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about bike rides: August 2012
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Monday, 27 August 2012. Coast to Coast 5-7th August 2012. Sunday morning, Whitehaven, Cumbria, Irish Sea. First view of the Lakes. My Planet X Kaffenback. C2C was pretty well marked between Whithaven and Tynemouth. A cup of tea near Blencathra. Do you mind if I take a photo? Go ahead, we were in the Sunday Times yesterday! Lots of bridges and some lovely views on this ride. We had just about every weather condition over the 3 days. Another reminder of a bygone industrial age. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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about bike rides: April 2011
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Saturday, 16 April 2011. Tattooed tandemist towing trailer todler. Coming home from work I saw this girl riding solo on her tandem, towing a trailer. This in itself is an unusual sight, but the addition of leopard skin and tattoos made this an unmissable photograph. Wednesday, 13 April 2011. A day off work today. I finally managed to combat my lethargy and drag myself out for a ride. I found a route close to home that I hadn't explored before. Clever map. How does it know where I am? Anyway, for Martin, ...
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about bike rides: December 2010
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Sunday, 26 December 2010. The Schwalbe Snow Stud tyre. Now on my shopping list for the Surly Long Haul Trucker project. Boxing day, crisp, cold and bright. Too good to miss the chance of a quick bike ride and a few photos. Neck warmer, skull cap, gloves and neoprene overshoes helped to keep the cold at bay. I headed for the Peak District. Looking through a millstone at the side of the road. A wind swept tree reminded me why progress was slow. And then I saw some more! They must be mad! A frozen mill pond.
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about bike rides: Goodbye Bob Jackson
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Saturday, 11 December 2010. I'm increasingly enjoying riding my cheap n cheerful Kona Smoke with its lovely steel frame and huge fat slick tyres that absorb the worst that Sheffield's roads can throw at it. So much so that lack of use has seen my Bob Jackson Olympus road bike stripped down and the frame is now with its new owner in Australia (courtesy of ebay). I'm not going to attempt a complicated analysis of the difference between two completely different types of bike. However, what I can say is ...
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about bike rides: March 2011
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Wednesday, 30 March 2011. A long way for a bacon sandwich. This was our first "proper" tandem ride for what seemed like ages. I'd headed over to Mart's for a 7.30 start but got there for 8.30 (must be something to do with the clocks going forwards! A cup of tea was called for and we were finally on the road at twenty past nine. Our "long" ride is a flatish 52 mile circular route on quiet rural roads, ducking and weaving around some of the area's main arterial routes. The Shimano flight deck computer on t...
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about bike rides: Manchester to Blackpool Ride
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Sunday, 10 July 2011. Manchester to Blackpool Ride. Tandem safely loaded on Mart's car for a ridiculously early start to Manchester to start our 64 mile ride to Blackpool. Sunday morning as well. Good grief. Two pork pies and a pack of sausages hidden in the pannier where Mart can't find them. The start was at some sort of football pitch that I'd never heard of before and people were talking with strange and worrying accents. It looked like we wouldn't be cycling alone. Beer tent, food and live music.
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about bike rides: June 2011
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Wednesday, 29 June 2011. A very very hot Sunday was not brilliant for an 85 mile round trip on the tandem to see the York cycle rally - it really would have been far more sensible to drive - but we've never really been sensible, so we rode there and back. Here are some of the things we looked at:. JD cycles were there with an impressive range of tandems. And an equally lovely old Mercian. And something that is made in England. Feather Cycles. A hub gear with coaster (back pedal) brake. Today I rode it to...
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about bike rides: Sherwood Forest
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Sunday, 17 July 2011. The GT got its first proper ride as a mountain bike today when I met up with Chris and his scout group for a ride around the red route at Sherwood Forest. I also got to try out my new Thule roofbars on my little Hyundai i10. There were some fairly technical sections and the old GT was brilliant, with me managing to keep up with Chris on his titanium mountain bike! Chris's son, Harry. A born risk taker like his dad! What a pleasant way to finish a bike ride! Sheffield, United Kingdom.
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about bike rides: September 2011
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Saturday, 3 September 2011. Cows in the road. Road congestion in Sheffield really is getting worse. But this was a welcome 5 minute rest for me to get my breath back. Lynn had spent the summer cycling in France and was faster than me going up hills, on the flat and descending. A lovely 40 mile ride around the (very hilly) edge of Sheffield, and a reminder that I need to improve my fitness after a lazy couple of months with the bike gathering dust in the garage. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Cows in the road.
