Wet

Can you please end the hosepipe ban? It’s pissed with rain pretty much every f*cking day since you introduced it. Am really starting to get fed up now. We appear to have had more rain in July than in the previous 6 months. I got home from my ride back from work wetter than if I’d just got out of a bath :(

Miserable

Pizza and 750ml bottle of Innis & Gunn Original well & truly earned.

Needs a pink saddle

New saddle, bartape and cables. I need to find a pink saddle. Anyone got any ideas?

I nearly got to Wales!

Took advantage of the glorious hot, sunny weather to ride rather a long way today. Out to Altrincham, club run to near Tattenhall & back then the return trip home. 202km/125miles – my longest ever ride. Average moving speed was over 27kph – very happy with that, especially as I took the ride to Altrincham very steadily.

I was riding a Sabbath Mondays Child that I’ve borrowed for a few days. It really is a rather nice bicycle and I didn’t feel beaten up at the end of the ride. I am rather tired now though.

Getting faster

I set myself a target for this year of getting below 23 mins for the Seamons CC 8.75 mile time trial using a standard road bike. I did a couple last year with my best being a 23:26 on a borrowed £6000 superbike. This evening I recorded a 22:59 on my Tarmac. Yay! I’ve also managed to improve my time every time out this year.

Results HERE

It’s really nice to be able to wander into the garden and pick my own fresh veg :)

Courgettes galore!

Free food!

This time down on the sunny South Coast.

Seafront Ride

More pics here

Sometimes the weather behaves itself on my day off and I made the most of it today with a lovely 145km ride in glorious sunshine. The ice cream on Southport seafront was lovely too :)

Seaside ride

TTing

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Been doing a few local club evening TTs this year (and a couple last year) but tonight was the Championship 10. Unlike the other events which are 8.75miles (to allow for a straightforward out & back route) this was over a full 10 miles – my furthest ever time trial!
I started off reasonably well, managed to negotiate the tricky turns on the extra loop but everything came to a grinding halt when I got to the roundabout. I was confronted by a large HGV going slowly around the roundabout and was forced to stop. It probably cost me 15-20 secs as well as all my momentum. Oh well, will make it easier to beat my time next year! Finished quite strongly and ended up with a time of 26m38s which was good enough for 17th/33. Pretty sure that everyone ahead of me was on a TT bike or at least a road bike with tri-bars, I was just on my standard road bike so not bad going.

Results here

Thanks must go to the club members who did the start/finish/marshalling and to the guys from North Cheshire Clarion who came along to help marshal and take photos.

Thankfully I am on holiday for the 25mile championship – not sure I can race that far!

The Lakes

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Easter 2010

Easter 2010

Easter 2010

Easter 2010

Easter 2010

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A splendid way to spend an afternoon.

Pre ride

Speeding

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Post ride