It's not about the Bike ~ Oh yes it is!!!!!!!!!

How can you assess the success of the Great Britain team at the World Cycling Championship? What do you put it down to?

• Outstanding athletes......and they are


• Skills of our team members......honed over many years of competition


• Fitness levels.......at the very best


• A great backroom staff......experts in every field


• The expertise of the psychologist.........to tune the mind to the idea of success


• Leadership

Whilst all the above are true and part of the success story, I put it down to..............

"THE BIKE"........

.....Each bike has taken years of preparation and given all the R&D is probably costing £100,000 to produce. Yep each bike ~ £100K ~and the team needs loads of them. So let's not forget the sophistication of the technology of the bike when assessing the success of the current team.

And who pays for this? You & me ~ so we play our part too.

What an outstanding World championships these have been.

Well done everyone and let us the taxpayers give ourselves a pat on the back as well!