FWRC New Year Blow Out 2012

Blow away the cobwebs and start your post Christmas recovery with our New Year Blowout on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd of January 2012 in association with Fibrax Wrexham Roads Club. Starting on Saturday morning, we will ride out to Capel Curig in the heart of Snowdonia for the overnight stop and return to Warrington on Sunday.

The cost is £40 per person for the weekend and this includes:

• Bed and Breakfast accommodation at Cobdens Hotel, Capel Curig, on Saturday night.
• Snack packs.
• Guiding and rider support en route.
• Special training segments en route(power development and group tempo riding).
• Vehicle support including petrol.

The Saturday evening meal is extra but we have arranged with Cobdens to provide a special menu at the reduced price of £15 per person for two courses.

The outward route is 86 miles from Warrington, via Chester, Mold and Denbigh, to Capel Curig, with a lunch stop approximately half-way. Parcours undulating/hilly. Recommended gear 12/25.

Please note that, due to space limitations in the support vehicles, luggage is limited to one small soft hold-all per person. Also, given the time of year, the use of lights is recommended.

For further details and to book please contact Nick Giles by e-mail to nick@pocolococycling.com.

Supported by: Fibrax Wrexham Roads Club.

Sierra Nevada Altitude Camps 2012

Poco Loco is making provisional arrangements for altitude training camps over the summer of 2012. Based in the Sierra Nevada, near Granada, Spain they will include training rides with former Tour de France stage winner and King of the Mountains, Gert-Jan Theunisse.

The camps will be for a duration of ten days in July or August 2012 and will be for groups of about ten riders of similar fitness and experience. The price will be in the region of £1,200 including accommodation, meals and transfers. Flights to Granada are extra.

These camps will be tailor made to suit the abilities and aspirations of the riders attending and following the advice of Gert-Jan Theunisse. Therefore, anyone interested in these camps is asked to contact Nick to discuss your requirements and preferred dates.

It's time to grab the bull by the horns and see how far you can go with professional help.

To register your interest in the 2012 Sierra Nevada Altitude Camps

please contact Nick Giles by email to nick@pocolococycling.com.

Free Accommodation

Win free accommodation in Mallorca by attending two Poco Loco Cycling Camps 

Thanks to the generosity of Gert-Jan Theunisse and Gary Fry, we now have a special promotional offer to celebrate the launch of the Poco Loco Cycle Training Camps. Any riders who attend both the Tour of Cornwall 2012 and the Mallorca Training Camp April 2012 will be automatically entered into a free promotional draw to win free accommodation on the Mallorca Camp.

Gert-Jan Theunisse(seated right) and Gary Fry(seated left)

in Mallorca with Nick and Warren.

The Mallorca Training Camp April 2012 package normally includes training rides with Gert-Jan Theunisse and Gary Fry, and half-board accommodation at the Cala Bona Hotel. One lucky rider who attends both camps will get the accommodation part of the Mallorca Camp completely free of charge.

The Cala Bona Hotel overlooks the old fishing harbour at Cala Bona on the south-east coast of Mallorca, not far from Cala Millor, and has a special secure cycle room for storage, and cleaning or repair of bicycles.

In addition to this, riders attending both camps will also be eligible for the previously advertised £70 voucher from the Bike Factory in Chester.

The Bike Factory

Get a £70 Voucher for attending Poco Loco Cycling Camps 

The Bike Factory of Chester are assisting us with a big promotion to launch the Poco Loco cycling camps. They are offering a £70 voucher to any rider attending both the Tour of Cornwall 2012 and the Mallorca Training Camp April 2012.

In addition to this, the Bike Factory are also supplying prize vouchers to the best performing rider in each day's training segment of the Tour of Cornwall 2012.

Now situated at 153-161 Boughton, the Bike Factory have been selling bicycles in Chester for almost one hundred years. Originally the shop was Marstons in Bridge Street Chester who in 1937 received a silver plaque for 25 years unbroken service with Raleigh Industries Limited. The bike shop changed in the 60's to Davies Brothers, a more specialist bike shop in Cuppin Street who built competition bikes for racing touring and club riders.

The Service Department is one of the best in the country and Bike Factory is currently ranked in the top 5 Cytech Directory of over 500 bike shops based on their investment in Cytech training.

Bike Factory are official stockists for a huge range of bikes and accessories and have supplied in the past bikes to one off charity riders to cycling world champions. Their ranges include Specialized, Trek, Raleigh, Dawes, Pinarello, Brompton, Diamond Back. They also stock a full range of cycling parts, accessories and clothing including ASSOS, Bontrager, Campagnolo, Sealskinz, Specialized, Park, Shimano, FOX and Giro to name a few.

In addition to their work with Nick Giles and Poco Loco Cycling, the Bike Factory sponsor local clubs, and are involved in local C.T.C. events, triathlon and many other events throughout the year.

To see more about the Bike Factory and their on-line shop, please visit the Bike Factory website.