So me and Steve from the Vags went round the club 10 tonight for a bit of practice, and did the course in 32:30. Afterwards, neither of us felt too tired.

The problem is I still don’t know how to pace myself properly because whilst I was out there I felt like I was going [...]

After riding the Ryton TT course for, erm… “fun”, everyone seemed to think it be a good idea for me to take part in the Vagabonds Club 10. My original plan was to stick to losing weight and getting stronger, and race in my first time trial next year at this time. Not being one [...]

Yesterday was the Ryton 2up TT – an 18 minute time trial where riders go out in pairs. I didn’t ride in it. I had plenty of excuses – I didn’t have my membership in time to sign up, I don’t have a time trial bike, I’m not fit enough, I didn’t have a partner [...]

I knew that many of the Saturday riders were taking part in the Ryton 2Up Time Trial in the afternoon, so I wasn’t expecting a huge turnout. However, pulling into Anna’s Cafe car park my heart sank – there were only 3 or 4 bikes parked up outside. Whilst unpacking my bike 2 or 3 [...]

After a long ride I get achy knees. Yes, might be partly my age, might be partly down to the fact that your knees take a hammering anyway when you’re cycling, but I think it’s a lot to do with the pedals. I have Look Keos, and usually I ride with the red cleat. My [...]

As you can see I’ve finally got my act together and I’ve designed a theme for my blog, rather than relying on the standard Kubrick theme that WordPress installs with. Afterall, it doesn’t say much when a web designer can’t be bothered to skin up his own blog…

However, it’s a work in progress, and [...]

Next Saturday is the “2up” time trial, and I know a few Vagabonds are racing in it.

For the non-cyclists reading, a “2up” is basically an team time trial but with just 2 riders. Each rider takes a turn on the front with the other tucked in behind.

I’d like to take this opportunity to [...]

I have to admit that when I was packing the bike in the boot, the dull, cold weather was making me have second thoughts. I’d had a few late nights this week and I was pretty tired. However, in the back of my head a little voice said, “What would Lance Armstrong do?” After I’d [...]

I’ve been aware that even though I’ve been doing pretty good on a weekend with my rides with the Vags and my Sunday solo rides, I’ve not been riding on the turbo trainer much. And by much, I mean not at all.

So…

Tonight I hauled ass on to the Orbea and banged out 20 [...]

A couple months back, this guy called Frank commented on one of my stories. He too was extremely overweight, but used cycling to lose weight.

He has been featured by the BBC – have a look! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7953197.stm.

I know he didn’t lose weight to get famous, but congrats [...]