Gareth Pymm, Cycling Coach with Matt Bottrill Performance Coaching I’ve been coaching triathlete Amy Pritchard for cycling for a couple of years now and there have been a couple of blogs/reports about her achievements from last year already as she had a very successful year. Her achievements included world age group aqua bike gold and world age group sprint tri gold, plus some open time trial wins and other tri wins. However, during last season whilst Amy was smashing out all

Cleaning your bike and why it is important! Bikes are mechanical (and sometimes electronic!) pieces of kit that require looking after. When two metal faces rub together, such as the chain on cassette or bearings in wheels, they have very tight clearances, so when these surfaces become covered in dust and dirt from the road this forces these surfaces to become worn. In this blog post, we step away from cycling coaching for a moment, to provide a step-by-step guide to cleaning