As soon as it became clear just how quick the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak was becoming we got in touch with our riders with some practical  tips/things to think about. As it’s turned out we were spot on with the recent Government announcements!
 
Firstly, if you ca...

Team Bottrill launches strongest ever line-up

March 2020 – Matt Bottrill, multiple national champion and competition record breaker, has announced his strongest line-up to date, with three new signings to bolster the eight-strong sponsored team.

Team Bottrill is again su...

At Matt Bottrill Performance Coaching, We’re fortunate enough to get offers of wheel sponsorship quite regularly but, as everyone knows, I’m all about the numbers and if a wheel doesn’t offer any savings over what we’re already using, I’m not interested.

But when I saw...

Nutrition on the bike is a hugely personal thing, and what works for one athlete does not necessarily translate to also being another’s ‘magic formula’. But it is a hugely important component of a good training programme for cyclists, in the form of personal wellness a...

I had two fantastic days in the Boardman wind tunnel this January where we helped some of our top athletes get their CdAs down to… well, that would be giving the game away, wouldn’t it? Let’s just say we’ve made some very significant gains with them and I am really exc...

We love it when a plan comes together – and this month we’re super proud to announce not one but THREE all-new MBPC triathlon training plans!

We’ve been working hard with our triathlon coaches Ian Dempsey and Adam Clarke to come up with three new 12-week training progra...

1. Train smarter, not harder

I remember in 2010 I rode the National 25 and Michael Hutchinson beat me by two and a half minutes. I thought I’d trained harder than ever. That was the turning point. I started looking at skinsuits, positions on the bike… but the biggest th...

1. Enter an early-season event

Your target events might be later in the year, but keep yourself focused by entering an early-season event. The prospect of pinning on a number (OK, flattening it out inside your Endura pocket) can be a great motivator when you’re cranking...

Turbo training used to be a poor substitute for real riding and something you did only if the weather really was too horrible to get out. You’d either be staring at a concrete wall or squinting through stinging sweat at a soggy piece of paper where you’d written down t...

Nutrition on the bike is a hugely personal thing, and what works for one athlete does not necessarily translate to also being another’s ‘magic formula’. But it is a hugely important component of a good training programme for cyclists, in the form of personal wellness a...