I ran 5 kilometres on a treadmill this morning. This is easily the furthest I've run indoors or indeed out for at least 10 years. Now sitting in my kitchen writing this over an hour later I'm still waiting for the random muscle spasms in my right calf muscle to subside, and as the old …
Continue reading Torture by Treadmill – Cross Training Pain for Probably Very Little Gain.
In preparation for the long-awaited rebuild of my poor long-suffering and chronically neglected Lapierre Zesty I've been watching a few 'how to' videos on the wonderful world of YouTube. And what I've concluded is that they can quickly lull you into a false sense of security about the task you're about to attempt. Take the …
Well I'm back on the turbo. Almost two years ago when I first started this blog I wrote a post extolling the virtues of the turbo trainer. (If you scroll down far enough you can read it later if you want ) Like a lot of my posts seem to be it was filled with …
Well, as I've mentioned before my knee hurts. Its grumbled on and off for a good few years. It likes to remind me of the misuse and neglect I've subjected my moving parts to since I've been capable of moving around under my own steam. It likes to remind me that I'm not 21 and …
I am awesomely weak when it comes to spunking my pitiful disposable income on the latest 'must have' cycling trends. Dropper posts, 29' wheels, 1x whatever drivetrain - I've fitted them all and then wondered why I've really bothered. Even when it's something I really am going to use if there's a chance to over …
Well as some may have seen of the book of faces, the new bike in the shed has had its maiden trip out. So whats the verdict? has the whole exercise been a colossal waste of time and money? or have I inadvertently created cycling nirvana? The truth as it usually seems to be is …
In our last gripping instalment your faithful correspondent had offered some half-hearted excuses and tried to explain the rational behind his latest cycling folly. So what did I buy?? Ladies and Gentlepeoples, let me introduce 'Little Blue' This is the eBay picture which instantly caught my roving eye as i scrolled down the endless listings …
Continue reading I Just Love The Smell Of GT85 In The Mornings…….
Theres a well-known cycling adage that the formula for the perfect number of bikes for a cyclist to own is n+1 where 'n' equals the number of bikes a rider owns at any given time. The implication that a true cyclist is always thinking about the next bike they're going to buy as they toil …
Continue reading The Hopeless Quest for Cycling Nirvana via eBay and Mindless Optimism
One of the lesser mentioned and debated side effects of not riding as much as one used to is that bikes and kit simply don't wear out as fast as they did when one is young and keen. I once reckoned that if a cartridge bottom bracket (remember them anybody? - you know the ones …
Continue reading So here it is, Merry Christmas, every bodies having….. hugely rising costs!
A recent extended trip away with work has kept be off the bike for over a month. In the last 40 odd days I've stayed in about 15 different hotels in various countries from Chile to Australia. Sounds idyllic? Well, somebody has to do it I suppose but it certainly doesn't do anything for ones …
The Declining Cyclist 