Author - Alan Colville
Twelve months of 24-hour madness
Mountain Biking
As I sat at 1,600 metres in the Rocky Mountains, alone, cold and exhausted after 18 hours of gruelling mountain biking, trying to find the wherewithal to do 6 more hours, I wondered what the hell was I…
24 hours of Finale Ligure; the chaos, agony and ecstasy of the World Mountain Bike Championships
Mountain Biking
Three laps into 24h of Finale Ligure, with temperatures hitting 37 degrees, the front wheel pinged over another rock, my stomach sank, and I plummeted from top 10 to top 50. The remainder of the race would be…
Kielder Chiller; first taste of 24-hour racing
Everesting, Mountain Biking
Kielder Chiller 24 is a 24-hour mountain bike race, usually held in February, as if 24 hours of mountain biking isn’t hard enough. Due to Covid-19 it was moved to October this year. With the warmer than usual…
Guide to Everesting: cycling’s toughest doorstep challenge
Everesting, Road Biking
During lockdown, cyclists are looking for challenges where they can stay local, go solo and keep motivated whilst taking their mind off the pandemic. Enter Everesting; a fiendishly simple yet brutally difficult cycling challenge. In summary, you pick…
Reaching new cycling heights
Everesting, Road Biking
Attempting a Triple Everest and a Guinness World Record. It was 2.32am on a foggy night. Parked on the side of Cwm Graig Ddu, I peeled myself off my bike and informed my friends Matt and Budge that…
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