Jan (entry on the day available if not full) New Forest CC 10 Date: Mon 26 Dec New Forest CC’s take on the traditional Boxing Day 10 takes riders south from Ringwood, Hants, on an out-and-back B-road course. There is fancy dress and prizes for the best costumes – although that’s not to say a few won’t be testing out their winter form and/or any aerodynamic Christmas presents. Open to tandems too. Closing…

The week: 17-22 October 2022 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne Training for: UCI CX World Cup series Cyclo-cross specialist Anna Kay’s season got off to a flying start with two National Trophy series wins and a solid 10th place at November’s European Championships in Namur, Belgium, where she finished just behind Marianne Vos. The 23-year-old will be among the favourites at next month’s British National CX champs, an event at which she has been on the podium every year since stepping up to the senior ranks in 2019. Kay talked us through a busy October week of training and travelling, culminating in the UCI World Cup round in Tabor, Czech Republic. It seems you’re having an excellent season so far? Yeah, it started well but I picked up a little injury…

Thank you for publishing the article on exercise addiction in last week’s Cycling Weekly. It’s a tragic story, and courageous of the family to participate. I think it’s important that articles such as this are published as balance. I have never seen articles on deaths in triathlons, for example, in any triathlon magazine; they happen principally in the water. It is sadly true that exercise can be harmful for some. And for men, particularly older men, with risk factors for coronary artery disease, the usual cause of angina. Listening to your body is important. The story sounds compatible with angina and dovetailing that with the lack of improvement (although that could have been for many reasons) raised red flags. It’s crucial at that stage to stop and seek medical advice.…

You don’t see ‘British made’ much in cycling these days. It conjures images of quaint black and white magazine ads selling heavy roadsters made by BSA or Triumph. Relics of a past time. Perhaps I’ve spent too much time thumbing through CW’s amazing archive lately, but ‘British made’ is, in fact, very much alive and well. There are custom frame builders of course, as well as more niche brands like Pashley or Brompton, and Carradice. But how about a popular, cutting-edge clothing brand? Lusso celebrates its 40th anniversary this year and is a mainstay for many cyclists both British and international. You may have a pair of its popular carbon bibshorts in your kit drawer. Or perhaps a jacket or bibtights made from its famously weather-resistant Aqua Repel material. And…

Scandinavian brand GripGrab’s new Explorer shoe covers are an off-road version of its ‘Flandrien’ Belgian booties. The Explorer shoe covers, says GripGrab, bring “style and waterproof functionality” to gravel riding. Specifically designed for gravel riding in cold and wet conditions, they have a three-layer composition that consists of an insulating inside knitted layer, a fully waterproof membrane and a robust outer knitted layer. The high-stretch fabric is form fitting while the zipperless cuff is claimed to reduce irritation and extend product life. Most crucially, there’s plenty of reinforcement with TPU toe caps to strengthen the front of the shoe covers. There are more TPU underside wear pads between the forefoot and heel treads – an area that gets chewed up by rough surfaces when walking off-road and can get damaged…

Former national TT champion and CW columnist Michael Hutchinson set himself an ambitious marathon target in 2018. It didn’t end well… “I ran a marathon when I was 20 (2:59.58, thanks for asking), before I took up cycling. I didn’t go back to running until 2009, when I decided to take a break from the bike for a couple of months post-season. “The aerobic ability from cycling transferred very well to running – it only ever took a couple of weeks to get my running threshold pace to about 6.40/mile. On the other hand, running certainly made me slower on a bike. Aerobic capacity went down, any ‘jump’ I ever had vanished, and my pedal stroke (measured on a Wattbike) got less efficient. “In late 2014, I started running more…

CYCLO-CROSS SUNDAY, 4 DECEMBER North East League round nine (Thorneyford Farm, Ponteland, Northumberland): Men: 1. Jonathan Bayley (Reifen Racing) 56.19; 2. F. Moore (CC Hackney) +1.02; 3. R. Parkinson (Muckle CC) +1.20; 4. T. Ford (Muckle CC) +1.31; 5. J. Edmond (unattached) +2.18; 6. B. Ward (Muckle CC) +4.01; 7. J. Bowman (Muckle CC) +4.40; 8. N. Hall (St Ives CC) +5.01; 9. M. Smith (Muckle CC) +1 lap; 10. R. Davidson (Muckle CC). Women: 1. Kacey Eyeington (Derwentside CC) 50.13; 2. K. Hadnum (Reifen Racing) +1 lap; 3. H. Robinson (Hetton Hawks CC); 4. P. Skinner (Derwentside CC); 5. A. McAleer (Velo Culture); 6. M. Annable (Allen Valley Velo); 7. N. Kent (Whitby Wheelers); 8. N. Davies (Cyclocrossrider.com); 9. M. Plews (Hetton Hawks CC); 10. N. McCoy (Muckle CC).…

doctorhutch_cycling@futurenet.com I was on holiday last week. If you’re thinking, “Lucky Dr Hutch, on the warm sunny roads of, say, Lanzarote,” let me add the cold-blooded clarification: I was on a holiday with an itinerary that included no plans, provision or allowance for cycling. This can be traumatic. It’s not the worst time of year for a break, but all the same, if you’re a cyclist, you want to keep riding. It’s bad luck to let saddle sores heal. Faced with such a scenario, you can try to take a bike anyway. I once took one on a boating holiday, perhaps because I’d forgotten they don’t float. At least it meant that no one noticed when I made the stupid mistake of rebuilding it in the cabin and discovered that…

Word reaches us of a rider who is a regular visitor to Majorca, where he treats himself to several week-long trips a year as the foundation of his training. He has, I’m told, stayed for many years at the same small hotel. Over the lockdown, when he couldn’t visit, he decided it would be a nice idea to learn Spanish, as a gesture of friendship towards the family who run the hotel. His Spanish came on in leaps and bounds. So he was surprised at the perplexed reception he got when finally he could go back. Turns out his first problem is that most Majorcans speak Catalan. His second was that this particular family is German.…