There often comes a tipping point in our relationships. Sometimes you just know deep down that things just haven't been right between you for awhile, and then it just takes a little nudge to plunge that interpersonal dynamic in full blown crisis mode. Questions abound, chasing each other around in an endless and remorseless loop …
Continue reading When a relationship breaks down – Falling out of love with your bike 😦
I was talking to a fellow riding mate in the pub the other night and during our wide ranging discussion on life, riding and the woes of our respective children one of the subjects we touched on was the occasional instances where the inadvertent separation of bicycle and rider occur, and during this discussion I …
I’d like to start by saying that now I’ve typed that title out I’ve committed myself a nursery rhyme ear worm from hell for the rest of the day. Right, so this year for the first time in my professional working career I’ve been in receipt of a modest pay bonus from my employer. In …
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 …
This my friends is a bike I've long lusted after but never been able to afford and/or justify owning - a Moulton TSR22 and it's brand new and all mine 😊😊😊😊 These somewhat (alright 'very') niche machines have changed very little in their overall design since their inception in the late 1970's and are still …
Well my first foray onto the dirt in awhile didn't go very well. My poor neglected bike let me know that just pulling it out of the shed and slapping a bit of chain lube over the crustiness infecting the chain and sprockets just wasn't going to cut it, oh and the brakes had a …
Continue reading A Three step Plan for Mountain biking Mediocrity.
So..... I've bought another project bike I really most certainly do not need. It's old, quite impractical, British, quirky as hell, doesn't really meet the specific need I tried to justify its purchase with ...... and it's cost me far to much money. It is however an absolute hoot to ride and that makes its …
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 ……
The Declining Cyclist 