The Happy 100

 One Hundred Miles - easy

Andrew Gough - Jeremy Lambert - James Cooper - James Ash - Dave Harding

The Three Musketeers

From Left to right - Dave Harding, James Ash, James Cooper

A photo for the 'JMJ-Flanders' charity ride flyer

Watch this space for more info

Mountbatten Circuit Race - 3rd July 2013

Six JMJ racers were at the Mountbatten Centre ready for the Wednesday evening criterium.

Aspens first race

From left to right - Dan Stephens, Mike Marriot, Dave Harding, Andrew Gough, Jeremy Lambert, Norman Harvey.
At the front is our youngest team member Aspen Marriot.

It was Aspens first race and she did very well in the youngsters race and completed her four laps in fine style.

The JMJ Cycles Race Team were looking to replicate JMJ Cycles Matt Heathcotes win from last weeks race ......

Teeing up for the leadout

The 3/4 category race went off straight from the gun. Jeremy, Dan and Mike Marriot were looking to create a winning break in this evenings race and kept the speed high and attacked numerous times. Gaps were created but the peloton were not letting anything get away, every effort was brought back together. The JMJ 'plan B' was to lead out Jeremy Lambert for the win. Dan took it up with 5 minutes to go and kept the pace high enough for no attacks. With 3 laps to go Dan accelerated - Dave Harding took over at Lap two - then Norman Harvey took Jeremy Lambert to 250 meters - Jeremy was beaten by half a wheel into 2nd place. A sterling effort by all the team. The average speed for the race was 27.2 mph !

Celebrating another great team effort

Looking forward to next week for more of the same attacking team effort.

Nichola Harding

JMJ Sunday Chaingang - June 2nd

JMJ Cycles Sunday Chaingang

When - 2nd June, 9-30am

Where - Happy Cheese, Ashurst

Who - All Welcome

Zen and the art of through and off

The JMJ Sunday Chaingang

Where - Happy Cheese, Ashurst

When - Every Sunday 9:30am

Who - All Welcome

Come along and polish your through and off skills on the JMJ Cycles Sunday Chaingang. All welcome. We work together on this ride to make it a good experience for all.  It's not about showing how strong you are - more of a group ride to help all riders develop their skills when riding fast in a group. See you there :-)

JMJ Cycles 'Weekly Giveaway Competition'

Click Link below to enter - It's Easy and Free !

 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/JMJ-Cycles/301108979909219

 

We just dispense with the cape



Join JMJ Cycles ... and feel - EPIC !!

 

Join the JMJ Cycles race team - and feel EPIC !

 

http://jmjcyclesrt.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/the-pink-and-blue-army.html

Fleche Wallone starring the 'Mur de Huy' !

https://www.facebook.com/belgianboysclub?ref=stream&hc_location=stream

Good miles - Good route - Good freinds

 

Good miles - Good route - Good freinds

Thanx guys for some awesome miles this morning - Bring on Saturday's Race

Sandie Radford Memorial Road Race - http://blog.sportsmassagebournemouth.co.uk/2013/03/sandie-radford-memorial-road-race-2013.html

More miles for next Sunday - http://jmjcyclesrt.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/jmj-sunday-chaingang-9-30am-all-welcome.html

Peter Sagan and the followers !

 

The Belgian Boys Club

 

https://www.facebook.com/belgianboysclub?ref=stream

 

 

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=412099708886410&set=a.277867718976277.59912.277331605696555&type=1&theater

JMJ Sunday Chaingang - 9-30am - All Welcome

The JMJ Cycles Sunday Chaingang

 The JMJ Cycles Sunday Chaingang
Where - Happy Cheese, Ashurst
When - Every Sunday
Who - All Welcome
Start - 9-30am
Finish - approx 11-30am

 

