About — the studio

Equal parts engineer and racer.

I'm John Hale — a Cambridge-trained engineer with a background across medical devices, elite rowing equipment and aerospace composites. Hale Dynamics is where that engineering meets my own sport. I've raced at an elite level for years — these days mostly off-road and over very long distances — so I know the difference between a number on a screen and a number you feel at hour fourteen.

Founded
2019South West · UK
Studio size
Oneyou work with me
Races
Ultra · gravelroad · endurance
John Hale
Hale DynamicsJohn Hale · Founder
Est. 2019South West · UK
Engineer & racerCambridge
Status● racing
01 — The story

How I got here.

Cambridge → cycling
NameJohn Hale RoleFounder · Lead engineer EducationEngineering · University of Cambridge FieldsMechanical · Composites · Aero · Additive BasedSouth West · United Kingdom ProfileLinkedIn ↗

I studied engineering at the University of Cambridge, with a master's in heart-rate-variability monitoring. Since then I've worked across some of the most exacting fields in design — medical devices at Cambridge Consultants, elite rowing equipment at Carl Douglas, and aerospace composites at Lentus. Injection moulding, engineering analysis, carbon lay-up, airflow modelling: different industries, the same demand for precision.

The common thread is understanding exactly how something works, then refining it until nothing's wasted — and often, yes, that means making it faster. Airflow through an inhaler, the lay-up of a carbon structure, a rider's position in the wind: different problem, same instinct.

I founded Hale Dynamics in 2019 to bring that rigour to cyclists — not in a wind tunnel two counties away, but on the roads you actually ride. I've raced at an elite level for years, so I know the gap between a number on a screen and one you can feel in the legs. I race what I test, and I test everything I race.

The studio is deliberately one person. When you book, you work directly with the engineer running the tests, reading the data and writing your plan — no hand-offs, no account managers. Just the watts, and what to do about them.

02 — Palmarès

What I race.

Ultra · gravel · rowing & road
Ultra-distance & bikepacking
20262ndAethelred UltraOverall
20254thDales DivideOverall
20241stThe Land BetweenOverall
20242ndWild West CountryOverall
20231stGreat British EscapadesOverall
20234thGBDUROOverall
Gravel
20254thSBT Gravel · ColoradoAge cat
20254thThe Gralloch · ScotlandAge cat
Rowing & road · earlier
20181stTour of SussexRoad
20166thOlympic Trials · LM1xRowing
20141stCommonwealth 4‑Rowing
Also a 2014 Henley finalist, 3× Lightweight Boat Race vs Oxford, and Cat 4 → Elite on the road in three years.
03 — Background

The path here.

N = 05 · est. 2019
Education
·

University of Cambridge

Engineering — the foundation for everything since.

Medical
·

Cambridge Consultants

Medical device design — precision, safety and rigour.

Marine
·

Carl Douglas Racing Shells

Manufacture of elite rowing racing shells.

Aerospace
·

Lentus Composites

Advanced aerospace composite structures.

Cycling
2019

Hale Dynamics

Founded — cycling aerodynamics & sports engineering.

Want to work with the person who'll actually test your bike?