After bit of a lay off all is live again! (see Blog)

Solo endurance racing is special, whether over 4, 6, 8,12 or 24 hours everything has to be right up to and during the ride.

This does not of course mean we are special, one thing staying awake for 24 hours, it another thing to be on the bike for that period.

Something that niggles a little over an hours ride in the forest can become a bit issue in an endurance race.

Factors which need to come right are – training, bike set up, health, diet, race food, weather, course, travel, clothing and when these are right you get that ‘nothing will stop me’ feeling and the next 24 hours will become fun.

There is no doubt the about the respect that solo riders get during events, especially the 24 hour races. And this is not undue, whatever I think about doing it, it still amazes people when I tell them I have rode not stop for 9 hours (had a little longer break then).

The benefits – well you get more time on the course, you can eat more cake during and after the event, there’s the camaraderie in the solo tent at 3am when it started to rain and we’ve all got the wrong tyres on. Then you’ve finished and you’ve done all on your own, well almost.

Behind the scenes of any solo racer is the support as much as I can do solo with no support there is nothing like someone telling you where you are in the racer preparing your drinks and food, cleaning your bike and giving you that hug at the end, while passing you that beer.

So with no team members and no changeover to worry about solo racing works fine for me and many others, you can see a regular crowd in the solo tent and racing in on the course.

Welcome to my website focused on Solo endurance riding.

After bit of a lay off all is live again! (see Blog)

Solo endurance racing is special, whether over 4, 6, 8,12 or 24 hours everything has to be right up to and during the ride.

This does not of course mean we are special, one thing staying awake for 24 hours, it another thing to be on the bike for that period.

Something that niggles a little over an hours ride in the forest can become a bit issue in an endurance race.

Factors which need to come right are – training, bike set up, health, diet, race food, weather, course, travel, clothing and when these are right you get that ‘nothing will stop me’ feeling and the next 24 hours will become fun.

There is no doubt the about the respect that solo riders get during events, especially the 24 hour races. And this is not undue, whatever I think about doing it, it still amazes people when I tell them I have rode not stop for 9 hours (had a little longer break then).

The benefits – well you get more time on the course, you can eat more cake during and after the event, there’s the camaraderie in the solo tent at 3am when it started to rain and we’ve all got the wrong tyres on. Then you’ve finished and you’ve done all on your own, well almost.

Behind the scenes of any solo racer is the support as much as I can do solo with no support there is nothing like someone telling you where you are in the racer preparing your drinks and food, cleaning your bike and giving you that hug at the end, while passing you that beer.

So with no team members and no changeover to worry about solo racing works fine for me and many others, you can see a regular crowd in the solo tent and racing in on the course.

Welcome to my website focused on Solo endurance riding.

After bit of a lay off all is live again! (see Blog)

Solo endurance racing is special, whether over 4, 6, 8,12 or 24 hours everything has to be right up to and during the ride.

This does not of course mean we are special, one thing staying awake for 24 hours, it another thing to be on the bike for that period.

Something that niggles a little over an hours ride in the forest can become a bit issue in an endurance race.

Factors which need to come right are – training, bike set up, health, diet, race food, weather, course, travel, clothing and when these are right you get that ‘nothing will stop me’ feeling and the next 24 hours will become fun.

There is no doubt the about the respect that solo riders get during events, especially the 24 hour races. And this is not undue, whatever I think about doing it, it still amazes people when I tell them I have rode not stop for 9 hours (had a little longer break then).

The benefits – well you get more time on the course, you can eat more cake during and after the event, there’s the camaraderie in the solo tent at 3am when it started to rain and we’ve all got the wrong tyres on. Then you’ve finished and you’ve done all on your own, well almost.

Behind the scenes of any solo racer is the support as much as I can do solo with no support there is nothing like someone telling you where you are in the racer preparing your drinks and food, cleaning your bike and giving you that hug at the end, while passing you that beer.

So with no team members and no changeover to worry about solo racing works fine for me and many others, you can see a regular crowd in the solo tent and racing in on the course.