This wasn’t the first club ride since returning from my jollys – that was last Saturday – I didn’t update my blog last week. I honestly thought I’d got away with it – the statistics indicate that the number of hits on the website has dropped – but sure enough Alan Holmes piped up this [...]

The worrying thing for a cyclist is being stuck without a bike. In the event that something becomes damaged on my Burls road bike, I would be stuck without a bike and be at the mercy of the bike shop to get the machine back on the road. In addition, it’s a good idea to [...]

The sideshow guy guessed 195lbs (around 13 and half stone)! I knew he’d guess low, as I know I don’t look as heavy as I am, and have won the game in previous years. Knowing that 17 stone is 238, I’d have been happy with anything around the 240-245 mark. I stood on the scales and the dial sprung round to 270lbs – over 19 stone!!! According to the scales, I had put on over 2 stone in less than 2 weeks.

God bless America. “The land of the free and the home of the brave”. And the obese it would seem. Don’t get me wrong, I love America (although not as much as some Americans do, of course), but the country has a major weight problem – even more so than the UK.

One of the [...]

I am in the fortunate position of having 2 extremely important days in July. The first, my birthday, is the 4th of July (so any gifts of carbon fibre or Oakley branded products will be gratefully received). However, a more important date to me is the day after, the 5th of July.

The 5th of [...]