Al Stuart, one of my riders, has been injured for the latter part of this year and is desperate to get back on his bike. 

Many apologies for the lack of recent updates to the TORQ website. 

Alas, it’s all over for another year, with the final round of the NPS in Hamsterley Forest, Durham marking the formal conclusion of the Mountain Bike season. 

Yet again, research has proven that regular exercise plays a beneficial role in the prevention of cancer. 

With staggering end of season form, Paul Byatt (Cyclone Cycles) won in the Expert category at the final round of the SAMS (Southern Area Mountain Bike Series). 

Yes, we did end up playing silly games around the dinner table, but we’d earned the right to be daft. 

The National Championships in Ludlow last weekend proved to be a slippery and testing challenge for all the riders that participated. 

One of the most annoying side effects of using an energy drink properly is that, despite the benefits, it can hit you hard where it hurts, in the pocket! 

In order to improve your fitness, you will need to manipulate one of the following three training variables:-

·The duration of your work out (how long each session is). 

It sounds like a brand-new wonder drug, or one of those bacteria that kills you if you don’t cook your meat properly. 

The training camp for the ‘TORQ tuned’ riders is finally going to happen after a season riddled with foot and mouth.