The aim of this ride is to help riders develop their through and off skills when riding / racing in a group. All welcome whatever your fitness level. The pace will be tempo but nothing nuts (fitter riders please use cadence for a greater workout). Re-grouping at the top of hills. We will be using the same route every week, if the pace is too high just sit on the back and hang on !  Useful links below. See you Sunday :-)

 

Routemap: http://www.strava.com/activities/51132043

Contact - Dave Harding: jmjcycles@yahoo.co.uk
JMJ Cycles Website: www.jmjcycles.co.uk
British Cycling: http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/club/profile?club_id=2333
JMJ Cycles kit purchase: http://www.yourclubshop.co.uk/clubs.asp?ClubCatId=1

 

Local Cycling Clubs ...

Sotonia CC: www.sotonia.co.uk
Crabwood CC: http://www.crabwoodcc.org/
New forest CC: http://newforestcc.co.uk/

 

More training tips ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_gang_(cycling)
http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/221/training/cycling-in-a-chain-gang/



JMJ Sunday Training Ride - all welcome

JMJ CYCLES SUNDAY TRAINING RIDE - All Welcome
Date - Sunday 14th April
Route - Sandie Radford Memorial Road Race 
Meet - Happy Cheese Ashurst
Time - 9-30am

Details - 
Im organising a training ride out to recce the Sandie Radford Memorial Road Race route. All welcome. Will be a good ride out to take a look at the route - for those who dont know the route, and for those who do ! .... Pace will be easy and sociable. Be great to see you there. I will be leaving the shop (JMJ Cycles, 34,Victoria Road, Woolston, SO19 9DX) at 8-15am and meeting others for 9-30am at the Happy Cheese, Ashurst. If your driving to start (John) there's plenty of free parking behind pub. Be back to happy cheese by 12-30. Let me know if you can make it. Cheers, Dave Harding 

..... Link below for race entry details.

http://www.veloriders.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=1293656

JMJ Cycles - Not Quite Milan-San Remo

I'm Looking forward to watching the Milan-San Remo this Sunday on TV. Beforehand JMJ Cycles riders have their own race to ride in the morning. New team member Norman Mellors is on the start sheet in his first race for JMJ. Norman brings a wealth of experience to the team. I'm looking forward to racing with Norman at 3rd cat BC races. We will also be trying our hand at some LVRC races this year. It's great to have you on board Norman. We will have a full compliment of racers for Sunday in all the adult categories.

in no particular order -

Norman Mellors 3rd
John Makepiece 4th
Mike Marriot      4th
Andy Gough        E1/2
Dave Harding     3rd

Good luck to you all for Sundays racing.


If you would like to join JMJ Cycles Race Team theres more information available here-
http://jmjcyclesrt.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/the-pink-and-blue-army.html

JMJ Cycles Team Launch

http://www.velouk.net/2013/02/24/team-news-jmj-cycles-team-launched/


Graham Robins writes … Running from the shop in Woolston by team owner Nikki Harding, this new team hopes to establish it’s self as a winning force at the local races. The team has been set up to promote the shop run by Nikki and her internet business locally, and the team is hoping to move forward into 2014by helping younger teenage riders progress from the youth racing in the senior ranks.
Team manager Dave Harding will be hoping to rekindle the successes he had with his own team a couple of years ago (DHC) winning several British Cycling Regional Road Racing Team Championships for three consecutive years; 2007, 2008 and 2009. DHC ran for ten years before the shop and team had to close its doors in 2010.

