Cycling and Triathlon

May’s training review

With less than two weeks to go until my first event in my “Four 4 a Cure” challenge, I have had a mixed month on the training front. It has proved hard to do any training this past weekend – … Continue reading →

Bargain of the month!

Do you like Samuel’s new cycling top? Courtesy of Onix Bikes, who were having a sale, what should have been a £40 top was reduced to £9.99! A nice looking design and the quality is really good. It turned up … Continue reading →

Bike Build Update

So, we’ve moved on a bit. Having got a set of forks, I have been able to fit the wheels and get a first look at the proportions of the bike. The wheels are actually mountain bike wheels – slighlty … Continue reading →

April’s training record

So I didn’t take part in the 30 days of riding challenge, but I’ve just looked on the Garmin site and noticed that during April, I did train on 29 of the 30 days, racking up nearly 23 hours. Well … Continue reading →

Triathlon training

I went on my first ever triathlon training session last Saturday, run by British Triathlon. It started off a bit disjointed as the coaches had been let down by Speedo, but ended very well, and I picked up lots of … Continue reading →

DIY Bike Build update

A quick update on how the bike build of the Marin is going. The short answer is ‘not very well’. I’ve transferred the bottom bracket from my hybrid, which proved quite easy. The next job was then forks and headset, … Continue reading →

You’ve got to have a goal!

I did my favourite loop this morning, and went really hard at it from the start, determined to set a good time. I have always hoped I could one day get this done in under an hour, and thought for … Continue reading →

Four 4 a Cure

After last years fundraising for Diabetes UK on the London to Paris challenge, I am going to try and up the ante a little. So, instead of just one challenge, I am going to enter four. They are: – The … Continue reading →

Saturday mornings ride

Another beautiful morning, another great ride. Most of the lads are busy at the minute with work or childrens football committments, so I was Billy No Mates once again. That does has its advantages though, as I can choose my … Continue reading →

And so it begins…

It all boils down to an equation, apparantly. I had heard that scientists one day hope to solve the equation of life, the universe and everything, by neatly summerising our whole existence in a string of numbers and letters. But … Continue reading →