it's that time of year again - when you begin to realise how much or how little winter training was done.

It's getting to the stage now where committed commuters now wear helmet cam's - I've just invested in one myself.

Up in the ranks of the Cannondale Track and GT Pulse the Bianchi Pista Concept is a track bike that has never ending amounts of originality.

The cycling world seems overwhelmed with Fluro at the minute, not that that's a problem! Everyone like's a good bit of fluorescent colour, but what about the rest?

The title doesn't really fit the topic of which I'm about to touch on... The never ending term N+1.

Where is the middle of no where? Is it possible to get there? More often then not we're so busy in are day to day lives that we forget the beauty of being no where.

As expected I was filled with nervous from about Friday morning onwards...

I was initially going to do this as my first Reliability Ride but ended up as an optional B ride for those who wanted to do it at a steady pace.

Saturday nerves struck... After a late night at the Rapha Sample sale, beer and a burger king on the way home, I wasn't feeling exactly on top form!

I decided to venture into the world of mountain biking about 4 weeks ago, selling my so called 'pub bike' and purchasing a second hand Orange Crush from a friend.