On June 23rd Hayle Schools electric race car team ‘Haylestorm’ took part in the South West regional heats at RAF St. Mawgan. Track temperatures of well over 30°C meant conditions were hot for the drivers and pit crew alike. The team, a mix of Year 7’s and 9’s produced a mighty effort working together as [...]
Category Archives: Reader’s Rides
Giant XTC 29′r – Customer ride review
September 25, 2010 – 11:56 am
Many thanks to Brian Murden for giving us his initial impressions on the XTC 29′r – opinions are divided and the debate on 29 v 26 ” wheels is sure to go on and on – Thursday 0730. Most of my mates (and the dog walkers!) will be either struggling out the pit, or already [...]
VULCAN BOMBER – TARMAC SL3 – TIME TEAM PRO
August 20, 2010 – 9:37 am
Not something that you see everyday flying over your local bike shop but spectacular none the less – the RAF’s last flying Vulcan bomber Couple of very nice Custom’s that we built recently, first up a Specialized Tour winning Tarmac SL3 that is one of the few bikes that we have done that has pretty [...]
Windsor Elite Triathlon
June 23, 2010 – 9:37 pm
Windsor Elite Triathlon: – Many thanks to Neil for this account of Windsor Elite Tri. We were glad with a reasonable hour for the start of our race, with the 1st wave of the weekend off at 6.00am. Again, as usual with the elite waves, it took a while to get everyone in line, maybe [...]
One Mans Triathlon – A first timers viewpoint Blenheim 2010.
June 14, 2010 – 10:17 pm
The Blenheim Triathlon 2010 Seemingly, as with most adventurous or sporting endeavours, my foray into Triathlon started with a drunken bet. If I was to finish a triathlon within a year my brother would eat his hat – if I wasn’t to finish one, I would have to drink a pint of warm fish milkshake. [...]
PORTHLEVEN CYCLE HIRE
March 7, 2010 – 11:43 am
Anybody wanting to hire bikes in the area should check out this unique service from Porthleven Cycle Hire – Delivery and Collection to your doorstep for just £20 per day. check out the website here http://www.porthlevencyclehire.co.uk
TANDEM RIDER APPEAL
February 5, 2010 – 3:17 pm
We were recently asked if there are any Tandem pilots out there that could help with the following. Blind tandemist seeks front-riders I am a keen cyclist recently moved to Cornwall and now live in Gwithian near Hayle. As a blind person I have ridden tandems for many years both long-distance touring and [...]
CUSTOMERS MERLIN CYRENE FOR SALE
December 10, 2009 – 5:13 pm
Merlin Titanium Road bike, full Campag Record groupset, Campag Neutron Ultra wheels, carbon seatpost. All in good order and well maintained. £1750 for complete bike or possibly £1150 frame only. Tel: 01326 574298. This bike is Titanium craftsmanship at it’s very best – light – fast and fully engraved – absolute bargain. Please be aware [...]
John O’Groats to Lands End
September 18, 2009 – 10:40 am
This summer has seen lot’s of customers riding the JOGLE this year and lots of people stopping by whilst passing through. Challenge Cornwall was a very interesting adventure as it comprised of a Tandem crew and several novice cyclists who rose to the occaision in fine form. Full details here. http://challengecornwall.org/ We also helped some [...]
RARE OPPORTUNITY – TIME VXRS – CUSTOMERS BIKE FOR SALE
August 27, 2009 – 5:51 pm
This Time VXRS Worldstar Ulteam is as good as it gets. It is as much at home in the great one day races, (Tour of Flanders, Paris Roubaix, World Road Race Championships and Olympic Games) as it is in the Grand Tours with Stage Wins in the Tour De France to it’s credit. The bike [...]