Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year

Hope you all had a good Christmas and have something good planned for tonight. i had a good week off and was back in work this morning. Followed by a full cross fit gym session at 10am.

Just thought I would round the year off by wishing everyone a happy new year and thank you for checking out my site/blog. i will keep up to date over the next year so keep popping back for new posts. I'm going to leave you with a shoddy photo of a x-mas prezzie of the other half which I am over the moon with Park tool maintenance stand-thanks Jo :-).

Have a good one all the best!!!

SPS Get Together

The first get together for the 2012 Steve Peat Syndicate Team got together this week for some activities and a general chill out to give the new riders a chance to know the other team members and learn a bit about whats to come.

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We was all meeting in Steve's hometown in Sheffield at the Harlem University where Steve does all of this strength and conditioning. We had a talk for a couple of hours, got a few clothes and handouts and then headed over to the 'lab' where we did some tests to see what our body composition and outputs where like.

After that we headed over to the famous Dave's gym he gave us a good beasting and we then after a motivational speech had some lunch. We where all ready for some bike time then and went up to Steve's local woods and went for a quick xc ride before heading to the hotel for a meal and a bit of bowling-where i was cheated for the win by TM Tristan 'team player'. We met back at the woods for some down hill action on the Saturday morning before having a can of monster and driving over snakes pass back to sunny pie land.

Overall it was a wicked weekend which i really enjoyed I'm looking forward to the season ahead and feel that I have met some cool people in the SPS family. A big thanks to Tristan, Steve and everyone who made it happen. 

Heading In The Right Direction

Christmas next week and then the new year to follow. I think my new years resolution will be to keep this place tidy and in order so i think I'm heading the the right direction by adding another post.

However I'm not adding a post for the fun of it i do have some news worth shouting about. As any of you who do read the blog I have been racing bmx for a few years and its been my focus in terms of riding, training and my lifestyle-2012 will be slightly different however...

Next year will see me heading in the right direction in terms of my dream and passion. Yes you got it (anyone who knows me will have anyway). For the 2012 season I will be racing downhill mountain bikes, although I will still be riding and racing bmx my focus will be on the downhill mtb nationals starting spring time. I won't be riding on my own though as from the end of this year I will be leaving Team Love Not Money and riding for the Steve Peat Syndicate Downhill Mountain Bike Team.

Team Love Not Money Has Been a really positive team to be on for the last two years and i would not be the rider I am now without the support of the team and sponsors. I would just like to thank everyone from the past couple years who I have had the pleasure of being with on LNM. I would particularly like to thank TM James 'Rooster' Tresman for all the support and guidance. Its a different discipline, team, bike and challenge that I know I am ready for and really looking forward to. Being part of the SPS was an offer i could not refuse. Team LNM has been nothing but positive for me so I wanted to show my thanks.

I would also like to thank all of the Love Not Money 2011 sponsors who I will be leaving behind at the end of the year.-Many thanks

• Love Not Money


• RSD Sports


• O'neal


• One Bicycles


• Honey Stinger


• Very Own Studio

2012 On Its Way

Hey people and fellow bloggers, I am keeping you up to date as I promised and there is no news that I can tell you to be honest. I will hopefully have some news and my plans for 2012 before the new year but at the moment I'm keeping you in the dark :-)
I had a great birthday even getting my first tattoo. I get it finished on Monday, I will be sure to put some photos up when its done. All I will say is its not to everyones taste but it shows my roots.

I have been spending the last few weeks hitting the gym hard with my trainer Jamie Cook, Working on a structured program to gain strength and power for the coming season. As I
Iie here in bed with the hailstone hitting the window its a good sign that winter has set in and the festive season is not far away-in fact just around the corner. I like to use Christmas as a real time to spend with family and friends and that's what I plan on doing in the next few weeks. Manchester Christmas shopping in the morning and a chill out weekend.