The weather was fine enough at the weekend to get out on my bike for the first ride with the SRMs fitted. It was meant to be a ride for comparing the accuracy of the Polar Power system with the SRMs, but I realised just as I was about to set off that I hadn’t…

Finally got the new SRM cranks fitted to my Giant TCR at the weekend. It was a bit of a major task as I had to replace the existing Octalink bottom bracket with a HollowLink one to match the Dura-Ace based SRM crankset. Fitting the crank sensor in the correct location was a bit tricky,…

We’re off to London for TCR ’06 (http://swimcyclerun.co.uk) at Sandown Park this weekend. It’ll give us a chance to meet up with Joe (http://www.jbst.com) and some of our customers and to stock up on triathlon goodies for the season. Hopefully, I’ll also have time to make a visit to the Apple store in Regent’s Street…

Congratulations to Scotland’s cycling team at the Commonwealth Games on their gold medal in the Team sprint – Scotland’s first ever gold medal for cycling at the games. The team of Chris Hoy, Craig MacLean and Ross Edgar beat Engleand by just 0.027 secs to claim the medal. Well done, guys! Full story here –…

Back from Lanzarote, and finally got around to writing about our time at Club La Santa. Weather was excellent apart from one day with really heavy rain and gale force winds. One thing I wasn’t expecting were the hills! It was a 20 – 30 minute climb on the bike from Club La Santa until…

We’re off the Club la Santa tomorrow for some warm weather training at Joe Beer’s (http://www.jbst.com) training camp. Hopefully, I’ll get a chance to get some decent biking & running in, while Gill relaxes by the pool. I’ll also get a chance to discuss iSMARTtrain’s development with Joe and Will, and some of our customers….