456's Starting to Take Shape

Work in progress, but starting to look the part.

Another few days will crack them.

But I dunno WHAT that spade is for!!!

On One 456 x 2. They're HERE!!!!!

456 Frames, Mary bars, 456 stems, Twelfty seatposts, On One tops, On One shorts, and the piece de resistance - Hawaiian shirts. Yes, you can actually buy all this stuff! Get the lot here!

All the the 456 reviews we have read are fantastic, and we thought their stuff looked pretty darn good on the On One site, but it is AWESOME in the flesh!!!

Lots to do to turn this lot into bikes. Crazy Ken, Operations Director of CK Works, is already sweating over them. Good luck to you and all who sail in you, Ken! The beer and steak is on order, and we need bikes for Sunday morning!

On One On Order

Big pile of On One kit arrived in the post today.

New bikes and gear on display soon!

3 Weeks to Transalp Challenge - Race Bikes Sorted!

"Moyle Way" by Name, "Absolutely Woeful in Every Way" by Nature

7 hard hours in the saddle, covering a grand total of about 75K and 2000m of climbing. The Moyle Way surely cannot even technically register as a "way", but on we struggled nonetheless in the teeth of the heather and reeds.

Now It's Official

We have a logo - now we are a REAL team! Our sincere and heartfelt thanks to PJ.

Cave Hill - Land of Caves. And Hills

A good solid run out last Sunday morning - it had everything. Nice singletrack, number 2's, ZZ Top style photos, sunshine, and Tango & Cash.

Thorn in my Tyre - You Know That's All You Ever Were

Flats are now a welcome break for us, nicely punctuating (geddit?) most of our riding these days.

Uphill Gardening

Donegore Hill, home to Northern Ireland's leading garden centre, remains our regular stomping ground for the mid-week blasts. The beauty of it lies in the variety; you can go up or down, do the south side (Donegore Hill) or the west side (Ballysavage Road), and it is your own personal choice whether to use the modern metric or traditional imperial measurement for calculating height climbed. No end to the excitement. Transalp Challenge here we come!

Garron Point, 2-3 June, 2006

The annual training weekend at Garron Point - a few highlights:

Hugh prepared the beds for the night, made sure we all had plenty to drink at the pub, cooked perfect pheasant eggs, and STILL looked good climbing the hills - the perfect host in every way.


After a night of hard drinking, Davy M prepared for a night of passion with his latest inflatable love-interest. Next morning, Tom swore he didn't know how those friction burns got on his sleeping bag, despite looking rather pleased with himself.


Mervyn nearly spoiled all the fun by not bringing his bike and breaking up the party, so imagine the surprise we got on the roof of the old coast guard station at Tor Head. Ronnie was there in body, but his mind was obviously on how he could rent himself out the highest bidder.


Lyle kept the whole group entertained with his impressive wheelies, until the inevitable happened to that poor back wheel, and he spent the rest of the trip trying to stop it from caving in completely.


Paddy showed his naivety in the world of professional sports sponsorship - always show the logo, man - the logo!! Meanwhile, Liam insisted it wasn't about the bike, but he had cause to complain alright as one of his plums was damaged.


All in all, a superb weekend's crack, and hopefully good preparation for the fun to be had on the Transalp Challenge.

Antrim Hills 2000, 20 May

Was so long ago, I can't really remember, but there were a lot of roads, it was cold and we did 2000 vertical metres.