Rapha Condor Sharp - Training camp, Malaga

Now I'm getting excited! On Friday 12th February I'll be flying out to Malaga, Spain with the Sharp4Prostate Race Across America Team. This is a team of four excellent cyclists from my cycling club Velo Club Godalming & Haslemere, who are participants in this exciting race during the month of June. More about RAAM another time.

As the team mechanic I have been invited along with the riders and the team director, to join the Rapha Condor Sharp pro team at their training camp. We'll be there for eight days, which I'm sure will be a fantastic opportunity for all six of us.
www.raphacondor.cc/home

The riders will receive lots of professional advice on their techniques and get to ride with the pros, awesome! The team director will be doing management type things and lucky old me, I'll be shadowing the team head mechanic Andy Verrall. Andy is going to assist me in taking my mechanical skills one step further to be a race mechanic. I find this quite exciting and I know there is much to learn. Additionally I will be riding too. Yes I've been told to take my bike as well.
So prepping the bikes first thing in the morning, then being beasted on the hills, followed by maintenance at the end of the day, should all make for a slimmer, healthier, and more knowledgeable Richie... Oh and maybe a slight sun tan too?

In the meantime another weekend is now upon us, there's another road bike to build and hopefully a 50 - 60km casual ride to be had on Sunday.
Also, been commuting on the fixie this week, yes only short journeys (for those who know where I live and work) but i just love riding it. I hope to use the fixie on one or two of my overseas adventures this year, maybe London - Bruges or London - Amsterdam.
Enjoy the weekend, bye for now.