Saturdays. For most, it appears to be a day for one of 2 things.

The first is the weekly shop. Thousands of people routinely deposit their brain at the automatic doors to Tesco/Asda/Sainsburys (delete as appropriate) in exchange for a shopping trolley that simply will not go in the direction they push it and spend [...]

All I can say is thank God it’s January! I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year, but I for one am so glad it’s all behind me and I can get on with riding my bike again!

Me? A traitor?
I love Saturday rides. But, I’ll be honest with you. I [...]

When I started the 22 Stone Cyclist, I didn’t really get round to giving it a proper logo and design, I just banged it together in. Well, last night I finally got round to doing a logo (with a little direction from the Lazy Grace Art Director in lunch today)…

Many people might ask [...]

I’ll admit, it’s been a hard few weeks. I’d like to think (touch wood) that I am now over the worst of it.

Today is the first day of “Base 1″ period of the periodization training I am intending to follow, as laid out in “The Cyclist’s Training Bible” by Joe Friel. It focuses on [...]

I’ll be honest with you, at no point in my 1 and a half years of riding a bicycle in order to lose weight have I ever felt so incredibly fed up and so close to chucking the towel in. Even the strongest will in the world eventually breaks.

Firstly, the last 12 weeks have [...]

I seem to be plugging a few people recently, but rest assured I only plug those who are actually worth plugging.

As keen readers will know, in August time I bought myself a Giant TCR Advanced – my carbon fibre pride and joy. As a web designer, I rely heavily on the Internet, and my [...]