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Monthly Archives: December 2011

Projected total miles for 2011

4 Comments Posted by on December 27, 2011

I have just done a little adding up and looks like I am going to achieve 4,800 recorded cycling miles in 2011. That is way, way more than I have ever done before and represented 13.1 miles per day on average. Very pleased with this. Obviously the next target will be to break through 5,000 [...]

exercise, transport

Christmas Holiday riding around Ross-on-Wye

Leave a Comment Posted by on December 27, 2011

We arrived at the Premier Inn at Ross-on-Wye yesterday afternoon, just three of us having left older teenagers at home revising. I had time for a short ride exploring the way to Ross-on-Wye from the hotel avoiding major roads: Today I just rode into Ross-on-Wye to meet the family for lunch, later we visited Symonds [...]

exercise

Double success :-)

1 Comment Posted by on December 24, 2011

Wow, I am very impressed with SPA Cycles and the Post Office. As detailed in Neat solution I ordered two special brake bolts on 22nd December at about 11pm and they arrived this morning 24th December. Fantastic service, thanks to both of them! So I couldn’t resist fitting them I have wanted to fit mudguards to [...]

Bike bits, Leicester, transport , ,

This time last year I failed

1 Comment Posted by on December 24, 2011

Christmas Eve last year was the only time I drove the car for work within the boundaries of the Leicester North Circuit during my first year in the appointment. The problem is a 4pm Christmas Service at Rothley followed by a 5pm Christingle Service at Syston. According to Google Maps the distance is 3.8 miles [...]

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An inspiring example

Leave a Comment Posted by on December 23, 2011

Yesterday I was inspired by someone I visited. A widower in his late 80′s, he hadn’t been feeling too well so he went to the doctors, got a prescription for extra medication and went to the chemist to collect it. The thing is. He cycled to the Doctors and to the Chemist. Not only that [...]

exercise, transport

Neat solution

1 Comment Posted by on December 23, 2011

I found this: Allen Key to Nut fit Converter Bolt from SPA Cycles thanks to Velovision Magazine. Hopefully it will allow me to fit mudguards to my Trek Pilot Road Bike which will make it far more useful in winter. I’ll let you know how I get on.

Bike bits

Aggression gone mad

38 Comments Posted by on December 15, 2011

I have just returned from Leicester City and my route took me through Thurmaston Village. This is a traffic calmed road with a separate bypass and so is really only a through route for buses. Yet this road seems to collect aggressive & dangerous drivers. On this short stretch I had 5 cars overtake me [...]

transport

Car drivers slow themselves down

Leave a Comment Posted by on December 9, 2011

This may all seem obvious given the general lack of self awareness on the part of car drivers. However, it is worth pointing out ways in which car drivers inevitably cause their journeys to become slower over time through their bad/dangerous driving habits. Everytime a driver overtakes a cyclist in a way that the cyclists feels [...]

transport , ,

A safe Bullitt in a storm

4 Comments Posted by on December 9, 2011

Yesterday was not the best of days in terms of weather! Leicester escaped the worst, but we still had some heavy rain causing localised flooding and for a while high winds. So it might not have seemed the ideal day for riding a Bullitt Cargobike with a large cargobox on it. However, Jane had gone [...]

bullitt, cargobike, Leicester, transport

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