Monthly Archives: January 2012

Out classed but still happy to be riding

Posted on January 22, 2012 by

I suppose that I can look back on this being a good week (116 miles not counting commuting) but if you’d asked me at 10am I thought I’d really bitten off more than I could chew. Eric is a new … Continue reading →

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Half a mile an hour faster!

Posted on January 20, 2012 by

I wrote earlier that I don’t do New Years resolutions. However, after my New Years Day cruise with my brother I went out with Will and got mullah’d. Since then I have been making and effort and this week rising … Continue reading →

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It doesn’t get much better this……. and its January

Posted on January 15, 2012 by

I checked the temperature just after 7 expecting it to be freezing. It was 5 degrees and the sun wasn’t even up! I’d had an easy flat road ride on Wednesday and decided not to ride Friday so I was … Continue reading →

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There’s a place for 26″ and 29″

Posted on January 8, 2012 by

I harp on and on about 29ers and with good reason. So this week I got Scott to lend us a Scale 29er Pro in medium for Will to try. I couldn’t bear the thought of him turning up for … Continue reading →

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No New Years resolutions, but……

Posted on January 4, 2012 by

Whilst I don’t do New Years Resolutions I did feel good rolling out at eight am on New Years Day. There was only my brother and I as the others didn’t make it. We didn’t see one other cyclist until … Continue reading →

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