For all those biking posts that just refuse to be defined in one place
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 …
Continue reading Parkrun – its part in my downfall…. (Part 1)
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 …
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 …
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 …
Continue reading Winter Bike Part 2 – it’s not easy being retro ……
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 …
Continue reading Buying a Winter Bike – Is this the path to all year round riding?
A surprise appearance on a Strava leaderboard leads to a worrying obsession
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, …
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 …
I rode au-natural the other day. Casting off the shackles of my normal riding conventions I set off unburdened and free into the unknown. It was a challenge, it was painful and exhilarating in equal measure and it felt good. Don't worry I did have lycra on. It wasn't that sort of ‘au-natruale’. I’m talking …
There I've said it. It's out in the open. The secret is out, and the angst in my cyclists soul is laid bare, but that's fine. You see they say with age comes wisdom and experience. Well I'm not sure about wisdom and all experience seems to tell me is that getting up in the …
Continue reading I’m not the rider I could be, and I’m cool with that.
The Declining Cyclist 