A return to a hobby of old
Reading time: 4 mins It’s fair to say that I’m enjoy cycling way more than I expected and as someone who has the habit of jumping into new hobbies quickly (and deeply) I’m even happier that the simple joy of exploring the local countryside has yet to abate. I’m also happy to find myself capable of much more than […]
Reading time: < 1 min Starting to get my exercise mojo back after a couple of months fighting an injury and a wee chest infection; the change in the weather helps too!
Reading time: 5 mins As with most of my hobbies, I tend to fling myself into them wholeheartedly from the get go. Iām the guy who signs up to the forums, does copious research on the internet, takes notes as he goes, learns as much as he can as fast as possible, and then goes and buys the gear. […]
Reading time: < 1 min I got a new bike (before my birthday but I’m saying that it was my present to me…) and this was the first proper spin on it. Lovely!
Reading time: 5 mins It starts when I get my leg over. And it’s always my left leg due to whatever odd reasoning of biometrics and learned habits dictates such things, always the same one I swing up and over the saddle and, after a quick re-positioning of the pedals, we’re off. After the first few metres of making […]
Reading time: 3 mins My first bike was a Boxer. It was royal blue, with chunky tyres and these days would probably be called a mountain bike (for kids, it was tiny). It was the smaller version of the Grifter, which itself was a BMX/off-road kinda thing with the most totally awesomest twist-handle gear shift just like an actual […]