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Basajuan

Winter Inspiration: Basajuan With the days getting ever shorter here in the UK and the weather being bleurgh, it’s time for a little winter inspiration; Winspiration, if you like! I’ll have a trawl through the internet and put together a list of events or challenges that will hopefully inspire you to keep training through the murk. First up is the Basajuan. The Basajuan starts and finishes in…

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CycleCoach - Indoor Trainer

Indoor Trainer – Ric Stern points out some of the pitfalls. Three Things You’re Doing Wrong On Zwift! (Or Any Other Indoor Trainer Platform) Summer is over in the northern hemisphere, and the weather has turned. If you’re anything like me you’ll have dragged out your indoor trainer and started to do some indoor rides on it. Even with the option of a gravel bike or a MTB there are some filthy…

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UCI Gravel Calendar 2025

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Handsling Racing

Handsling Racing go ‘cross Handsling Racing is a collection of riders who all own Handsling bikes. The club isn’t centred on a geographic location, rather we’re all united by our love of our bikes! Many of us take part in the winter madness that is cyclo-cross! Between us we ride in three different leagues: Wessex, Central and the London and South East. One of our collective, Scott Heyhoe, has…

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Winter Gravel Calendar

Winter Gravel Calendar: gravel events for the UK winter. As the days get shorter here in the UK many riders will head for the pain-cave to await the return of the sun. However, there are alternatives. While you could stay in the warm and dry, riding on virtual roads why not head out into the real world? If only there was a Winter Gravel Calendar you could look at… While riding time is shorter…

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Women's National Road Series

Handsling riders take overall individual and team prizes in the Lloyds Bank Women’s National Road series The Lloyds Bank Women’s National Road series came to it’s conclusion on the 15th September with the final race in the series, the Curlew Cup. This race is part of the year long Cyclone Festival of Cycling, which includes family, gravel and sportive rides for all types of riders. The Curlew…

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Derny Criterium

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Shibden Apex Appeal

Shibden Apex Junior Women’s Race Team need your help! Shibden Apex RT are currently ranked the number one Junior Women’s team in the world. They have just ridden and won the Bizkaikoloreak Nations Cup race in Spain. While the team celebrated a fantastic result, two stages, the mountain jersey and GC, their support vehicle broke down. This has left the team with a £6000 repair and repatriation…

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Ethiopian cyclist needs your help

Ethiopian cyclist Trhas Teklehaimanot Tesfay battles for cycling wins and to secure her status in the UK. Trhas Teklehaimanot Tesfay is an Ethiopian cyclist who fled the war in her home country for the safety of the UK. She ended up living with two other women in a small flat in West London on less than £10 a week. A chance conversation with a volunteer at the West London Welcome (WLW) community…

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British Gravel Championships

British Gravel Championships combine with Raiders Gravel event. A last minute change of venue sees the British Gravel Championships move to the sweet gravel roads around Gatehouse of Fleet. This turns the Championships into a weekend of gravel fun, as it will take place alongside the Raiders Gravel event; more on that below. The British Gravel Championships will tackle some amazing gravel…

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National Circuit Series

National Circuit Series – Colne and Sheffield The Colne and Sheffield rounds of the Women’s National Circuit Series sees wins from riders on Handsling bikes. This puts the two teams DAS-Hutchinson-Brother UK and Alba Development RT in first and second in the team competition. McLaren Automotive Sheffield Women’s Grand Prix The McLaren Automotive Sheffield Women’s Grand Prix was the fifth event…

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Houffa Gravel

Houffa Gravel is a UCI Gravel World Series event. Houffa Gravel, or full title, Bolero Houffa Gravel Fondo, is part of the UCI Gravel World Series. It takes place in the Belgian town of Houffalize, well known for its MTB riding. Situated in the south of Belgium, it’s home to rolling hills, forests and loads of WW2 history. The event combines a qualifying race for the UCI Gravel World…

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Vera Vilaça

Vera Vilaça is a Portuguese triathlete turned cyclist, riding for DAS-Hutchinson-Brother UK Vera Vilaça was always an active child, taking part in swimming and gymnastics before becoming a triathlete at eight years-old. It was in triathlon that she began to excel, becoming National Champion multiple times. By the age of fifteen she was selected for the National Team and represented Portugal in…

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CycleCoach - Fuelling for Success

CycleCoach head-coach Ric Stern takes a look at nutrition for endurance athletes. Fuelling for Success: Essential Nutrition Tips for Endurance Athletes Nutrition is a complex subject that can take up multiple books, and has positive benefits for endurance performance and health. People can make nutrition choices based on cultural choices as well as ethical grounds. Endurance athletes will burn…

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Volta a Portugal Feminina - Cofidis

Volta a Portugal Feminina – Cofidis, DAS-Hutchinson-Brother UK go in search of sun and a camisa amerala! The Volta a Portugal Feminina – Cofidis is a five day stage race that was run as a UCI 2.2 event for the first time this year. Twenty-one teams, seven of which were UCI Continental, were entered, including DAS-Hutchinson-Brother UK. Blue skies for riders at the Volta a Portugal Feminina –…

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British Women's National Circuit Series

British Women’s National Circuit Series has teams on Handsling bikes in first and second. The British Women’s National Circuit Series is a seven race series that takes place between June and July. These are fast and furious town-centre races held on short, technical courses. These suit riders that are as skilful as they are powerful, where bike handling plays as important a part as being able to…

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Frankie Hall

Frankie Hall is a rider on the DAS-Hutchinson-Brother UK team, we caught up with her after the British National Road Race Championships. For Frankie Hall the route to becoming one of the UK’s top racers hasn’t been straightforward. Starting as a hockey player, she was looking to become part of the GB squad. Unfortunately health issues stopped her from doing any exercise for a long period. So she…