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 …
Tag: Mountain Biking
My Month on Bikes – October
Total distance ridden in October was almost exactly 300km (300.07 if you want to be really picky) The breakdown is pretty easy for last month, only 2 outdoor rides the first of which was the second day of my Mallorca odyssey which you can read about in the previous post, then one other just under …
My Month on Bikes – September
Bit of a mixed month last month, the total distance ridden at 444.68km was respectable but it didn't pan out quite the way I planned it. After managing almost 100km off road in August and starting to really feel on top of the Mountain Biking again in September I rode the MTB precisely once for …
My Month on Bikes – August
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 …
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 …
The Declining Cyclist 