Josh Mott is relatively new to sportives and road cycling in general, having migrated from mountain biking. He undertook his first sportive in April 2014, diving into the deep end with the Paris Roubaix Challenge. As a full-time student Josh is afforded plenty of hours riding and is looking forward to his next major challenges: the Tour of Flanders 2015 and the Etape de Tour 2015.
22 Apr 2016 - It's getting to that time of the cycling season again, when the Classics are drawing to a close and the Grand Tours beckon. The weather is perking up too, which means...
24 Feb 2016 - Early season riding is a bit of a paradox. You spend more time on the bike through the winter months so you can enjoy the summer even more. But the winter is cold, grey...
30 Nov 2015 - There are very few occasions where you can brush shoulders with the likes of Eddie Merckx, Fabian Cancellara and David Millar in the course of one evening - but that was...
13 Aug 2015 - Quickly becoming the most popular sportive on the planet, this year's RideLondon-Surrey 100, or whatever name you so wish to refer to it by, offered riders the chance to...
5 Jan 2015 - SiS have released a beefed-up version of their vastly popular GO energy gels in the form of a double espresso flavour which boasts a whopping 150mg of caffeine; twice...
24 Nov 2014 - Despite what the Internet may say, there is more to fill a cycling fanatic's stocking with this Christmas than socks and inner tubes. There are a plethora of reasonably...
6 Nov 2014 - What is cycling ultimately about? Camaraderie, adventure, getting fit, a sense of belonging to a community, are probably some of the answers you would give, and three...
21 Oct 2014 - The autumn classics are over, Kwiatkowski is sporting a new rainbow jersey and the pro peloton are off on their well-earned holidays. Winter is coming, and with it comes...
11 Sep 2014 - As the Tour of Britain rumbles its way through the West Country, I set out to preview one of the upcoming stages which luckily passes in the vicinity of my house. The...
1 Sep 2014 - Buckinghamshire is not the hilliest of counties. Granted the Dunstable Downs are a short ride away but true mountains are a distant thought, both figuratively and...
2 Jul 2014 - "Hardest, fastest and most demanding", were the words British Cycling used to describe the route of the 2014 National Championships, and with a course that commanded...
2 Jul 2014 - In just three days the Tour de France starts in Yorkshire, with stage 1 setting off from Leeds to Harrogate. Flicking through this year's guide to the Tour you'd be...
29 Apr 2014 - We're in the Eurotunnel car park on the Friday before Paris-Roubaix. Through the windows of the parked cars, we can see back seats down and expensive-looking bikes...