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22 Feb 2012

READY FOR ANOTHER YEAR....................................................
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So am I ready ...........well the weather has been fairly kind and I can safely say I have managed to do nearly all my training, missing only two weeks with skiing, & luckily illness free (so far). The turbo sessions have gone ok and the road rides too. Mentally ( well obviously i'm mental everyone who races is) i'm ready for another year in fact I can't wait until race day all that excitment wondering how your going to go and how the others are going to go. You train like mad and think your going great and the first race you find your not Cav or Brad ( funnily enough you find your neither of them at all the other races too) just another guy making up the Numbers and that's where the mental bit starts the im crap,the trainings crap, the bikes crap, everythings crap. Hopefully everything won't be crap and all will go well.. will let you know after the race if I havent burnt my kit and put a hacksaw to that beautiful new Specialized

Chris A.
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17 Feb 2012

Name your Coffee blend competition with eightpointnine
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When you sign up to try eightpointnine out just use the code BIKETREKS (it gives the first box free the same way that code 8PT9FREE works). Then all you need to do is tweet @eightpointnine with the name of your blend and add the hashtag #coffeeislegal to the message.

On the 2nd March at 8pm one entrant will be picked at random to win a further 2 boxes free. Don’t worry if you don’t have access to twitter, feel free to add your entry to the eightpointnine facebook page or email your entry to enquiry@eightpointnine.com
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16 Feb 2012

Kieren Banlin reports from the training camp
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Biketreks Racing Team's Kieren Banlin talks about his recent training camp at Callosa with Nozad Nawras’s Cycling Holiday Spain

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Photos courtesy of Nozad Nawras, http://www.cyclingholidayspain.co.uk

“I'm In Love."

It's Valentines day and I'm in love. One week into the team training camp at Cycling Holiday Spain http://www.cyclingholidayspain.co.uk, 25hrs of riding, however many miles and vertical meters clocked I don't mind admitting that I'm beginning to feel a little sleepy.

Maybe it is this fatigue which has caused me to fall in love with a rival team members wife but more likely I'm just happy to be here.

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3 Feb 2012

Short and Sweet.
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Riding through winter can switch from being either the best or worst
time of year for me. You can’t beat the crisp clear days churning
along with a group of riders clocking up base miles but then I can’t
think of anything worse than loosing all sensation in your fingers,
having to change down gear with your elbows as a howling winter gale
tries to blow you off the icey roads.
Which brings me swiftly to the subject of my first ever blog for
Biketreks Racing Team. In a few days time five of us are jetting off
to the sunny (and hopefully) warm climate of Southern Spain. Either
tying up the loose ends of our base miles or continuing to increase
the intensity of our sprint and power efforts, everyone is setting off
with their own goals in mind.
I can’t wait to escape the cold U.K. weather for a week of amazing
training courtesy of www.cyclingholidayspain.co.uk/
Bring on a successful 2012

Sandy
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2 Feb 2012

eightpointnine: artisan coffee delivered to your door
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Biketreks Racing Team are proud to introduce a new partner eightpointnine.

Coffee... Cycling... Now this is match made in heaven!

Do you want the perfect brew to power your commute / training / morning or race? head to http://eightpointnine.com Use the Special Code BIKETREKS to get to a box of the best artisan coffee free of charge and support grassroots cycling in the process.

eightpointnine is a new clever online venture. They are artisan coffee roasters / merchants who have devised a great way to get the perfect custom brew delivered to your door and to your specification. Familiar with Graze boxes and their healthy snack selections? Well, eightpointnine are doing the same thing for coffee afficionados.

THREE CHEERS TO THAT!

So go to to http://eightpointnine.com Use the Special Code BIKETREKS to get to a box of coffee free of charge. Please share as widely as you can that with your friends on Twitter / Facebook / Real Life(tm)! :-)
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21 Jan 2012

Hospice Hill Climb Series, 2012
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Okay, more from a new rider on the Biketreks racing team for 2012.

So... Hi, I’m Connor, and I’ll be riding with Biketreks Racing team as a Junior rider throughout this coming season.
I live In Ulverston in the South Lakes, which is also the Home of the Lakes Road Club, and they’re a bunch of great riders, some of which have a dysfunction in their genes, which makes them want to race… Up-hill!?
One of which, we know as Howie.
Now, he’s a bit different because, he has gone one step further and organised his own hill climb races for the other riders. Putting in lots of effort to get the courses approved for the use of the racers.
The first year, 2011, saw loads of great riders (including John and Nic), and, new riders (including Me) racing. And with this, and a local charity in mind, He’s gone and organised a 7 race series for 2012, on 6 different courses around the area.
So a massive thanks to Howard Lindow for organising them for us!

A few of us are keen to race these events and, We’re hoping to see a huge turnout for the Climbs again this year.

See you there!
Connor Furness

Hillclimb Info: http://groupspaces.com/HospiceHillclimbs
Charity info: http://www.stmaryshospice.org.uk/

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17 Jan 2012

Biketreks Racing Team 2012 Kit Preview
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We are pleased to show a preview of the team's 2012 colours that will be once again this year be manufactured by Champion System. Many thanks to Designworks, our very own John Dodgin and Wayne Greenhalgh at Maxgear UK for the help in designing the kit.

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15 Jan 2012

Things we do in the off-season n.2: Testing
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RAMP Tests for half the team yesterday in Staveley at The Body Rehab on the Wattbike, a super dupper turbo training device able to log power all around the pedalling motion.

The RAMP Testing is fairly simple in principle. Warm up 20 mins, start at an baseline resistance and cadence, then every minute increase and sustain pedalling cadence to increase power by 20W until you can no longer sustain the effort. Good baseline for setting training zones accurately but also see where a rider is in term of own training and fitness prior to the racing season ahead.

Many thanks to Graham Theobald for the expert advice and encouragements to get every ounces of power out of our riders.

Need some advice to set training zones? The Body Rehab in Staveley can help. They're also equipped with altitude trainer to simulate training at high altitude.

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4 Jan 2012

Biketreks RT pre-season Saturday Chaingangs
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Only a few weeks to the start of the road racing season! How exciting? The team will be holding regular chaingangs / training rides from this coming Saturday.

Meet at Dalton Square, Lancaster, 9am.

50miles at a sustained pace. Good preparation for the racing season ahead.

We aim to finish the ride with a good brew at Lancaster's finest coffee establishment, The Music Room.

Open to all established and aspiring racing cyclists. Get in touch over on the team's twitter @BiketreksRT
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3 Jan 2012

Frame of mind.
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So happy new year and all that. It's the new year, and with that, why not a new post from a new rider? So, hello, I'm James.

2012 has just begun, and in around 2 weeks the pros will be starting their first race. My first race on the other hand is in March but 'proper' training starts NOW. So far it's not gone well, I'm not going to lie, the festive period was tiring, but, now it's over it's time to knuckle down.

I've started this off with a leg shave. Without trying to sound to poetical, it feels like I'm getting rid of the off-season, no more drinking, no more staying up late and no more maccy d's. It's racing time soon, and I need to get in the right frame of mind so I can get in the right state of physical prowess, like a tiger.

Shaving always brings up one problem, just how high do you go?

My nipples are very sensitive.

James
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