So the winter training and fitness plan of riding my bikes as much as possible while also going to the gym for finely honed and focused strength training to address my myriad of physical weaknesses has been going really well lately............... not....... Yes in the last couple of months I have achieved precisely zero miles …
Category: Riding Life
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Parkrun – It’s part in my downfall (Part 2)
Now both the physical wounds and the mental scars have had time to heal I feel I can try to put into words how my first Parkrun went …… The last track on the radio that was playing when I parked the car in Lichfields Beacon Park pay and display was fittingly The Spencer Davis …
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Parkrun – its part in my downfall…. (Part 1)
Parkrun seems to be a particularly British way for nominally sane people of all ages to spend a Saturday morning. Since the first events in 2004 in Bushy Park in London this now global phenomenon has now grown to over 2000 events in 23 countries around the globe. The premise? anyone can register, turn up …
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So…….. where have I been?
Well the answer is literally nowhere really. I just haven’t been riding much at all. I haven’t been injured, had the dreaded ‘C’ word, had all the bikes stolen …….. I just haven’t been riding. Since the last MTB ride I did at the end of January Strava tells me I’ve ridden my road bike …
Am I Psychotic? Do I Need help?
I’ve been told I’m a bit psychotic and need help after posting a little anecdote as a comment on a YouTube video. It’s prompted an uncharacteristic bout of self-analysis while I was on the indoor trainer this morning ....... and after some deep inner soul searching and deeper self reflection on the incident in question …
Winter Bike Part 2 – it’s not easy being retro ……
The hoods of torture So, as detailed in the previous post my eBay Winter Bike project had had a pretty strong start. My bargain 1990’s Dawes Galaxy had been treated to a complete drivetrain refresh for less than the cost of a contemporary rear cassette, and I’d even found some less offensive bar tape to …
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Buying a Winter Bike – Is this the path to all year round riding?
I’ve never bothered with a specific bike for winter training. I’ve either just ridden my usual road bike all year round and accepted the increased need to perform distasteful tasks like cleaning and lubing the chain more frequently, or just ridden off road for most of the winter. After all there is to my mind …
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Lockdown KOM Hunting – Suddenly after all these years I’m feeling competitive again …..
A surprise appearance on a Strava leaderboard leads to a worrying obsession
Time to admit my Failings !
One of the things I really like about Zwift is the little coloured power graph that shows your effort at the bottom of the screen. The only trouble is it works off your last recorded FTP and if like me you haven’t done nearly enough riding lately to maintain your previously fantastic levels of fitness, …
Winter is Coming….
Cometh the winter, cometh the season to plot how to spend whatever disposable income and free time you can seek past your significant other in the pursuit of next summers cycling goals. For most cyclists this is a pretty clear nivarna - we all want to be faster, look cooler (and slimmer!) and perhaps most …
The Declining Cyclist 