Lighter evenings
The evenings are getting lighter. This means I should be able to extend my commute home a bit, more chance of making the Garmin Connect goals. I managed it today, by calling in at Homebase and taking the longer route there and back, I got in 23km instead of 12km on the way home. When the mornings [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Snow
The joke’s over. You can stop snowing now. It might only be a little at a time, but it’s gone on too long. Stop it.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Injury count
I’ve not started the week/month too well today. I came off the bike twice in as many minutes on the way to work (I think the second time might have been because I didn’t notice the chain came off with the first fall). So I woke up with some aches and added some more. Here’s what [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Snow cycling, the snow won
We got a slight dusting of snow over night. I thought I’d be OK to cycle to Milton Post Office for the paper this morning, as I normally would, I’d just take the precaution of riding the Bolinas Ridge (2.1″ tyres) rathr than the Tricross (23mm tyres). All the way to Waterbeach the road was [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Living on the Edge
…Garmin Edge that is. My 705 arrived today , but I’m away for a couple of days now so probably won’t get to try it out until Sunday . I was a little unsure what would be in the box, it did come with the HRM belt and Speed/Cadence sensor. My journey home tonight (sadly [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )After the snow, a decent commute
I’m in a good mood despite having a puncture in the back tyre of the Marin (looks like I was right to be paranoid yesterday, I blame the station car park). I didn’t have time this morning to fix the tyre so I commuted on the Tricross today. The snow had almost completely cleared from [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Snow cycling with AlturaMan
The snow reached Cambridge again yesterday, and came for a while today. Compared to the rest of Britain (and the ‘proper’ winters I remember from before I moved down here) the snowfall was ‘bugger all’, but the driver of a taxi I was in last night was making out as if it was the worst [...]
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