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In a similar mindset; had my 2013 Bianchi wrote off and without going into massive detail a new for old replacement is approx 3.4k which either the group representing me can supply a new bike or I can accept the 3.4k later alongside personal injury. At first I was excited at the thought of a...

Decided to go give Crawleyside a crack again, seemed a good way to judge how much fitness I've gained back (or lost) as that was one of the last big rides I'd done prior to accident and it's a good measure of fitness at around a 70 mile trip with 5000ft of elevation! Didn't take a massive amount...

No big miles today, saw it was meant to piss it down thjis aft so I thought yeah quick 25/30 miles or so. Set off, five mins later: Nothing gets the heartrate up like swapping a tube at the side of a 50 road! Got it done relatively quick (for gp5000 standards anyway) but wanted to avoid the...

Spinning round Durham outskirts again, kinda bordering on the north pennines. Not massively quick, trying to keep the hr down. Just after climbing to the aptly named area Hill Top. Tower in the back is the one from my last post, good distance away. Just before climbing back up to the...

Pink saddle would set it off! Do you find those elite bottles leak much? Mines 750, hadn't noticed it much when just water but since doing carb mixes I've noticed the frame rapidly becoming a sticky mess. Or if you feel like dropping a grand on some limited edition corsas...

44 mile Sunday, 42 yesterday, 47 today - safe to say the road legs are definitely coming back. Mostly been doing loops starting on the coast, through Durham and some of the towns on the outskirts of it; Brancepeth, Esh Winning, Cornsay, Lanchester etc then back home. Once past Durham it's all...

yep, all on imgur. There goes every image I've posted, no doubt numerous build logs just got wiped. Imageshack, Tinypic, Photobucket and now Imgur. Here's some reupped.

Tried to go for one of those long slow zone2 rides since every other ride lately has been around 1 hour of absolutely ragging myself about (hit a new max heartrate the other day), ofcourse that didnt last long as met another chap 10 miles in and took turns drafting/leading. Very fun but the...

Quick spin into town with a friend for coffee and to pick up some bar tape, inspired by @wynne ofcourse. I weened myself off caffeine around January time and usually just grab decaf as I do enjoy the taste of it but alas we got our drinks mixed up and didn't notice till about half way...

anxiously awaiting the start of todays peanut butter thread

I skated a load of those Almost double impact decks when they came out, felt springy but probably placebo more than anything in the same tier as Bonite, Element doing featherlight which iirc was a carbon and helium combo etc. Always wanted to try one of the Mullen Uberlights but I can remember...

As much as I love summer mornings the sunrises seem to be significantly better when it's approaching autumn. 26 miles this morning, happy to be back up to a 17+ mph average.

Been a bit wary if not slightly anxious about getting out, easy to make excuses in that frame of mind ie oh I can’t go out at x time because rush hour or blaming wind or whatever although I’d say the clothing excuse is a valid one considering I spent a good chunk on bib shorts/short sleeve...

@Antwack gave them to a neighbour for his commuter, still going strong! @sam_white was gonna say you already asked that a few months back and I couldn't find one but figured I'd double check, maybe the t-cut and cleaning brought it out more. SL201387. Did end up cabling this with some Tektro...

Great to be back out on a roadie but christ my road legs are shot - tried to supplement it with running and being out on the mtb but it's nowhere near the same, I do not feel like the same person who was doing 5am 70 mile 5k elevation rides less than two months ago but it'll come back 🤞

Thought I may as well start a thread due to interest when mentioning it in other areas of the forum. To cut a long story short I got knocked off in June which wrote off my Bianchi and whilst I will be compensated for it, solicitors are slow and theres only so much pottering about on an mtb I can...

Early and short, traffic doesn't get bad around here until around 8am but with it being the first day back for schoolkids I got home a bit earlier. There's a pretty short but taxing climb right before I get home which I'd normally go full pelt at but that road ends up essentially being a single...

Don't get me wrong I don't mind it and there's a lot of nice routes here but as I've mentioned in the past for me getting back into cycling coincided with a lot of lifestyle changes in terms of becoming healthier/fitter etc, and as enjoyable as riding my Kona/Inbred was there's a definite...

Cheers mate, still some aches and pains but much better than a month ago (meds help hah), glad to be back out on the bike mostly especially considering recent news ie Froome's crash, I think TDF this year had 13 or 14 abandons due to crash injury etc. Feels a bit bland for me pottering about on...