Words By: Gary Flint On Thursday, 11th of October 2012, the lives of Richard Holland and his family changed forever. Whilst training for an Ironman Triathlon, Rich was hit from behind by a car and...
Cycling
UAE Cycling is on track
In an exciting development in UAE Cycling last month I found myself doing laps of the Zayed Velodrome in Sharjah. An open invitation from the UAE Cycle Federation to all local cyclists was issued...
Triathlon goes Mountain Bike
It was for the second time in March 2012 that two athletes of Abu Dhabi Triathlon Team raced the challenging Cape Epic mountain bike stage race in South Africa. Despite their fitness the team had to...
Has The Emperor Got New Clothes? 26 inch vs 29 inch Tyres – Back to Back Test
I’m at the Eurobike Demo day, the first day of one of the biggest bike trade shows on the planet. Here to work but determined to have plenty of fun, too. The world’s major players bringing huge...
Moonlanding in the Dunes
Every now and then, something comes along that changes everything and gives you a whole new outlook on the world around you. That’s what happened when I had a go on Andy Whitaker’s new ‘Fat Bike’....
We’ll Take The High Road
What have these people got in common? Two shipping managers, a marketing company CEO, a graphic designer, a housewife and a brace of investment bankers. Well, a few things actually. We’re all in our...
People: Luke Pledger
Name: Luke PledgerNationality: Australian What is your passion and how did you get into it? My passion is cycling! I started cycling at a young age, gradually increasing my confidence and ability. ...
Gulf for Good – Cycle the 7 Emirates
It’s an interesting thing, donating money to charity. Usually, people ask, you stick your hand in your pocket, and you hand over some cash. Job done. No idea who the money is really going to,...
Six Rounds of Heat and Hardcore: Hot Cog MTB’s Hot Six Endurance Challenge
On the 23rd of March 2012, we scanned through the dry, rocky, and jagged landscape of Shawka that greeted our eyes in the far reaches of Sharjah’s Kalba area, anxious to check out the Hot Six...
A day in the park with an e-bike: lean, green, pedal-less power
If you’re the tree-hugger type that loves to stroll around the great outdoors while saving the environment from those toxic things like fossil fuels, CO2 emissions and the sort, then chances are,...