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Monthly Archives: February 2011

The 10kg turnaround

Leave a Comment Posted by on February 28, 2011

Recently my diet has progressed to the point where I am about 10kg down from my maximum weight last summer. That weight scared me quite a bit and so I took action to lose about 7kg although I then put 2kg back on over Christmas. Since the beginning of 2011 I have lost 5kg (which [...]

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Why do we think we will dissolve?

3 Comments Posted by on February 27, 2011

This morning I just escaped the rain when riding to Birstall for the morning service. By the time I came to leave it looked like it was raining hard. Still lunch was calling so I rode home, back through Watermead Park (interesting to see how high the river is at the moment). In fact as [...]

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Door to door deliveries

2 Comments Posted by on February 26, 2011

Today I delivered the new coffee machine to Syston Methodist Church. It came in four boxes (coffee machine, box with the 3 Air Pot flasks, box of filter papers and a box of coffee sachets). Here you can see it all loaded on the Bullitt leaving home When you get to the other end you [...]

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Fill her up :-)

Leave a Comment Posted by on February 25, 2011

Just back from a big shop for an event at Syston Methodist Church tomorrow evening. Fortunately, we took the panniers for Jane’s bike as it would not all have fitted on my Bullitt. Anyway, sad person that I am, I weighed what I carried home in a pretty heavy and full Bullitt: 17 x 2litre bottles [...]

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Hebie Chain glider on a Bullitt Clockwork Cargobike

1 Comment Posted by on February 24, 2011

An update following: Out of my technical depth: chain ring. First the existing stuff. Turns out that after about 1200 to 1400 miles the supplied Alfine chain ring was quite worn. Sadly the way it is made stops it being reversed. The same is true of the 20 tooth sprocket. Worn and can’t be reversed. Neither [...]

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Cyclist dies after crash with lorry in Leicester

Leave a Comment Posted by on February 24, 2011

This is terrible Cyclist dies after crash with lorry in Leicester. We are all being warned all the time about the dangers of undertaking HGV’s on the left, but in this case it seems the cyclist was ahead of the HGV and already on the roundabout before being hit by the right turning HGV. I was [...]

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Escorting teenagers

9 Comments Posted by on February 23, 2011

As it is half-term I went on two rides yesterday escorting teenagers. One to Blockbusters (about 9 miles round trip) and one to Starbucks (going the reduced traffic way which is 3.5 miles instead of just over 1 mile). My choice with a teenager is to ride behind them. I can then offer them support [...]

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It gets easier

6 Comments Posted by on February 22, 2011

Had a couple of very gentle rides with our sons today (one to Blockbusters and one to StarBucks). With a short ride for work it made 18.5 miles in total. As I was pootling along I was thinking how nearly 6 months of riding nearly every day (now up to 92% since mid August and [...]

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Out of my technical depth: chain ring

7 Comments Posted by on February 21, 2011

I have taken the plunge and ordered a Hebie chain glider for my Bullitt Clockwork cargobike. The problem is that for it to fit I need to change from a 39 tooth chain ring to a 38 tooth chain ring (and get rid of the chain ring guard at the same time). I have been [...]

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Is 20 enough?

10 Comments Posted by on February 20, 2011

I think the 20′s plenty for us campaign is excellent and it does seem to be gaining momentum at the moment which is good news. However, I am not convinced that 20 is enough. Yes the chances of being killed by a car doing 20mph are much reduced. But around here 30mph speed limits are [...]

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