I started this week on good form. I can only conclude that there is more than just marketing hype to the recovery products that I have been using. I’ve taken a Zipvit protein recovery bar after every hard ride over the last few weeks and the next day I wake feeling normal (in my case…
Category: Road rides
The guy at the back is working the hardest
I’m lucky in that most of the time I’ve been up the front in most things that I’ve done. Its actually pretty easy leading as just by being there you must have some form and so a minor effort puts you ahead. If you are slightly off the pace you can just sit in mid…
Billy no mates
Sunday was my daughter’s 21st so I wanted to be back early. I had been copied on all the plans to ride the sportive but didn’t have the time to do it. Despite all the early season enthusiasm the group was reduced to just two by Saturday night and they weren’t going to bother with…
Stripped for action
I couldn’t go far today as I needed to meet a customer at 8 but I did ride and really dressed for the occasion. No tights but flashy red shorts and knee warmers, no over shoes so everyone could admire my brilliant white NW Typhoon shoes, no Buff or cap and a brand new Kask…
Spoilt for choice.
It is so difficult for me to choose. The roads or the trails. Spring is here and the Paris-Nice kicks off tomorrow. The Race to the sun marks the begining of the season proper so you’d think that a good hard road ride followed by a recovery session with Eurosport would be the obvious choice….
My first taste of speed (and no mud)in months
I’d promised myself a road ride but didn’t expect to be out so soon. My brother is off this week so he was keen to get out. We planned to meet 7am at the shop but I was late and arrived in the van. If you want an easy start you don’t arrive cold or late. He…
What’s hardest?
I am often asked what I do. Road or off road? Both, all I really do is exercise, I’ll do anything to get my heart beat up, muscles pumping and mind drifting. Today I ran, not far but getting quicker. I was much quicker than last week but the trails were relatively firm better than…
Wet, warm and windy to wottingdean
Like everyone I get into things and with the new Marin demos I’ve been hooked by the Downs and the mud so, having monitored the forecast over the last few days, it was really difficult talking myself into riding the road. What made it doubly difficult was having my buddies either away or spent after…
Do I really want to suffer?
I’ve been moaning about the rides being too easy with just about as much time standing around as riding so today we decided to road ride instead. I was dreading the cold but with a bit of thought and preparation I was warm, my fingers hot and tootsies just right. The weather and views were…
Two wheels good – four wheels bad
I went into Brighton to shop using a bike yesterday. What a contrast between Worthing and Brighton. I felt that I was in cycle heaven. A lot of the roads that I went on were limited to bikes, buses and taxis. I rode down pedestrian precincts and even the wrong way down One Way streets…
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