Puncture, puncture

Posted on 2010/11/09. Filed under: Bike changes, Cycling, Walking | Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

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 [...]

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Two days of wind so far

Posted on 2010/03/31. Filed under: Bike changes, Cycling | Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

It’s windy on the fens again.  25mph is what the regional forecast said, I really must get/find something that tells me what it is locally.  The first half of each commute has been fantastic, then I get to turn around after crossing the river!  This morning I managed to average 34km/h on the way up [...]

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Good deed, bad timing

Posted on 2010/03/26. Filed under: Bike changes, Cycling | Tags: , , , , , , |

Puncture this morning.  Proper one.  Pffft then I’m riding on the rim.  2/3rds of the way to work.  I decided to walk the rest of the way as it would be just as quick as fixin g and riding (if not quicker).  Taking a look at the back tyre at lunchtime it was absolutely loaded with [...]

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Sometimes it’s good to slow down

Posted on 2009/11/06. Filed under: Walking | Tags: , , |

I’m still a little under the weather and choosing to stay off the bike, which is making a cycling blog a bit pointless, but walking to work is letting me see things that I would have missed if I’d been cycling. Yesterday, walking home through Milton Country Park at dusk, a Muntjac deer wandered across [...]

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