Had a number of hours spare on sunday to have a good look around my old faithful bike I only ride for a few times in my cycling season to be put away for another year. I have another five bikes to play with for every day use so my Peugeot Audax is my special bike to me. The reason the bike is being dusted down is I have signed up to take part in a sportive next sunday on the 23rd June to give myself a bit of a challenge and increase my mileage. Im definately no club cyclist nor want to be ( each to their own ) so I dont know how I will fare with the miles I have to cover as my conditioning at present is not for many many miles. I think family life pays to the freedom in many cases plus work commitments as well can swallow the weekends abit. The bulk of my cycling is commuting to work as a transport vehicle so I have some sort of base fitness all year round. A number of years ago I used to take part in a 70mile charity event each year with very few mile under the saddle and fared quite well. I have not taken part in any event for three years now so I am getting a little jittery and nervous for no reason. I wont loose sleep over it though!
Old Biker
More crap about riding a motorcycle for fun
Monday 17 June 2013
Saturday 8 June 2013
Where am I going
I thought at long last I would start my own blog as I have viewed and read with interest many others on this global network. You can guess from my blog it is cycling related but I may drift in to other directions but not too far.
The bicycle for me has been an important part of my life from early youth through to the present day which is equally as strong as it was back then. In that time I have owned a small number of motorcycles and cars over the years to which I still own a motor vehicle. My family car is a great tool for getting around quickly and going on holiday plus when the weather is foul its a lot safer to use the car. But for shorter and slower paced travelling the bicycle comes into it's own and the majority of my bicycling is used for commuting to and from work with the odd social ride out if I get the time from the workplace.
There is one area of cycling I have not tapped into yet and that is off road or mountain biking. I have done scrambling off road stuff on motorised trail bikes etc but not peddle power. It is one bike I have not got in my bike arsenal........
The bicycle for me has been an important part of my life from early youth through to the present day which is equally as strong as it was back then. In that time I have owned a small number of motorcycles and cars over the years to which I still own a motor vehicle. My family car is a great tool for getting around quickly and going on holiday plus when the weather is foul its a lot safer to use the car. But for shorter and slower paced travelling the bicycle comes into it's own and the majority of my bicycling is used for commuting to and from work with the odd social ride out if I get the time from the workplace.
There is one area of cycling I have not tapped into yet and that is off road or mountain biking. I have done scrambling off road stuff on motorised trail bikes etc but not peddle power. It is one bike I have not got in my bike arsenal........
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