Category: Nottinghamshire
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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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A Single Minded Quest For Speed (and easy hills)
The past few months have seen me get acquainted with geared road bikes all over again. Sometimes it feels strange trying to find the right gear to match the mood I’m in when riding these geared machines. Frustration has been my worst enemy as I’ve been slowly getting used to the ‘thunk-thunk’ sound of yet…
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Hateriouscyclistus Is A Virus
Hateriouscyclistus. Why so serious? Have people really stopped riding for fun? In the bike industry there seems to be a never ending chase for the next best thing. The next best shiniest groupset or a quest for the lightest monocoque carbon frame ever. The chase seems to get faster with every year, but as it…
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This Morning, I Almost Turned Into A Zombie
“Urm..hmmm?!” “What type of deer is that?” Those were the first thoughts that sprung to mind after I saw a ‘strange deer’ this morning. It was approximately 200 metres away. I was staring at that thing for a long time while pushing my bike on a level crossing. Normally, I take pictures of these type…
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First Puncture In 3 Years
Glass.A piece of glass. That was the final nail in the coffin for one of my most tried and trusted tyres. The classic 23mm, Schwalbe Lugano I (original edition). This model is the predecessor to the equally good Schwalbe Lugano II, a pair which currently adorn my brakeless Dawes classic. Three good solid years. I’ve…
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Check yo’ speed pal: chasing an elusive average speed for my school run.
I finally managed to crack through the 50mph max speed target that I had set for myself earlier this year. Descending at 52mph and averaging 33mph on flats on 85GI (52/16). Back in autumn of 2022, pushing the limits of my Dawes Lightning fixed gear bike to 42mph on the A616 had seemed like…
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LADY ELMA
“see me once, but blink twice” – tales from a street hammock There’s something special about this quiet unassuming road that meanders away from Holbeck Woodhouse, Notts. It’s an area where the world seems to lay still along the rolling hills and green fields bordering Holbeck village. Shrubs and woodland along Elma Lane seem to…