Adventures of the Cotic - A Quick Release holidays mountain bike race team


Thursday 11 June 2009

Bristol BikeFest 2009


Bristol BikeFest 2009 was the first event of the year for the A Quick Release holidays team (with guest rider Adam Titley) to get together after a few months of individual racing and proved to be a fantastic event. The just over 6 mile lap of had a great mix of swoopy singletrack, rocky descents and a couple of decent climbs too, the Cotic Soda loving every section. Despite the morning's wet conditions, mud clearance was a non-issue and racing was fast and furious from the off, only getting quicker as the afternoon and trails dried out.


Almost 12hrs and 19 laps later and AQR finished 3rd in the Mixed Open category, still grinning and another race under the Soda's tyres.



Monday 1 June 2009

Welcome to the AQR team blog!


The AQR race team
Originally uploaded by
James Dymond

Welcome to the AQR team blog for 2009! The A Quick Release Holidays race team is Tracy Miles, Abie Smith, Kirsty Eastwood, Warren Miles, Jon Roberts, Iain Collins and James Dymond and we ride Cotic Sodas, supported by Magura forks, Bontrager components and Torq energy products.

After a great first year in 2008 with a team win at Bontrager TwentyFour12, 3rd place at Dusk Till Dawn and loads of individual events too, we can't wait for 2009 and will post updates here throughout the year. Keep an eye out for us at these races amongst others...

- Bristol BikeFest 2009
- Bontrager TwentyFour12
- Midlands XC
- British XC series
- Dusk Till Dawn 2009