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Whoa It’s been a while since i’ve blogged! There are many reasons for this, work life has been exceedingly busy and coupled with the fact that the work firewall has banned access to wordpress then the daytime opportunities to blog have disappeared, evening are family and everything else time so no chance there either! I [...]
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I know i have only myself to blame, I should have restrained myself this past week, but I didn’t. This week I have mostly been eating….. takeaways and rubbish! How much running & cycling have i done to combat this intake of fat and sugar and carbs…… 1 run 2 commutes by bike. RUBBISH!! right [...]
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On Friday I picked up the local rag and saw in the sports section an advertisement for the Harworth & District Cycling Club Duathlon’s Series. I thought… I could do that. A quick phone call the the Ladies team captain and I was registered and i was doing it. I have not done a competitive [...]
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Once again i’m making a bid to do a Triathlon this is my 3rd year of thinking about this but the 1st that I’ve actually booked to do it. Yes that’s right i’ve got the completed form and cheque just waiting for pay day to arrive to post it off. With this in mind my [...]
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My thoughts on the bike at the moment break down into 2 parts. Positive + The single speed-ness, A couple of time on the commute this morning I made movements to change gear, Strange that I was on a road bike reaching for non existent mountain biking shifters. After chuckling to my self for a [...]
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It’s very plush, I’ve put my mountain biking mud guards on to keep me dry and clean and i’ve added specialized red bar phat to stop my hands freezing to the gorgeous [now well protected] track drop bars. The track bars will take some getting used to I think as they have a different shape [...]
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Discovered why my front brake had gone kind of spongy.. the pad was worn out… when I say worn out I mean down to the metal man! not pretty, so new pads on and the ability to halt my rapid progression is mine once again. My brakes are Hayes 9 2007 versions and this is [...]
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