Latest News
May 31st: Brooking wins Mildenhall
Anniversary TT
Chris Brooking was over a minute clear of the field in Mildenhall
CC's 50th Anniversary circuit time trial, in Barrow, Suffolk. Brooking
covered two laps of the tough circuit to beat Mike Broadwith (Race Scene), in
hot and breezy conditions.
May 26th: PNuT Keeps Nickname
After threatening to grow his hair (and lose
the reason for his nickname) if he didn't record a PB for 25 miles this bank
holiday weekend, Mark Arnold will still be hairless after taking over two
minutes off his best in the Unity CC event on Monday. Sidelined by a
puncture in Api's event on Saturday, which perhaps had faster conditions, PNuT
bounced back in style at Hatfield Peverel on the E72!
May 25th: Api Take ERRL Lead
With riders scoring points in both the Beccles
and Redbridge road races, Api have opened up a 22-point lead in the Essex Road
Race League after 10 events. Chris Brooking was second at Beccles, an
event he has won twice in the past, after narrowly failing to catch winner Mark
Daly (Posh Bikes) in a chase with Andy Proffitt (Arctic RC) that resulted in the
destruction of the break that had been away from half distance. Geoff
Frost was 4th. In the Redbridge, in-form Brian Flemming (Tri & Run)
was the inevitable winner, and Mick Gray continued his good run of form to take
third place.
May 24th: Barker and Millard Make Hay
Sam Barker set what was the season's fastest
25, if only for 36 hours, and James Millard rode a 30mph 25 for the first time
in his life, as riders were greeted with excellent conditions for Api's Open 25
on the new E2 course at Newmarket. Zak Carr and Glenn Taylor cashed in
too, riding their third fastest 25 ever on a substitute tandem that is over 50
years old! Api took the team, and Sue Gray was the fastest woman with an
excellent 58:40, to make sure that riders from other teams only went home with
PB's! Full results here.
May 19th: Post Office Fiasco Scuppers
Api 25 Plans
Serious delays in the post saw several
leading contenders for the National 25 have their entries returned, including
Api's Zak Carr and James Millard. The disappointment is especially bad for
Millard, who lives only a few miles from the course, and was aiming to do a ride
on his local roads.
May 11th: Gray Scores Back to Back
Victories
Mick Gray continued his succssful comeback by
taking a superb solo victory in the Lea Valley Road Race, over 8 laps of the
tough Little Baddow circuit near Chelmsford. Having won the ECCA Vets
circuit races at Eastway the previous weekend, Gray attacked from the bunch to
catch the leaders after half-distance, and went clear alone on the last lap to
win by over 30 seconds. Micheal Merralls took second place at the head of
the break.
May 10th: So Close for Carr
Zak Carr narrowly missed the £100 bonus for
breaking the record for the tough E1 course in the Cresent Wheelers centenary
event, as he lead ApiBikes.com to the team victory. Carr's 53:19 was 8
seconds outside the existing best, on a day where riders had to battle a strong
wind on the uphill return leg. Sue Gray tooks the women's award.
May 5th: Downs Wins at Bungay
Kristian Downs took his second win of the
weekend, as he claimed victory in the Under 16's event at Bungay, beating Ryan
Smith (CCA Dataphonics) into second place. Downs had also won Saturday's
U16 event at Eastway in a very tight finish with Scott Elliot (PCA Ciclos Uno).
May 5th: Api Take 7th Consecutive
Eastern Counties Festival
Scoring a record 608 points, ApiBikes.com won a
seventh ECCA Festival on the trot, equalling the feat of Southend & County
Wheelers. Spearheaded by Zak Carr, who won an amazing 4 events over the
three days, and backed up virtually the whole squad, many of whom rode 3 or more
events over the course of the bank holiday weekend, Api took an amazing 13 solo
and team wins. Despite high winds all weekend, Carr set event records in
the solo 25 and 7km events, and Chris Brooking and James Millard also broke the
2-up 25 record. The weekend took Api's number of wins for the season to
over 50!
April 26th: Wright Stuff
Ironman Stuart Wright scored his debut solo
victory for ApiBikes.com as he was the convincing winner of the Northants &
District Hilly 30m TT on Saturday, finishing well over a minute clear of the
second-placed rider.
April 26th: Barker keeps BUSA 10 in the family
Sam Barker made sure the National Student 10
championships stayed with Api, as he won the title in an Oxford University
promotion, representing Luton University. Last year's winner was Api's
Duncan Alexander.
April 20th: Barker wins Hitchin Nomads
25
Sam Barker took the Hitchen Nomads 25 on the F1
on Easter Sunday morning, recording 52:57 to beat Steve China by 1 minute and 40
seconds.
April 18th: Brooking takes Crawley
Wheelers Sporting TT
Chris Brooking got the Easter weekend off to a
good start for ApiBikes.com with victory in the Crawley Wheelers Sporting 43
mile event. Brooking's 1.43.53 beat Pete Hamilton (34 Nomads) by one
minute and one second, with top seed Tim Stevens a further 18 seconds back.
April 13th: 5 wins in Bumper Weekend!
A weekend double for Sam Barker in the Conisborough Ivanhoe weekend,
including an event record in Saturday's 10, topped another excellent weekend for
the team. James Millard and PNuT ruled the roost at the Cycle Kingdom
2-day stage race, with their 1-2 in the short time-trial stage on Saturday
afternoon putting them at the top of the GC, and there they stayed after
Sunday's road stage! James won this event last year when it was a 3rd cat
event! Finally, Zak and Glenn were nearly 3 minutes clear of the
opposition in Sunday's King's Lynn 2-up 25.
April 5th: Taylor tightens grip on MG
league
With only one more qualifying ride to complete, Glenn Taylor made it
3 wins out of 3 in the 2003 Medium Gear League by putting 6 minutes into the
second-placed rider at the Lea Valley promotion on the E1. Glenn's
superior average speeds in his rides mean that even if another rider were to
match his points tally, they'll have their work cut out to topple him from the
top of the table.