What do you get when you close a lot of central London roads and a nice sunny day?
45,000 cyclist on town that what. Great day, I did two laps of the 12Km course, and had a great time
Sunday, September 21, 2008
London Freewheel
What do you get when you close a lot of central London roads and a nice sunny day?
45,000 cyclist on town that what. Great day, I did two laps of the 12Km course, and had a great time
Monday, September 15, 2008
Cycling
Looks like this is fast becoming my new obsession
SO started riding again about 5 years ago, brought a fairly basic mountain bike and it sat and did nothing for about a two years. Then in 2006 I started to get serious-er about my riding. I would put the bike on the back of the car and take it to Richmond Park and do a lap, and then come home. Bu t I soon realised that this bike was a bit weak and feble, so I sold it and brought a much nicer one. Luckily as I also sold Sue's bike at the same time I had enough money for this better mountain bike. So after a few weeks of putting it onto the back of the car and transporting it to the park Paul my cycling mad neighbour suggested that we ride together to the park and cycle round it, then cycle home.
Big jump in distance, about 3 times as much, but I gave it a go, and loved it. The new bike was great, although it is a mountain bike it has lockable front forks so it is good on the road as well
Here's the problem with all this, Paul has an awesome road bike, really fast. And I started to get bike envy, you know always looking to see what other people are riding, even whilst in the car - stuck in traffic - so after a year I decided that I had the cycling bug big time. The London to Brighton ride convinced me of that, so I made the decision to get a road bike as well
I saw a few and ended up decideing that I would like to stick with Specailized, as they make my mouintain bike, having made this choice I started drolling over the bike websites and magazines.
Then the other Sunday evening I saw an advert of a Specailized on e-bay - via a link from BBC Green, made a bid and 30 minutes later won it
So now I have two bikes, one for speed and one for off roading - the best of both worlds
This Sunday was my first ride and I loved it, so fast. Will I give up mountain biking? Not likely I'll contiune in the winter months I expect. But for now I love cycling
On Ya bike
SO started riding again about 5 years ago, brought a fairly basic mountain bike and it sat and did nothing for about a two years. Then in 2006 I started to get serious-er about my riding. I would put the bike on the back of the car and take it to Richmond Park and do a lap, and then come home. Bu t I soon realised that this bike was a bit weak and feble, so I sold it and brought a much nicer one. Luckily as I also sold Sue's bike at the same time I had enough money for this better mountain bike. So after a few weeks of putting it onto the back of the car and transporting it to the park Paul my cycling mad neighbour suggested that we ride together to the park and cycle round it, then cycle home.
Big jump in distance, about 3 times as much, but I gave it a go, and loved it. The new bike was great, although it is a mountain bike it has lockable front forks so it is good on the road as well
Here's the problem with all this, Paul has an awesome road bike, really fast. And I started to get bike envy, you know always looking to see what other people are riding, even whilst in the car - stuck in traffic - so after a year I decided that I had the cycling bug big time. The London to Brighton ride convinced me of that, so I made the decision to get a road bike as well
I saw a few and ended up decideing that I would like to stick with Specailized, as they make my mouintain bike, having made this choice I started drolling over the bike websites and magazines.
Then the other Sunday evening I saw an advert of a Specailized on e-bay - via a link from BBC Green, made a bid and 30 minutes later won it
So now I have two bikes, one for speed and one for off roading - the best of both worlds
This Sunday was my first ride and I loved it, so fast. Will I give up mountain biking? Not likely I'll contiune in the winter months I expect. But for now I love cycling
On Ya bike
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