Creativity, curiosity, and code
“Ride the Calorie Killer” says the wall of a small, bicycle-packed room at our local sports centre. This room is the home of an exercise class called “RPM” (TM), which is what most people would call a “spinning” class. I’ve been to this class once before a few months ago – but Sally and I […]
Something else that’s new to me this year is owning a half-decent car. We bought a 6-year old Peugeot 206 when we moved to Swindon. It’s actually the second car I’ve owned but the first one was old enough and small enough to be easily repairable and this second purchase has entered me into the […]
Yay! I finally forked out and bought some SPD “clipless” Pedals (Shimano M424’s) and some cycling shoes (Specialized Tahos). I’m very happy with them now but I learned a few lessons along the way. Replacing pedals The man in the shop caused some confusion about which way the pedals were threaded. He suggested the intuitive […]
Sorry, but if you understand my own internal competitiveness with myself you’ll understand why this is worthy of its own post. Yesterday I set a new personal best for my ride home from work of 13 minutes and 49 seconds, thanks to a new route from my friend Mike and a strong tailwind. Today I […]
It’s Bike week! To celebrate I did 13.75 miles round the hills of Wroughton and Chiseldon. A good hilly ride that I did with a really fit friend and actually managed to keep up! This week I’ve discovered a funky kettle that heats water on demand in a few seconds. Genius. I’m forever switching the […]
Friday – sad to be heading home. Did a short walk in the morning to Poltesco – a lovely little National Trust-owned cove only a couple of miles from Cadgwith. It finally rained!! But this post is mostly about holiday cycling. We’ve made our first use of the rack that my dad gave us that […]
There are many better ways to plan a route than Google maps, especially for a cyclist. But I love it because it’s so FAST and so EASY to use. However, I found a few new things today that make it better for route planning. It now has an “Avoid Highways” option, for those of you […]
Seems I’m a bit of a cycling wimp. I’ve been fighting off a cold and, for numerous other reasons, didn’t cycle to work at the start of the week. But back at it today. I felt really sluggish but put in a fantastic time for my trip to work. Proof that I really am getting […]
After the marathon bike post, a bit about today, which has been nice. I cycled 25.5 miles out to Cricklade and back, the long way. A very nice route and mostly with the tailwind on the way back in. Took just over an hour and a half averaging nearly 17 mph. My best moment was […]
It’s been a LONG week. The days have been passing very slowly and I’m a bit confused as to which of these events, thoughts and discoveries are from this week and which are older, but hey. I’ve been back in the saddle with my journey’s to work and back, and this has raised a few […]