Archives for August, 2010

Pedal confusion


This has caused me much confusion and a small amount of grief so I thought I’d share what I know for reference. My B-Twin Sport 3 bike from Decathlon came with Wellgo road pedals and if you have followed my journey on The Great Tour you’d know I needed new cleats. I naturally started looking [...]

I did it!


Its been a week now. I’ve been resting my legs. I’m sure that this is the feeling when you’ve run a marathon in a Pink Panther costume but its one of the most rewarding feelings. Its good that it should feel that way because it bloody hurts while you are doing it! On the 49th [...]

Nearly ready


14 miles in under an hour with plenty left in my tank. My backside hasn’t given me any grief with the saddle but I did experience a bit of cramp in my bum cheek that I managed to peddle off. I think its because I was trying to power the whole stroke rather than just [...]

Stats, stats and more stats


I’ve found myself picking through stats more than I’m doing actually riding. It is fun though and also a little bit frightening when you map the runs I’m going to be doing. Its not exactly flat This is another view of yesterdays training route

This time in two weeks…


… I’ll either be elated to dead. If all goes according to plan I will have completed the two stages of The Great Tour that I’m committed to. I’ll be keeping up the training but for the first time I know I can do it (as opposed to believing its possible). I’m just back from [...]

What a difference!


I popped into Decathlon today to pick up some cycling shorts and asked on the off chance if the new bike had arrived. I say off chance.. I’d already got the bike rack on the car in anticipation. Id had arrived, that very morning. I’ve just got back from a ride to get used to [...]

Training Update


I’ll try and keep these interesting and not just daily “I did x miles in x minutes” rinse, repeat and repost with different figures. Suffice to say that I’m keeping up with regular rides. I decided to fully commit to the ride and buy a new bike. I’m going to be taking the old Diamondback [...]

Today’s Training


Route: Cheadle Woodford Bramhall Circuit Activity: Cycle Google Maps URL: http://maps.google.com/?q=http://share.abvio.com/565e/127b/4c54/9880/Cyclemeter-Cycle-20100801-1545.kml Shortened Google Maps URL: http://j.mp/aRabKT Started: 1 Aug 2010 15:45:50 Ride Time: 35:51 Stopped Time: 0:00 Distance: 7.16 miles Average: 11.98 miles/h Fastest Speed: 16.49 miles/h Climb: 67 feet Calories: 590 View Larger Map