Yesterday I went for my biggest ride yet… And didn’t make it all the way home! Yep I folded, my legs wouldn’t work anymore (well at least not when I needed to go uphill). Fortunately an amazing wife came to my rescue and picked me and my bike up. I’ve got nobody to blame but […]
As regular readers/lookers may know I was building up to a 50mile road ride for The BHF I knew this would be quite a challenge for me when I first signed up for it, it is the longest distance I’ve covered in a day so far and I am quite proud of that fact (more […]
Things seem to be going well. This weeks weight loss was 2.6lb bringing my year total to 51.6lb (23.45kg), and to add to the weight loss I seem to of shrunk somewhat. I went I buy a new cycling jersey ready for Sundays upcoming charity ride and to my surprise I can now fit into […]
More plastic fantastic updates. The new shifters and front mech are working faultlessly and shifting feel and performance is greatly improved. Friend at work brought some luggage scales in so we could see what my bike weighs and the results are in… 28lb 7oz which I thought was pretty respectable. As I loose more weight […]
It’s arrived yayyyy Lovely looking frame in my opinion, very very light (weighed it just on my kitchen scales and the frame without the aluminium rear dropouts is a mere 1460g or 3.2lb if you prefer) especially considering its been overbuilt for off road use. Hopefully my order from Chain Reaction Cycles will be here […]
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