I love to ride my bicycle........

Me just about to do my first race with the new wheels in Handzame

Hi Everyone,

Quick update on what ive been up to the last few weeks, well pretty much say spent most of it racing and riding and have been really enjoying it.

Well we may as well start off from where we left off in the string of breaking things this time it was the bottom bracket and crank that decided to pack up.
So had to race the home race for Kingsnorth at Wondelgem on my noble training bike and after picking up a few primes managed to finish in a respectable 5th place. The next few days was spent doing some nice easy milelage before the following race in Sint Maria Aalter where had my race bike back working again with the SRM crank, so had a solid race there but unfortunately missed the break and ended up finishing 2nd in the bunch sprint putting me in 11th place which was a pretty good end to the week.

The following week was quite full on as well with plenty of races to choose from, so started the week off with a rest day followed by a light ride with a couple of the others from the team, to Breskens which is by the sea in Holland. The following day raced in De Haan which is also by the sea but in Belgium, anyway it turned out to be a fast race on fairly nice roads so stuck together until the last few laps where it split up and yes I was in the front group but unfortunately didn't managed to pull off the win and had to settle for a 2nd place as for the following race 2 days later in Vlamertinge I also finished 2nd.

As for this last week just been was pretty decent also with 3 races so started the week feely easy and treated myself to a new set of wheels, so went out the following day and tested them out with a nice light spin and yes they were good but wasn't the case for my legs. However the next day was race day and my legs were feeling good. After a few laps the race split up in the crosswind and I had made the front split once again altough didn't work out my way as in the last corner someone crashed into my front wheel lucky enough no harm was done and I managed to stay on my bike but unfortunately ruined my chances of sprinting so finish at the back of the group in 15th. Took the next few day easy and even found a bakery with my name on it so had to devour a rice-tart from it. So this last weekend had two races both at Merelbeke which I unfortunately missed the break both days and had to timetrial across solo both times which left me with not so good legs for the sprint finishing 8th the on the Saturday and 6th on the Sunday.
So Have spent the last two days enjoying the sunshine and having a rest to let the body recharge




God Bless, take care
Cheers
Chris