I felt terrible yesterday when I wimped out of riding in to work. The weather was terrible but when I was leaving it wasn’t raining. I came up with the excuse that I needed to go to Sainsbury’s. I went and only had two panniers worth of food and at 8pm the sky was clear…
That’s what friends are for
Is it true that you cannot remember pain? It seems that every ride now involves a degree of discomfort, best described as: pain. Was it always like that? If so, how is it that I became such a bike nut. How did I get through the races? Yesterday, as the ride went on so the…
Commuter bikes
I’m always going on about commuter miles and often refer to my trusty old (’94) Kona Kula. I’ve done more miles on that that any other bike. It is light, I’m sure that it weighed around 23 or 24lbs. Well after Will fit a new chain and a 12-23 cassette the bike got weighed: 26lbs…
Its too hot
I got out for an early morning blast today. Only a short ride but a nice one before work. This is a regular run: Sompting, up Titch Hill and down the Bostal, past the White Horse and the church, down past Bramber Castle, over the roundabout, up Maudling Lane and then down the Coombes Road…
Late night shopping
I live in a world of bikes and all the talk is about the latest, the lightest, the fastest, the longest travel…….. the longest climb, the last race, the newest trail centre, the Etape….. But on a more mundane level, a utility bike and some commtuer miles are all you need to stay fit and…
Freewheeling
I am doing my best to get fit quickly and that is why I have been running in once a week. Today I actually felt as if I was freewheeling as I ran down past Hill Barn golf club. It made the final single track fun, not as exciting as riding, but it is still…
Wet or what?
There is rain and then there’s rain. It was pitch black when I left this morning, not a good sign. My daughter asked if it was raining, having done a shower window check, I said that it wasn’t. Emerging from the garage, it looked damp but a bit of drizzle never hurt anyone so I…
On the road again
Heavy frost and a late start today. We decided on our Goodwood loop, out to Oving up over the Hill to East Dean then along the back of the Downs, over Duncton and back via Bignor, Houghton and Lyminster. A nice 55 mile cruise. Or so I had planned. The ride went off way too…
Back in action
Yesterday as I watched the moon set over High Salvington I knew that the riding would be beautiful but I also knew that I needed to get to work. Over Cissbury for 30mins is not much of a work out so I forced myself to run. 30mins running is equivalent to 1:5 to 2 hrs…
Paula fixed her puncture
I ran a bike maintenance evening today. It was supposed to be promoted via the newsletter and the web site but with so much going on I never got round to it. Despite, the lack of promotion there were 9 of us, 7 girls. We went through bike set up including brake levers and puncture…
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