Ben Races Bikes

I never sleep well before a race anyway, but I was woken early on Sunday by the sound of rain tapping on the window. It was still dark outsi...

The Brass Monkeys lived up to its name on Sunday. It was bitterly cold and the ground was white in places, but the sky was bright blue above...

Definitely surprised and also very happy! That is how I would summarise my solid top 10 result at Sundays first round of the Brass Monkeys w...

Pre pandemic I was regularly racing XC at the weekend all through the year. I'm more focused on longer distance events now, but I was st...

Yesterday was my last ride on the S-Works Epic Evo. I've owned it since September 2022 and covered 3000 miles. It was my XC race bike an...

I last raced at Crow Hill in the New Forest 5 years ago, pre-Covid. It was at the Southern Area Championships and I double punctured that da...

I'd written down my goal for yesterday's Torq 3:6:9. Not a finishing position,  I'd simply jotted down "Feel racey". R...