Dave has spent the last two years building up towards the new team and feels he has the correct formula now to re enter the competitive racing scene again. Along with two local riders Andy Gough and Mike Marriot Dave hopes to build throughout this season making 2013 a ‘Pink and Blue’ year.
Andrew:
Andrew have been racing since 1994 (18 years) and have won a number of local, regional and national level races and championships and have spent 2 seasons racing full time / pro in France. During my time in France I raced for Team Europe. The manager was an agent for the Bbox Telecom Team and Cofidis Team amongst other World Tour teams and he’d had set up his own full time / pro team to develop talent.
I was one of the team’s sprinters on the flat races and Domestique on other races setting up victories for the team. I lived in Craon near Laval in North West France with 3 other team mates in our one of the teams apartments. The team was a real mix of nationalities, Polish, Romanian, Estonian, Latvian, Moldovan, Hungarian and British and we raced a mixture of races including some top French races that went out on TV.
Andrew said: “I am really excited to be joining the JMJ Cycles Team, it’s a brilliant venture. I have known and ridden with Dave Harding for a number of years and his plan and enthusiasm for the team and the sport is infectious. I am looking forward to racing on Forme Bikes, they look great and early reports sound very promising. Lake shoes and Limar Helmets have a brilliant reputation so I look forward to putting them through their paces.
Personally I am looking forward to building on my2 race wins from 2012, helping out my team mates and spreading the JMJ Cycles word”
Mike:
Mike has been out of competition for a fair few years and is looking to start racing again in 2013. Mike will be racing at BC 4th cat level for starters but is looking to gain his 3rd cat license quickly. Mike is looking to continue racing throughout the season to gain a good level of fitness and gain a 3rd cat license. Mike will then be ready for his real passion which is Cyclo cross. Mike is looking forward to next years Cyclo cross season. Mike is and was a keen off-road enthusiast and I think happiest off road. He is looking to the road racing as a way to gain fitness fast.
Mike said: “I am really looking forward to racing again and being part of the team here at JMJ Cycles”.
The team will have support for Moore Large &Co and this year Simon Adams the Territory Account Manager South Central said “’Moore Large & Co are proud to be supporting the JMJ Cycles team in 2013. Nikki, Dave and their team have been a pleasure to work with in 2012 and I look forward to seeing the new race jerseys mixing it up in the local peloton. The mixture of youth and experience within the team will stand them in good stead for the upcoming year of racing. I wish all the team the best of luck in 2013′.
The team will be riding on bespoke Forme Bikes complete with Forza and Jagwire components shod with Kenda tyres. Andy and Mike will be using Shimano components while Dave’s bike will be running Campagnolo. The team will be wearing Limar crash helmets and Lake Shoes.
www.formebikes.co.uk
www.kendauk.com
www.4za.com
www.limarhelmets.com
www.lakecycling.com
Anyone wishing to contact the club can do so here,
E-Mail : jmjcycles@yahoo.co.uk
Tel : 0238 044 3839

The Pink and Blue Army !

Do you want to be part of something Awesome !?
Do you want to wear the coolest cycle kit on the South Coast !?
Then why not join the JMJ Cycles Race Team.

About us:

Anyone can join the team. Whatever your fitness level you will be welcome to join us. Wether you want to race your bike or just join the team to ride your bike with other like minded people; then the JMJ Cycles team may just be the right place for you. We aren’t a clique or a cycle team for top elite racers, we are a bunch of friends who like to ride their bikes fast !

Team Kit:

The kit reflects the shops colours and we reckon it’s the coolest cycle kit out there on the Souths roads. Your new JMJ Cycle kit -  it’s bold, it’s cool, it’s a statement – Be part of the Pink and Blue army !! ….  We keep the JMJ Cycle team kit in store at the shop in Woolston. You can also buy the kit online at our website. If we don’t have in stock you can also buy our kit directly from the manufacturers  ……………. 

http://www.yourclubshop.co.uk/clubs.asp?ClubCatId=1

Training rides:

We will be organising regular training rides throughout the year. Evenings and weekends. We will be joining other group rides as well as organising our own training rides. Most training rides will be leaving from the shop in Woolston. For those who are just gaining fitness and worried they won’t keep up, don’t worry the routes will be explained beforehand.

Racing:

The JMJ Cycles race team are affiliated the British Cycling. Members who would like to race can join BC and race with us. We have team members at most levels/categories in British Cyclings rankings.

