Oh wow, I’ve really not been keeping up with this of recent.. Sorry for the lack of posts, I’ve had a couple of weeks of short and uneventful rides, yesterday was the first ride into double figures, a very sad state of affairs! I’m still riding everyday but due to working 14 days of early […]
Well more short rides but enjoyable all the same, enjoying trying to get some pictures/video to share too. All part of the fun of living in a world that loves a bit of social media. Friday was a lovely start to the morning. Heading towards the off-road part of my ride I saw this and […]
So I’ve had a busy few days and subsequently not much riding. Tuesday I did a short commute to and from work followed by a bit of bike maintenance.. Just a slight creak from the bottom bracket, so removed, cleaned then a small coat of copper slip and put back together. Now no creaking when […]
A short but sweet report today. My riding was just my commute to and from work.. Slightly extended on my way in and a direct route home. The journey to work was bliss.. Amazingly quiet, my breathing, the sound of my bike and the great outdoors, a few birds just waking up and that was […]
Today I fitted a new rear tyre.. Enter the Vee tire Crown Gem in a special prototype casing (extremely strong sidewalls). I’ve been running a pair of Vee tires Flow rumba tyres which offer astounding amounts of grip but obviously with all of that grip comes with some drag. Now with this Crown Gem tyre […]
Today I had a day off, after some family time and helping Lexie my 5 year old ride her bike we had dinner and I set off for a nice evening MTB spin, bit of my usual trails and a bit of new exploration, finding little used trails that I could link up at a […]
Yesterday was my second day of riding, took a nice mostly off road route to work, on my way I then remembered the slight downside to running 800mm wide bars, as much as I love the control and feel of using a wide bar this may become an issue. I didn’t get stuck anywhere, and […]
As some of you may of noticed I missed the last few days of my 30 days of biking in April, my own laziness getting the better of me. So after an easy but steady May I’m going to have another attempt through June, spurred on after seeing Stus amazing efforts doing 31 days of riding through […]
As some of you who read my blog may be aware the last two years I’ve ventured to Wales for what is now a proper event MTBmeetup. For me this entailed getting up ridiculously early to travel from Somerset to Llandegla in North Wales. A dark and chilly start but I was excited to get going […]
More extended routes to work today, this time on my mtb. Rode some local singletrack, through the woods. This means one thing.. Big smiles sporting my AllianceMTB jersey. I headed for a bridleway which followed a ridge line next to a local reservoir thinking it would of dried out, well after catching up with some horses […]
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