The phone buzzed. Thomas calling. “Hiya,” I said. “You OK?” “Not really,” he replied. My insides did a little lurch. Please be a bike problem, I willed. “I jumped off a side hit and got a bit out of shape […]
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After the previous weekend’s next-level European comp, we were back to French Nationals at Puy Saint Vincent. It’s just up the road from the Les Orres, so many of the riders went straight from one to the other. The field […]
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The middle weekend of our three-weekend back-to-backer took us to Les Orres for the IXS European Downhill Cup. This wasn’t just another race. It was the highest level Thomas can race at his age. This is effectively the highest level […]
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We travelled to Col de Rousset on the first weekend in July for stop number three of the Auvergne Rhone Alpes Regional Cup. Racing went on pause for a couple of weekends before that while Thomas sat his Brevet exams […]
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He gently traced the line of her cheekbone with his thumb, picking up the silky fold at the front of her ear before skimming down to the soft hollow above her collarbone. His fingers took over, firmer, returning along her […]
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This is only a little post, but I feel I need to post this post before I post my next post. So far, things around here have been pretty MTB heavy. Just the way I like it. Love it, in […]
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Metabief – Mad name eh? Might sound like Zuckerberg’s at it again with his old foe Musk but it’s actually pronounced meh-ta-bee-eh and was the venue for the first French Cup of the year. They held the MTB World Champs […]
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The folks over at Cormaranche like a bit of nifty branding and we were there last weekend for the first race of our Regional Downhill Cup in 2026, Cormavalanche! Auvergne-RhĂ´ne-Alpes is France’s third-largest region and stretches from the Swiss and […]
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10 years living in France and last weekend was the time we’d finally head back to the UK and check out the GB race scene. The race – The first of the British National DH Series in 2026. The venue […]
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f you’ve ever driven from Geneva and skirted east on the A40 towards Chamonix, you’ve probably noticed the mountainous lump of rock, looming on the right-hand side of the motorway. You may even have double-taken at a bright yellow excavator […]
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