Rob Lee reports from Dusk ’til Dawn
Perfect Imperfection – D2D 12 Hour 2010 Seven years ago I entered my first Dusk ’til Dawn and it also happened to be my first attempt at a solo 12 hour. Up until that night my mountainbiking focus had been mostly cross-country with the occasional dabble into DH or Enduro. It started me on my [...]
Orbea-For Goodness Shakes take Silver in the Team Pursuit at the National Track Champs
RACE REPORT The Orbea-For Goodness Shakes women’s team took silver at the 2010 National Track Championships, in front of a sell-out crowd at the Manchester Velodrome. The team of Rebecca Romero, Emilie Fisher and Janet Birkmyre had ridden together just once before the competition and preparation for the race was severely disrupted as a result [...]
Total Store List
Ask and you shall receive. Below is the full list of Total stores in which we are stocked. Unfortunately there are no fancy graphics, just a long list of shops, but you should be able to locate your nearest stockist and make the most of the promotion. Click on the image to open it up [...]
British Downhill Mountain Bike Series – Round 4
Rob Smith reports from Round 4 of the British Downhill Championships This was my first time back riding in the UK since racing in Europe, but also back racing was my younger brother, Ed who has been travelling the world for five weeks. I walked the track on Friday with world cup winner Marc Beaumont, and the organisers obviously [...]
Tour du Mont Blanc Sportive
A few weeks ago I (Ross) flew out to the Alps to take part in the first ever Tour du Mont Blanc sportive. 3 countries, 7 alpine cols, 8000+ metres of climbing all in one go. It seemed like a good use of a weekend, with the potential for accruing some decent bragging rights. Check out how [...]
Euro Trip – summer life as a downhill mountain biker
Well three weeks travelling around Europe didn’t quite start to plan. Ralph Jones and myself left Shrewsbury heading to Weston-super-mare to pick up Ben Baker; who got delayed deciding what party gear he should pack! So we missed the Dover to Dunkerque midnight ferry by 5 minutes, and then had to wait 2 hours [...]
Cycling Weekly ride by Orbea-For Goodness Shakes
Check out the latest edition of Cycling Weekly for an article on the Orbea-For Goodness Shakes cycling team as they ride through Essex. Click on the images to read the full text Page 1 Page 2
Race Report – Bristol 6 Hour
With the For Goodness Shakes staff MTB enduro team taking a solid 21st on the Saturday (a great effort from Jodie, Chris and Tom, as Ross went missing in action with back spasms half way through the 12hr race!), the baton was handed over to Solo rider Rob Lee. Rob’s task was to take care of [...]
2010 Eastern Region Road Race Championships
This years edition of the 180km race was dominated in numbers and opportunities by the Orbea – For Goodness Shakes team, one of whose nine riders won. Andy Lyons was the winner, with his team-mate Dan Kogan second and four more team members in the top ten
FGS AR Team – The Open 5
Easter Bank Holiday saw most of the For Goodness Shakes Adventure Racing Team heading to the Welsh borders near Ruthin for the final round of the Open 5 Adventure Series. This event was planned by Tim Higginbottom and John Montgomery so was likely to have some technical orienteering checkpoints and following our experiences on last [...]
