Where are my lungs?
woollypigs Today we went out on our first ride on our fixed bicycles in nearly two years. Now that is a different experience to our Surly Long Haul Truckers, which we…
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Yorkshire Puddings Ride
Well there was not a pudding in sight but there was plenty of yummy cake 🙂 We arrived on time at Kings Cross Friday evening only to find the boards…
Weekends, how do you spend them?
Having a weekend off is not normally something that I’m used to, because of my work I have to work on Saturday and Sundays. But this year it has all…
Review of Tifosi Sunglasses, Vogel Matte Black with Fototec
Just before we were off to the southern hemisphere my Pro Bike Gear Rev sunglasses broke. Being summer where we were heading and with a strong/bright sun I really needed…
Aller retour (Christchurch – Akaroa)
Bonus days and very hard, hilly roads with views that I lack words to describe and a bit of ‘je ne sais quoi’ French-style make this last week one to…
What goes down must come up
Day 4 After breakfast Alan led us out for 30 odd miles, where we had a very nasty hill to climb, but the views were well worth it. Then we…
Leaving Luton, direction Lancashire
Day 1 We set off from London St. Pancras towards Luton, simply because that would allow us to avoid riding out of London, and also because our friend lives there.…
The on/off ride with GPS
We went out on a 53 miles ride today joined by five of our friends. Never been in that part of London before and it really didn’t feel like London.…
The Long Haul Trucker ruined my bicycles
I’m now coming up to 5,000 miles on the Surly Long Haul Trucker, aka my little Tank, and boy have they been my most comfortable 5,000 miles ever. But, as…
Cycling on "drugs"
I’m totally against using drugs while cycling, though I do take them myself. I wrote about eating in my last post and how much it does help us up and…