Archive for the “Riding” category
The epitomy of “team”…
by robert on July 9, 2010
Mark Cavendish won a stage of the Tour de France yesterday, the way he spoke about his team after winning was incredible! He was open about how he had let them down the previous day, yet had remained committed yesterday (…)
Garmin Edge 305 reset
by robert on June 22, 2010
dunno why but my Edge 305 just closed itself down and wouldn’t start up! Holding the Mode & Lap/Reset button together for a few seconds (I counted to 10 reasonably slowly) then pressed the power button and it sprang back (…)
A very bright let down..?
by robert on February 7, 2010
Father Christmas was very kind and brought me a new light for my bike… An Exposure Race MaXx 2… it’s absolutely bonkers in terms of brightness, 480 lumens (which is a fancy way of saying “don’t look into the light, (…)
Manchester to Blackpool to Manchester
by robert on January 16, 2010
I’m riding the Manchester to Blackpool charity event again on the 11th of July this year… I’m raising money for The Christie again so if you can spare a few quid it’d be much appreciated… More details on my JustGiving (…)
Manchester 100…
by robert on September 9, 2009
I completed the Manchester 100 bike ride this weekend, did the 100 mile route in 5 hours 36 minutes and some seconds ride time and the time from start to finish was 5 hours 57 minutes… I’m rather pleased with (…)
Mind control…
by robert on July 26, 2009
Today I cycled 129,697,033 millimetres… that’s 80.58 miles (or 129km ;) and I found it pretty tough… I’ve never done that distance before (63 or so miles was my previous longest ride) and not stopping except for red lights was (…)
Manchester to Blackpool ride…
by robert on June 9, 2009
I’m doing it… any sponsorship would be more than welcome :) oh… and i’m quite proud to be able to say i’ve cycled one million centimetres in one go… ;)
1000 miles, two Macs & music that messed up my head
by robert on May 19, 2009
i’ve just clocked up 1000 miles on my road bike, needs new tyres and i recently got a slightly shorter stem because my elbows were aching when i was riding – a 1cm shorter stem has completely solved the problem! (…)
Ouch!
by robert on March 1, 2009
Fell off me bike earlier… took a corner a little too quick, transition from knobblybobblygrippy road to a rather more smooth one resulted in the tyres deciding that they were bored doing their job and that my arm and leg (…)
Biking…
by robert on February 25, 2009
Late last year I got a new road bike… It’s an Orbea San Remo (I’d love to post a direct link but the Orbea site doesn’t make it easy… this link should have the details but it’s not a pretty (…)