Sorry for the radio silence but it's been a difficult couple of months in the decliningcyclist multiverse. The stats are simple, across the last two months of 2025 I only rode a measly 127.78km all of which were indoors spread across 5 rides on Zwift. In my defence there were a couple of reasons for …
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My Month on Bikes – October
Total distance ridden in October was almost exactly 300km (300.07 if you want to be really picky) The breakdown is pretty easy for last month, only 2 outdoor rides the first of which was the second day of my Mallorca odyssey which you can read about in the previous post, then one other just under …
Riding Mallorca Day 2 – Sa Calobra and other hills of pain
When this picture was taken around 2km from the top of the Category 1 rated Sa Calobra climb I could have described to you in great detail the interesting patterns the sweat dripping off my nose was making in salty swirls on the top tube and bar stem of my bike. I could detail how …
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Riding Mallorca Day 1 – Cap Formentor
This was the end of season two day trip I'd been looking forward to for the last couple of months. Two days of riding on the Balearic island of Mallorca staying in the cycling hotspot of Port de Pollenca riding hired bikes I could never afford back home in the UK. Sun, cycling friendly roads, …
My Month on Bikes – September
Bit of a mixed month last month, the total distance ridden at 444.68km was respectable but it didn't pan out quite the way I planned it. After managing almost 100km off road in August and starting to really feel on top of the Mountain Biking again in September I rode the MTB precisely once for …
Making the Giant TCR Great Again!
Ok, so with the rather less than shiny new purchase clamped into the work stand it was time to assess exactly what I had here - was it the bargain of the century or a total disaster of a money pit which was going to cost me far to much to fix? The truth as …
Yes, I’ve bought another melon off eBay…..
It would seem I simply just can't help myself. Literally as soon as I've got a little bit of spare cash I'm straight on the internet looking for another 'bargain' buy that I just have to impulsively purchase straight away. You see after the great mountain bike swapathon a few months back when the dust …
My Month on Bikes – August
August it turned out was a bumper month for riding - indoors and out, on and off road, I managed to twiddle my cranks through the full range of cycling experiences ...... oh, and I've bought another bike sight unseen off eBay again! First as always the stats. The total distance ridden was a pretty …
My Month on Bikes – July
July totals are a bit down, just 211.59km in total last month, but there are a couple of reasons honestly! Firstly July was firmly the first month of the year when the off road days in the saddle overtook the thin tyre adventures. Now days on the MTB vs on the road are always lower …
My Month on Bikes – June
Stats first because everyone loves a good statistic or two, last month I managed a total of 372.20km, of which 295.91km was outdoors and for the second month running this was all on road and mostly on the Sabbath. The remaining 76.29 km were racked up going nowhere fast sweating like an overheated pisshead in …
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