As you can see from the above picture of my extremely hirsute legs imposed on a sunny background September saw me returning again to the Spanish island of Mallorca for 3 days of riding in the sun where the roads are mostly smooth and the drivers don't regard you as prey that they have a …
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My Month on Bikes – August
Well after a couple of bumper milage months August was a bit of a blowout - just 256.31km total covered, 62.64 on the MTB, 78.96 on the road and a surprising 114.71 indoors on Zwift. Let's get straight into the excuses then.... firstly the start of the month saw the annual family holiday so I …
Rebuilding a Rourke – Saving a hand built British Steel Roadbike Part 2
So following on from Part 1 last month when I acquired the poor neglected Brian Rourke and striped it down to a bare frame it was time to bring the bike back to life. As you can see the bottom bracket shell was pretty crusty inside but after attacking it with a wire brush and …
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My Month on Bikes – June
You all (3 of you) thought I'd forgotten about the monthly updates didn't you? Well never fear because here it is, just a bit late.... but the excuse is good, it's just that I've actually been rather busy riding and fixing bikes rather than writing about them. First as ever the stats, June was a …
Rescuing a Rourke – saving a hand built British steel bike
My long suffering wife was eyeing me with a look of what was best described as 'weary suspicion' as I nonchalantly announced I was just popping out to pick up a little something I'd won on eBay ....... 'is it far?' 'Oh no just round the corner really, I'll be back in 30 mins tops' …
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Shimano XT Di2 – is wireless shifting worth it off road?
The hook of a really good advert is the ability to suck the unsuspecting consumer in and making you seriously consider splurging on a purchase that you’ve never really ever considered until the fateful click of the mouse that led you to that page. I was scouring the internet for a good deal on new …
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Fitting a super cheap Chinese Powermeter – is the Geoid PM500 actually any good?
I've been running a 4iiii single sided powermeter on my Sabbath road bike for a couple of years, I picked up the 4iiii second hand and really fitted it out of curiosity to see if it would benefit my training. The short answer was yes, although I'm not anywhere near the sort of cycling performance …
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My Month On Bikes – April
Yes the monthly update post is back now I'm actually doing enough riding to register on my Strava progress page.... First lets grab the stats: Total ridden - 320.63 km, On road - 224.37km, Off Road - 78.44, Zwift - 17.82km. So I'm pretty happy with that considering the almost total lack of biking action …
My Month on Bikes – November and December
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 …
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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