Excess commute
I was out of the house early today and the weather wasn’t bad (but it was dark, winter approaches), so I thought I’d take advantage of the cyclepath down the side of the guided busway and see how much I could extend my journey to work. I think I got as far as Fen Drayton [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Catch up
What’ve I been up to then… Finally got a few rides in that we more than a commute. A good – wind-assisted – ride via Dry Drayton, the coming down the ramp from the A14 bridge gets some good speed up. A less good – knowingly in to the wind – unknowingly resurfaced – ride [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )There goes another month
I’m blogging less again, but it’s winter and I’m riding less. I still haven’t fixed the puncture in the back of the Tricross, but I do intend to tonight as it’s getting a little lighter in the evening and I’d like to swap back to the Tricross from the Bolinas Ridge. The Ridge has punctured [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Puncture, puncture
Another two punctures in two days. The one last week (previously moaned about) I found a bit of glass in the tyre. One on Sunday I found a screw imbedded in the road surface around about where it happened, but it was a BIG screw not a sharp screw and should have caused a pinch [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Raising Saddles
Every so often I decide that I could push the saddle a bit higher up on one bike or another. Hopefully this reduces the angle that my knees bend to, taking some of the force of them (I have a slightly dodgy right knee), whilst also making me flatten my body a little more to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )The local bike doper?
Ok, I’ll admit I like cycling as fast as I can (which isn’t that fast). I am one of those people that races some one who isn’t actually racing back. It’s not so much the beating someone, but actually putting in the effort that gives the satisfaction. Anyway (do I use this segue to often?), [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Tour of Britain stage 7, Foxearth and Ballingdon Hill
Well, I got there. Only one nasty moment and that was on the way back. Going in to Fulbourn from the Balsham side there’s a blindish left hand bend just by the right turn to get in to the village proper. I had a bit of speed on as I intended to take this because [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Speedy Sunday
I went for a ride on Sunday (to be expected). It was based on one of my Garmin stored courses that I occasionally use to compare myself to previous efforts, but this time I added a few loops for distance. It was a windy day, and none of the routes I had stored that would [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )New new PB
On Tuesday I was all pleased with myself for getting home in 24:50, yesterday I did it in 24:28. Just as I came out of Horningsea I could see 24:50 was in sight and upped my effort. I then (after getting home) had about 20 minutes of ‘feeble limbs’ as I recovered. It might be [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )New PB, not that it’s actually that good
I don’t ride competitively, I’m not that fast and don’t want to disappoint myself. I do however, since I got the Garmin Edge, try and better myself on frequented routes. Today I got a PB on my 13km route home from work. 24:50, so that’s about 31km/h. Not very fast, but neither am I. I [...]
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