For Liv AWOL SPOK'D, there are no days off, and on 1st January new team member Victoria Lovett was out and about showing off her new kit and bike! It was also the month to finally make the big announcement about our new sponsorship line up, which included headline sponsors SPOK'D! Elsewhere, the cyclo-cross season... Continue Reading →
December 2018 Roundup
We're into the penultimate month for cyclo-cross season, which traditionally sees the regional championships being held across the country, along with a couple of rounds of the National Trophy series events, in the build up to the January National Championships. Liv AWOL SPOK'D have a talented squad of cx riders across different age categories and... Continue Reading →
November 2018 Roundup
It's November. The weather is mild and dry one weekend, and cold and miserably wet the next. We're just past the midway point of the cyclo-cross season and this month sees some of the new Liv AWOL SPOK'D faces stepping onto the podium alongside some of the existing team members across various regional series races.... Continue Reading →
September 2018 Roundup
You might think that after the epic last few months, that there might be some time off from racing, but while there might be a pause from road racing for some, September traditionally sees the start of the cyclo-cross season, and not forgetting the closing rounds of some of the summer series crits. Full Gas... Continue Reading →
Easter racing and it is still raining
The months roll on, but the season seems to be stuck on "wet". Despite this, Admiral Liv AWOL riders continue to race on regardless of the conditions. There was a brief break in the foul weather on the 24th March at Lee Valley Velo Park for the March Hare Classic and the team fielded it's... Continue Reading →
February Roundup 2018
It's cold and wet, and wintry winds sweep across the land (Well it was when this was started!). February traditionally sees the final events of the Cyclocross season and the first rounds of Mountain Bike events for the year, the Winter Series road races come to a climax. It's a good time to stays indoors... Continue Reading →
CX Series Finale & National Championships
Liv AWOL supports its riders competing across multi-disciplines, and this winter there has been a strong presence on the cyclocross front. Over the last few weeks, they have been racing in the Trophy Series Finale in Ipswich, the National Championships at Hetton Lyons Park in Tyne & Wear, as well as several regional races. Just before... Continue Reading →
New Year’s Day Herne Hill CX Madison
At late notice on New Year's Eve, I agreed to partner the super talented Maddie Gammons in a Madison cyclocross race at Herne Hill. Neither of us had ever done a cyclocross Madison before and both thought that the concept sounded brilliant. If you don’t know, the race is on a normal cross course with... Continue Reading →
Snow and Mud
The cyclo-cross season is coming to a climax, and the race for titles is hotting up, while the weather is getting distinctly colder and wetter, resulting in muddier courses, bikes, and riders. Adding to the mix, snow descended on the UK for the weekend of the penultimate round of the Cyclocross Trophy Series in Bradford, just... Continue Reading →
Cyclo-cross Regional Championships 2017
Last Sunday saw the concurrent running of all the UK cyclo-cross regional championships. With Sarah Lomas and Connie Hayes out injured, and Jersey-based Emily Bridson not having a local regional competition, Liv AWOL only had riders competing in the combined Eastern & South Eastern Regionals event hosted by Welwyn Wheelers at Stanborough Park. As a... Continue Reading →