The kind that gives us all a bad name
Sorry, more moaning. He wasn’t the only person to annoy me on the way home. To be honest lots of people annoy me on the way home, it’s the rush hour – that special time of the day when everyone annoys everyone else because if they got home 10 seconds later they might miss a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None 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 )Tour of Britain stage 3, Constitution Hill, Swansea
So, we made it to Constitution Hill for the (almost) end of stage 3 of the 2010 Tour of Britain. Getting there earlyish got us a good spot on the outside of the right hand corner at the summit, next to the King of the Mountains finish. The press and TV cameras set up by [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Tour of Britain 2010 GPS
Lots of pro-riders use GPS doohickeys to track their performance in a race. I’m tracking down what I can of these from this years Tour of Britain, so I can follow the routes myself (maybe) and see just how poorly I compare. Stage 1 – Rochdale to Blackpool Unnamed Sigma Sport Specialized rider Stage 2 [...]
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 [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Cambridge to Bedford, and Saturday Random Ride
Saturday Random ride first (here). I’m going to say ‘my fitness suffered from a week off the bike’, but in reality I’m just crap. I headed off towards Brinkley because that way has the nearest hill that needs to be tackled as a hill. I didn’t do too badly on it for me, but I do [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Fixie kid
Another windy but otherwise uneventful morning commute. On the way home this evening I noticed a bike on Cowley Road (I was on the cycle path at the side) that was slightly making ground on me. Of course, I bit, although the cycle path with it’s driveways and oncoming baby pushers that just stand in [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )JCBs and Kona Man
This morning, as I was about to turn right on to Horningsea Road, a JCB went past – to the right. I thought to myself ‘Well, it’s probably going faster than me. It’ll be long gone by the time I get going’. Five minutes later I was stuck in a queue behind it. The half [...]
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