Wednesday 27 September 2017

Velo Birmingham

I rode the Velo Birmingham on 24 September 2017

I might write a few words about it later but in the meantime I had my Garmin Virb running at various points and here are the videos I created:

The first few miles from the start:



The "epic" climb of St Kenelms Pass:


This final few miles:


Sunday 10 September 2017

Tour of Britain 2017 - Stage 8 - Start in Worcester

We went to the see the start of Stage 8 of the Tour of Britain in Worcester on Sunday 10 September

We were near the start line so got a good glimpse of both the team buses and bikes but also the riders riding to sign on and then the start itself. 

Here is a  large number of photos:

Team Lotto Jumbo

Team Katusha


Team Quickstep

Team Cannondale

Detail of climbs and feed zones taped to stem (Team Cannondale)
One of the Cannondale riders was using disk brakes

No Barriers at Team Connandale

Dan Martin - Team Quickstep

Elia Viviani - Team Sky

Tao Geoghegan Hart - Team Sky

Christain Knees (I think) - Team Sky
Alex Dowsett - Team Movistar

Mark Cavendish - Team Dimension Data