The Leeds posse had suggested a ride out their way for a change. It’s about a year since the last one so it was time to make the effort and get out there again.
We planned a route from Golden Acre park just north of Leeds out to Burnsall in Wharfedale and back by a [...]
More sunshine today, but despite that I almost stayed in. I am under a lot of pressure to boost my online earnings and am aware of how much time I spend cycling and walking when I could be working. Still, the late winter evenings are long and it is surely better to be cooped up [...]
Today’s ride had been postponed from last Sunday because of a heavy snowfall. Unfortunately, that rescheduling meant that only fellow CycleChat forum members goodspeed (Martin) and dan_bo would be able to join me today. The plan was for Martin to ride over to Hebden Bridge from Oxenhope, and then we would head for Littleborough via [...]
Fellow CycleChat forum member Calum sent me a PM a few days ago which nudged me into emerging from my winter slump and organising another ride. There must have been a lot of people feeling the same way as Calum and me because there was probably the best response ever.
I had proposed that we do [...]
Well, it couldn’t be put off any longer – I had to get back out on my bike! It had been a long lay-off and I needed to start getting fit again.
The weather down in the valley wasn’t too bad today. Cold, but not bitter, a few sunny intervals. I had intended to do about [...]
I did another 65 minute session on the exercise bike this afternoon. I stuck to a pretty high cadence and moderate resistance setting. Fairly boring, but effective.
I’ve found my missing DVD playback software and will be installing it soon so that I can do my next gym bike session watching a cycle training DVD that [...]
The conditions outdoors continue to be dangerous for cycling and unpleasant for walking but I needed to get some exercise. I finally forced myself to go down into my unheated spare room and do a session on my gym bike.
I’ve been away for Christmas so I haven’t had as much exercise as I’d have liked, but I did what I could. Here’s a summary of what I got up to last week…
