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 …
All Change On The MTB Front
I'll cut right to the chase, I've replaced my full suspension Mountain Bike with a new ride. Well......I say new but it’s actually older than the bike it replaces, it's certainly had a much harder life and the specification is broadly the same. The path to getting it into my possession and ready to ride …
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 …
My Month on Bikes – May
Five months of 2025 down and unsurprisingly seeing as the UK weather was pretty sunny last month May was my biggest riding month of the year, not because I managed a lot more riding days, but because when I did get out on the bike I was out for longer and rode further. As detailed …
Unlocking the secret sauce for long rides….
For years now most of my road based excursions seem to naturally fall around the 50 - 70km distance mark. Not sure why, it just seems to be the distance that most of my regular riding loops from my home fall around. I'm pretty sure I'm not alone in this, most of us have our …
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Spring Tune-Up: Rebuilding My Old Road Bike
Way back last October when I was waxing lyrically about how buying the new Zwift Ride indoor trainer was going to revolutionise my winter training I mentioned that one of the side benefits was going to be taking the chance over the winter off season finally tackle the long overdue rebuild of my Sabbath Silk …
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My Month on Bikes – April
Stats first - Total distance ridden in April was 270.78km. Off road was 97.53km and on road was 173.25km. Zwift didn't get a look in last month. Well April was a month of two halves. It started off strong on the 2nd of April with the best day of Mountain Biking I'd had for ages …
When a ride just starts to come together……
I was feeling quite good for once as I crested the last rise on the trail and began the loop back to the trail centre car park, this was a section I knew well - flowing, undulating and fast it was a blast all the way back to the sanctuary of the trail head café …
My Month on Bikes – March
So total stats for March - Total distance ridden - 264.59km, most of which was in the first half of the month when I had some time off work and the weather was being uncharacteristically benign for this time of year. Unfortunately the second half of March wasn't so productive on the riding front after …
The Declining Cyclist 