For the past 4 years, there has been a collection (or gaggle – what’s the term for a group of cyclists?) of riders that make a 100 mile journey through the night from Bristol to Exmouth, This year, Fixed Gear Cardiff were part of that collection. For us the ride started at Bristol Parkway which, [...]

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It’s fast approaching the 2nd annual trackdropouts tunnel sprints event over the river in a town called Bristol, in a country called England. The premise seems fairly simple: a classic hot rod drag style race between 2 riders, through a tunnel on the Bristol to Bath cycle path. Pedal like mad and the first one [...]

Monday 21st June saw Cardiff’s first Rollapaluza event and it was a blinder. For those of you that are unfamiliar, Rollapaluza is a roller racing competition (which has a history going back to the beginning of cycling), pitting competitors against each other on static bikes with the rear wheel on a couple of rollers. These [...]

As a precursor to the next posts (which are imminent), I must apologise for the severe neglect that the FGC blog has had to endure for the past month or so. General work commitments and a touch of laziness have meant that it has not been updated. At all. No excuses, and I’m sorry. Hopefully [...]