About Us

Revolution Cycling is owned and run by Howard Hurst.  As well as being a mountain bike leader, Howard is also a qualified sport scientist who specialised in the performance characteristics of Downhill Mountain biking for his Masters thesis.  Currently, he is also completing a PhD part-time looking at altitude training and recovery rates in endurance sports.  His qualifications include:   

• Mountain bike instructors award scheme (MIAS) MTB leader

• British Cycling Club coach

• MPhil in Sport and Exercise Science

• BSc (Hons) Physical education and Sports Science

• Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

• Higher Education Academy Teaching Fellow 

In addition to his above qualifications Howard also hold qualifications in strength and coditioning, fitness training and has coached world class and professional athletes in various sports including cycling, running and football providing performance and training analysis.  In his (limited) free time Howard currently competes in both downhill and cross-country mtb races at masters level and has over 15 years of riding and racing experience.  All this has made Howard an excellent coach with the personal knowledge and experience to support the theory.