Today’s the most glorious spring weather - perfect blue sky, not a breath of wind, moderate temperatures. But I thought to add to its calling inspiration two Specialized Bike commercials. I’ll be doing 3×10min hill repeats against Hellshoogte. The kind of session that will get me procrastinating all morning.

Specialized played the marketing dream card last weekend in Italy at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships, starting Christoph Sauser on the revamped Epic for the first time. I’ll accept Sauser rode like a beast and tore the race apart. But, the most visible difference from being outsprinted three weeks prior to winning a world [...]

I’ve just read the most inspiring writing of Bobby Behan, Specialized Factory Team manager, on the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup held in Andorra earlier today. A 1-2 for the representatives of the songo.info fund raising initiative for a bmx track in Kayamandi just outside of Stellenbosch.

(The men’s podium in Andorra -Photo by Gary Perkin)