Ollie Hucks

Writing reports from single events have been a rarity in 2020, with the majority of my events being time trials I guess they aren’t the most exciting of races to report on. The majority of TT race reports will be something like: ‘Felt pretty good for the first half, started to hurt from just after … More Sporting TTs > Out and back TTs…& first open TT win

Will it make me faster? Can I justify the cost? Is there a better alternative? These were just a few of the questions I was constantly asking myself when considering in undertaking a wind tunnel session. The experience of wind tunnel testing has been of interest for a long time and ever since wind tunnels … More Cycling wind tunnel testing – is it worth it?

It’s been a while since writing anything on here, and it’s fair to say the world a different place to what it was just 6 months ago…The world is a few months deep into a global pandemic and I’ve no doubt it has impacted everyone in one form or another. A mixture of boredom and … More Got bored, wrote a blog post….2020 Season recap?

August has been another reasonably successful month, albeit with some valuable lessons learnt along the way. The month began with a Kermesse style road race around the Cranfield triangle circuit, the race ended up being just over an hour due to a bad crash after a few laps into the race. I knew due to … More 2019….drawing to a close

July began by concluding an enjoyable family holiday in and around Lake Garda, Italy. We spent 4 days in Sirmione to the south of the lake then rode to Riva Del Garda for the remainder of the stay. The area is great for cycling and has a lot to offer. I spent the majority of … More Riding through July

June has been somewhat of a successful/ breakthrough month this year given it got off to a slow start hindered by injury. The month began coming 11th at central region RR champs, my highest placing in a Nat B this year so promising signs of some form coming through. I then competed in a midweek crit … More It’s getting hot…..

In early May I travelled back home for a few weeks due to easter holidays, before the final year exams to conclude my second year of uni. During this period at home I got stuck into a load of road racing and a few tts. WVS RR Race report: Sunday 5th May saw Seb and … More May Update

Racing wise, April has probably been my busiest month ever, I’ve had a double header every weekend apart from the final weekend where the TT on Saturday 27th was sadly cancelled. Sadly though, all with a slightly dodgy knee that has still not fully recovered. I eventually saw a specialist and subsequently had an MRI … More Strangely successful April….

After kicking off the 2019 competitive account at nationals in January I have been forced to delay my full race programme due to a lingering injury. Towards the start of march there was a Wednesday afternoon where the sun was out, temperature was high and I went out for a ride with a load of … More A Stunted Start….