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A Day in the life of a track cyclist (at the final rounds of the UCI TCL)
20.02.25

A Day in the life of a track cyclist (at the final rounds of the UCI TCL)

Time to travel Every race trip begins with a travel day, so on Thursday 5th December I packed my bags…

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Alex Dowsett redefines success after hour record attempt
04.11.21

Alex Dowsett redefines success after hour record attempt

Words by Rebecca Bland After one hour, 54.555km, 218 laps of the track, Alex Dowsett took a brief moment inside…

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Physics of The Hour Record
28.10.21

Physics of The Hour Record

On November the 3rd 2021 Alex Dowsett will be making another attempt on the hour record. To succeed, Alex and…

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Can Alex Dowsett retake the hour record?

Can Alex Dowsett retake the hour record?

Yellow Jersey are very proud to be supporting the record attempt, and over the next week we’ll be sharing Alex’s…

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Hot weather cycling. Don’t let heat spoil your ride.
15.07.21

Hot weather cycling. Don’t let heat spoil your ride.

With great weather forecast for this weekend, lots of people will be out on their bikes. With temperatures in the…

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Get into… track cycling
04.03.20

Get into… track cycling

The feeling as you drop in from the banking and hit the cote d’azur just perfectly to storm down the…

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How to calculate your ideal race weight
05.09.19

How to calculate your ideal race weight

In previous blogs, we have talked about trying to get to race weight before. While training for his second Ironman,…

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Is cycling bad for my oral health?
19.07.19

Is cycling bad for my oral health?

It’s been a glorious summer so far with many of us doing more miles than ever before due to lockdown…

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Free Your Ride
04.04.18

Free Your Ride

Free Your Ride

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A chat with World Track Champion Elinor Barker
18.05.17

A chat with World Track Champion Elinor Barker

We’ve been supporters of Matrix Pro Cycling for a few years now and this year they invited us over to…

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How Do You Top Olympic Track Gold?
30.03.17

How Do You Top Olympic Track Gold?

It’s the official team relaunch for Matrix Pro Cycling tomorrow evening, and we are excited to be supporting them for…

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Our support for the grassroots in cycling and Olympic Champions in 2017
12.01.17

Our support for the grassroots in cycling and Olympic Champions in 2017

The road for equality in women’s cycling may be a long one, but it will get there eventually. We look…

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Herne Hill Velodrome New Pavilion Is About To Be Built!
15.04.16

Herne Hill Velodrome New Pavilion Is About To Be Built!

Friends of Herne Hill Velodrome Newsletter, April 15th, 2016 Ladies and gentlemen the new pavilion is about to be built!…

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How Much Does Dehydration Impair Your Performance?
07.04.16

How Much Does Dehydration Impair Your Performance?

Ryan Georgiades wrote an interesting blog last week on his sweat test, as his coach I wanted him to consider fully the…

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Elinor Barker road to Rio
31.03.16

Elinor Barker road to Rio

There is an obvious appeal to working with a professional team. We have followed them to Paris for La Course,…

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Postcards From the Track Cycling World Championships 2016
09.03.16

Postcards From the Track Cycling World Championships 2016

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Ghent Six Day Cycling 2015
26.11.15

Ghent Six Day Cycling 2015

Last weekend we set out on the Yellow Jersey Belgian road trip, to take in some of the Best European…

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The Ghent Six and Cyclocross World Cup. We’re off to Belgium, where racing doesn’t stop for the winter.
18.11.15

The Ghent Six and Cyclocross World Cup. We’re off to Belgium, where racing doesn’t stop for the winter.

It’s getting fairly grim outside, and if the tabloids are to be believed, we’re going to have a winter of…

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London Six Day Cycling
29.10.15

London Six Day Cycling

The lights are low, flashing red, white and blue as the riders fly past, arms length away, circling the top…

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25.10.15

The Hour Record, a Brief History

Sir Bradley Wiggins smashed the Hour Record with 54.526 km The hour record was smashed on the 7th of June…

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