Author: SingleSpeedCC
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Drying Fast, Pain Is Real
Dry fasting is tough, eighteen hours in.An utter thirst grinds the upper part of your tongue crying for satisfaction.Maybe the pain is imaginary. Gym session, knocking at 3 kilometre sprints. Climbing sessions at 3%,Spun out 75GI at 25mph. Pain, and I ask myself: why am I doing this?I could jus’ be at home kicking a…
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Day 4: Autumn, September Air Is Always Crisp
3am start. Meditation. Took a nap at 5am. Up at 7, then fed kids breakfast for school. Today feels better. Sun shining, air jus’ crisp.Silently cold.Autumn lickin’ her lips.September,Always wakes like this. These are the early days of a 21 day fast.I’m scared.Never done this before. I dreamt of grandma last night so I guess…
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Day 3: Damn Choc Cookies Got Me Shook
They call this a relapse. Five chocolate chip cookies, four rashes of thick bacon and a gulp down of heavenly milky tea with added sugar. I think this is the first lunch I’ve had in about six or seven weeks. The last relapse was around that time, but the excuse I had was that it…
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Day 1: One Gear Daily
This is the first time I’ve started to actually log my performance. Well, first time beyond the usual Strava stats. I always find this hard. The exercise logging part. Intermitten fasting and exercise has become such a huge part of my life that I don’t even think about it much. I just do it. Roll…
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Don’t Worry, Jus’ Ride.
Sometimes you just gotta let go. Let go of the fear, and let go of the shame. Killer drivers, blistering headwinds or heck, another bill. Those problems never stop. We keep rolling and pay for it all. Just take it all one ride at a time and it will be fine. As it turns, I’ve…
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The Fix Is Real
The addiction is real. The gear is real.76GI when I cruise, 81 for the sprint. I fully understand it now.Addicted.Sonny, ride daily and you’ll need this too. Crave it.Be this.Live it. The fix.Fixed gear. Speed. Jus’,One gear daily.
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Alone
The last meal is always the painful one. Prepared, whole and lean.A full house, laughing, jokin’, n’ playin’.Looking around that table,Observing faces, speakin’, smilin’. Soon to be gone. So far away. Jus’, walkin’Away. So,Bite, chew and drink to this too. Enjoy that last meal with all the children.The day before, it all ends once more. So,Jus’…
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Introducing Yerai Cycles
The past few months have been an experiment in the what-and-how to explore geared bikes. More specifically, learning to dance with a Vernon Barker steel frame that has gone from being a potential single speed conversion, to a solid daily stable that I now fully enjoy. The Ultegra gears tick over smoothly that I buzz…
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Cut It Out, And Burn Off The Pain!
The pain is real. The fear is real.Fear of the unknown and fear of failure. What will happen if I do this, what will be the reason if I choose that? I’m afraid now that the consequences are real. Years have gone by, and the failures have become more intense. I have tried this before…
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Snow Is Silk, Steel Is Real
Snow.Cold.Comfortable. Those are three words that shouldn’t exist in the same line, but that’s how I felt in the snow. Yes, during winter while navigating the white slush through the Clowne Greenway on my way to pick up some pheasants. Darn. The snow had been predicted a few days ago, but I still went out.…