Links:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JmjCyclesAmateurRaceTeam

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JMJ_Cycles

JMJ Cycles Blog: http://jmjcyclesrt.blogspot.co.uk/

Website: http://eshop.jmjcycles.co.uk/JMJCyclesRoad-Team

British Cycling: http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/club/profile?club_id=2333

Kit Purchase (manufacturer) : http://www.yourclubshop.co.uk/clubs.asp?ClubCatId=1


To Join:

Please send over an e-mail to Dave Harding  jmjcycles@yahoo.co.uk or send me a message via facebook to https://www.facebook.com/dave.harding.127

I will get back to you with all the information you willl need to join.
Unlike other cycle clubs/teams we dont charge you to join. That's right its free to join !
Nikki (The boss) just asks you to purchase team kit. either from the shop or directly from Impsport.

Please Note: The Boss is Nichola Harding who owns and runs JMJ Cycles. Yours truly is running the team on her behalf (yup i have a charmed life!)





 

 

Team Members ......

Andy Gough

"I have been racing since 1994 (18 years) and have won a number of local, regional and national level races and championships and have spent 2 seasons racing full time / pro in France.

During my time in France I raced for Team Europe. The manager was an agent for the Bbox Telecom Team and Cofidis Team amongst other World Tour teams and he'd had set up his own full time / pro team to develop talent. I was one of the teams sprinters on the flat races and Domestique on other races setting up victories for the team. I lived in Craon near Laval in North West France with 3 other team mates in our one of the teams apartments. The team was a real mix of nationalities, Polish, Romanian, Estonian, Latvian, Moldovan, Hungarian and British and we raced a mixture of races including some top French races that went out on TV.

I am really excited to be joining the JMJ Cycles Team, it's a brilliant venture. I have known and ridden with Dave Harding for a number of years and his plan and enthusiasm for the team and the sport is infectious. I am looking forward to racing on Forme Bikes, they look great and early reports sound very promising. Lake shoes and Limar Helmets have a brilliant reputation so I look forward to putting them through their paces.

Personally I am looking forward to building on my race 2 wins from 2012, helping out my team mates and spreading the JMJ Cycles word"

Dave Harding

"I was a member of a succesful cycle club 'DHC-Colnago' for approx 10 years. The DHC race team led and were British Cyclings regional southern area winning Road Racing Team for three consecutive years; 2007,2008 and 2009. The shop (and cycle club) unfortunately closed its doors for the last time in 2010. I now ride my bike for pleasure and race (making up the numbers!). This year I am racing for JMJ Cycles. Pink and Blue is the new Blue and White ! .......
Like Andrew I am so looking forward to this new adventure and giving 100% effort for the team. We will be riding Forme Bikes for 2013. Nikki has chosen the 'Longcliffe 2.0' as our weapon of choice. I cannot praise Forme bikes enough, although mid range the Longcliffe 2.0 punches way above its weight and I'm sure will carry our riders to many wins in the coming season. Andy and Mike will be riding with Shimano equipment and myself with Campagnolo. Check out the Forme bike range here - www.formebikes.co.uk"

Mike Marriot


Mike has been out of competition for a fair few years and is looking to start racing again in 2013. Mike will be racing at BC 4th cat level for starters but is looking to gain his 3rd cat license quickly. Mike is looking to continue racing throughout the season to gain a good level of fitness and gain a 3rd cat license. Mike will then be ready for his real passion which is cyclo cross and looking forward to next years cyclo cross season. Mike is and was a keen off-road enthusiast and I think happiest off road. He is looking to the road racing as a way to gain fitness fast.
Mike is looking forward to racing again and being part of the team here at JMJ Cycles.


The team wouldn't be here without Nikki Harding - All credit and thanx goes to her for making JMJ Cycles RT possible. Thankyou Nikki :-)

From Left to right - Nikki Harding, Dave Harding, Bryan Cullum, Chris Cullum.