Some cycling related weekend activities at last I hear you cry!

Well yes, this weekend the Sole Cycling bandwagon rolled in to the London Triathlon Expo to help out on the Vittoria stand and help fit some keen triathletes and their entourages with the best tyres on the market.

Jon (Heasman, UK brand manager for Vittoria) and I have raced each other at various times over the past few years, mainly on the Xterra circuit, although I can’t say it’s been much of a race, he’s beaten me every time! So it was good to meet up with a fellow racer, share some stories, have a few laughs, and most importantly, cement a good relationship between our respective companies. As most of you will know, as well as our 1500 riders a year through Bikeability, we also have a Saturday Mountainbiking club and various guided rides and servicing throughout the year, so having access to top quality tyres, which is the most overlooked aspect of cycling and the easiest way to gain comfort, reliability and speed, is critical to us.

So it was great to try out, and introduce lots of new riders, to the new Vittoria Corsa with Graphene. Super light, super comfortable, and if you go for the ‘speed’ version, the fastest tyre in the world!

We introduced the ‘fastest tyre change challenge’ early on the first day, and as well as pro athletes Harry Wiltshire and Emma Pallant testing their skills, we also had a range of riders try and set the fastest time. The fastest complete change (let down tyre, to move inner tube, replace tube and tyre and pump to 60 psi) was done in 1 minute 59 seconds! …go on, try it at home, you know you want to! We’ll try and film some pros over the next few months and put the films up on the blog so you can compare!

So, all in all, a great weekend, good fun, informative and inspiring (all those triathletes of all shapes and sizes all in one place..phew!).

Any orders for Vittoria tyres, tubes or anything else can be done through us, just get in touch if you’d like to order anything, have a look at www.vittoria.com for more details 

    
   

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