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 …
Tag: Mountain Biking
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 …
My Month on Bikes – July
July was another decent month riding wise with a grand total of 493.94 km under the wheels. 329.90km out on the still ludicrously warm and sunny UK roads, and couple of outings on the MTB totalling just 46.60km and a respectable 117.44km indoors on Zwift. I'm still finding Zwift a super effective workout tool as …
My month on bikes – May
Well after promising I'd spend more time on my MTB in last months update post I only managed a single off road excursion in May which saw a measly 30.77km clocked up on the dirt. The total for the month was 325.01km ridden, 58.31km indoors on the Zwift Ride and a respectable 235.93km out on …
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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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 …
And……. I’m back, sorry for the silence
Sorry for the total lack of updates for the last few months, but I do have a range of excuses honest. As I alluded to in my last post way back in early January after a pretty decent 12 months on the bike (at least for me!) 2025 ended with a bit of a whimper. …
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 …
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 …
