Fellow CycleChat rider Calum was disappointed with last weekend’s Emley Moor ride fiasco and suggested that we do another ride today to make up for it. I’d had enough of Emley Moor for now and fancied a trip up to the Yorkshire Dales and back so I devised a suitable route which took in a [...]
I met up with fellow CycleChat member Calum today for a tough hilly ride in glorious sunshine. We had intended to do the same route as the Yorkshire Sculpture Park ride of 3 weeks ago, except for a 10 mile shortcut to miss out some busy A-roads and the park itself (especially its expensive cafe!). [...]
I’ve just updated the review of my Crud Roadracers that I wrote last October. I’ve had 7 months riding with them on my bike now and still recommend them – they passed my winter-riding test. For details, see my Crud Roadracer bicycle mudguards (bicycle fenders) review.
No, I hadn’t given up on the blog – I’ve been away visiting my family in Coventry! Here’s a summary of what exercise I’ve had while I was away. All rides were on my singlespeed bike so were a bit harder than they normally would have been on a multi-geared bike.
I’d organised a ride from Hebden Bridge to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park at West Bretton between Wakefield and Barnsley on a very hilly 85 mile (137 km) route. Only two other CycleChat riders could make it – Paul (‘Kestevan‘) and Andy (‘aJohnson‘).
It doesn’t seem like a year since I was reporting on SITD 2009, but there you go. As soon as I got up I could tell that it was going to be a cooler day than yesterday. That suited me because yesterday’s hot sunny conditions were a little too warm. We are only just out [...]
There was great weather today for a road ride I’d organised on behalf of PaulB off the CycleChat forum. He’d had a decent stab at caving his skull in back in January but is now on the mend and back out on his bike. Paul isn’t back to full strength so we arranged to meet [...]
I was struggling with my motivation again today so I really had to force myself to get into my cycling clothes and head out on my trusty Basso…