
The cafes had more people sitting around evening up their tans, there were people riding other trails than just the race runs, there were cross-country bikes on the lift again. It almost started to feel like a holiday!
Jul 25, 2010 | Categories: Cycling | Tags: 2010, action, alpe d'huez, alps, bike, biking, cross-country, Cycling, downhill, france, lee irvine, mega, megavalanche, mountain, mtb, Oz, race, sport | Leave A Comment »

It was the hottest shoot ever! Having spent 25 mins on an exposed outcrop it was a relief to find a small stream in the shadows at the side of the valley and stand it in it for a while…
Jul 22, 2010 | Categories: Cycling | Tags: 2010, alpe d'huez, alps, ananichoola, anna, bike, biking, Cycling, downhill, france, girl, glowinski, lee irvine, mega, megavalanche, mountain, mtb, mule, nichoola, race, team | Leave A Comment »

Get up! Run some more. Can’t breath. Get one foot on and use the other to balance. Find the biggest rut and stick to it. Finally get moving. Someone goes down in front. Shit!
Jul 17, 2010 | Categories: Cycling | Tags: 2010, action, alp, alpe d'huez, avalanchecup, bike, Cycling, downhill, extreme, france, lee irvine, mega, megavalanche, mountain, mtb, photoshelter, race, sport, summer, sun | 2 Comments »

Most of the spots I was looking at didn’t work because the trees were too close to allow for a longer shot. Further into the woods it was then…
May 20, 2010 | Categories: Cycling, Techniques | Tags: bike, Cycling, deepcut, England, flash, gorrick, lens, mountain, mtb, photography, race, set-up, woods, xc | 1 Comment »

1000 metres in under 45 seconds, Top speed in excess of 50mph, on a one wheeled bicycle clamped to the floor!
Jan 13, 2010 | Categories: Cycling | Tags: action, bar, bike, club, competition, cycle, Dowsett, fixed, gear, indoor, livestrong, male, men, race, racing, rollapaluza, rollers, sport, terminator, trek, U23 | 1 Comment »

Normally a frustrating, yet theraputic, excercise that helps me be ruthless about which images I like and why.
Dec 26, 2009 | Categories: Cycling, Everything Else, Winter Sports | Tags: biking, chamonix, Cycling, cyclocross, france, free ride, innerleithen, mountain, mountain bike, parkour, race, scotland, ski, snow, snowboard, winter | 1 Comment »

I can see other lights moving through the bushes and undergrowth, they’re heading in my direction.
Nov 28, 2009 | Categories: Cycling | Tags: bike, costume, cross, Cycling, cyclocross, dark, dirt, ghost, ghoul, grass, halloween, herne, hill, london, monster, night, off road, racing, road, rollapaluza, tour de ville, track | Leave A Comment »

Rogate demonstrated its worth again today as a host of riders took to its steep downhill section and jumps to demonstrate their skills.
Shooting with a Canon 1D Mark III and “poverty wizards” triggering 2 external flashes, the shade under the trees made it easy to pop the subjects out of the background. Lying between the [...]
Nov 09, 2009 | Categories: Cycling | Tags: downhill, jump, mountain bike, ramp, Rogate | Leave A Comment »