The Specialized fairy came to visit, ahead of the cyclo cross season. He brought me a sick patent styled S Works shoe and a couple pairs of womens ridge glove. The Ridge is a simple but excellent. Thin upper mesh, comfy, nice pink gripper accets and a bit of padding on the palm not too bulky for rapid hand position changes.
Andy Waterman showed me the Rick Ross vid, I think that is probably my favourite with the tailor vid coming a very close second because of the little guy saying boom at the end. BOOM!
Got me a nickname - tis 'BOOM' dunno how it came about but I like it. Those evil people at Nike who I happen to like, as they make good running vests and shorts that are cheaper than most cycling. Which, is stuff probably made by the same poor little kid. Soooooo, they just released the Boom High Top, and mine are already in the post. BOOM - TIME
I read about these people who take a photo a day for a year. I couldn't really be bothered with that, I'll probably get bored, forget and then its half done and I hate that. So I decided just to do it for the cross season which works out to be roughly 140 days. After a week its becoming difficult to be imaginative. I might have to catch the X68 bus everyday where weird things happen and that wil
I read a study regarding our ability to lie and how it showcases an accelerated aptitude the younger it takes hold. Children who lie and get away with it are rewarded as they lie with a direct goal in mind. Children who lie and don’t get away with it are punished and learn to lie better and more effectively next time. Thus we are left to raise a flock of fast-paced liars rewarded every time they fleece an honest soul. The questions not asked in this study : Why do we surround our c
We had plans for a long ride out to the peaks. But deicded to change our plans once we knew there was a possibility of riding with Rapha Condor Sharp and sampling the delightful cooking of Masterchef John Herety. We up sticks changed our route and decided to see what the cakes shops where the pro team ride are like. Bad times were that one of their stops was closed so we had a rubbish cake in an
It was a hard day in the saddle, headwind was vicious. There was wind and rain we switched the rides about and headed south to Barton Marina and then looped round the Breedon. The headwind was constant and we couldn't hide from it even on the way back. We did spend quite a bit of time in Barton Marina talking to old people. They wanted to know alot about where we'd ridden and what we were up to.
A good start to the first day. I scored 2nd in a prime in the race but didn't manage to make the podium on the final sprint. Kinda annoying though least I had some fine cake eating to look forward to. Firstly it was over to Denstone and the 9 miles wasn't too bad on the legs. Met up with Chris Sidwells from Cycling Weekly and Curley and I explained to him about the ride. Below are the cake highli
