Get outdoors and exercise!
I was at my in-laws on Saturday and picked up their copy of the Daily Express to read. All was well until I got to the Richard and Judy pages where I read something that has been annoying me more and more. I’ve decided to have a rant here to get it off my chest. [...]
I have spent the best part of 15 minutes this morning trying to get a good picture of a knee. It has involved perching precariously on a windowsill in my underwear trying to get a knee pic with a good view behind it and has been a total failure. Taken out of context a picture [...]
My Storck has been tempting me all winter, sitting there looking wonderful in the garage. Each time I’ve gone into the garage I’ve walked past it for my mountain bike or winter hack. I resisted getting it out in the recent spell of good weather as I knew that once I rode it then I wouldn’t want to [...]
I think it’s time to give me bike a clean, I’m afraid that I’m a bit of a lazy bike carer. I think it comes from spending a few years working as a mechanic in a bike shop while I was at college. I subscribe to the theory that if I lube the bits that [...]
Three guys are about to attempt 3100 miles by bike in 17 days from Oceanside, San Diego to New York’s Times Square. These guys are from 771 Search and Rescue Squadron, based out of Culdrose in Cornwall and they are aiming to raise £20,000 for charity. The charities they are raising money for are The [...]
When I say “Do they make a difference?” I mean do they make a difference for the average person either starting to exercise or generally competing for the fun of it? You can spend a lot of money on energy foods and ultimately using the wrong fuel at the wrong time can easily be worse than simply [...]
I went out on one of my regular routes today, it is mostly on single track rural roads and is generally very peaceful. Today though I witnessed one bit of daft driving after another and wondered what on earth was going on with people. Is it the fact that it’s a sunny Friday and they [...]
I have been using my Cateye Rapid 3 rear light for a year now and find it to be one of the best rear lights that I’ve ever used, however our relationship hasn’t been perfect. It contains 3 LEDs, including a high powered center LED with a 5mm LED on either side. It has a very [...]
In a previous article I mentioned about a method of teaching your kids to ride without using stabilisers, for the full article click here. Yesterday I carried on building my sons confidence by taking him for a long walk up onto Dartmoor, all the way he pushed and scooted on his little bike, except for [...]
What a thrilling weekend that was at the track world champs in Melbourne. The Brits from Team Sky performed brilliantly and came back with a whole raft of medals. Below you can find a quick summary of the events that we won medals in, and for beginners I’ve described what each even consists of. To [...]
