Archive for April, 2007

Well, waddya know . . . no-one was interested in buying my carbon offset that I’d put up on Ebay. Three possible reasons for this: In general talk about climate change is cheap. Ask people to spend some money to do something about it, and the room goes very quiet. Perhaps I was just listed in...
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In the blue corner, we have ‘global’ £625 Giant SCR Ltd ‘07. In the red corner, spoiling for a fight, the all American hero. It’s the £749 Cannondale CAAD5 Tiagra ‘07! OK, I’ve just got back from the bike shop, where I took both of these out for a quick tour around Byker’s rush...
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The Bike Fairy (pictured left, by Frank Jackson) has got approval to fly! Who said that only children could do emotional blackmail. With my 20% off token from the Edinburgh Bicycle Cooperative in hand, the choice is now down to  . . . . Giant SCR LTD ‘07, at £625 £500  Cannondale CAAD5 Tiagra Tripple ‘07, at...
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First race of the season is in the bag. Done. Finished. Well and truly run. The weather was great this year for North Tyneside’s (third) annual 10k road race. By great, I mean a whole lot better than last year’s howling gale and rain. It was bright and sunny, but the predicted 10-15mph tail wind...
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Today is a rest day, as tomorrow morning it’s the North Tyneside 10K road race. This is a great run for an Easter Sunday, but not very fast partly because of the course (always into a headwind - I’ve no idea how), but mostly because of the scenery, which isn’t condusive to concentrating on...
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Thanks to Von SmallHaussen for the prod in the ribs. This has led me to Remember that the target isn’t going to achieve itself. Sometimes I’ll have to do extra rides just to put the miles in. So, I WILL do what it said on my school reports . . . “Could try harder“ Remember that...
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So last week, after my disaster with fish and porridge, Zappoman pointed me in the direction of some more professionally designed recipes for protein bars. Keen to never again repeat my error, I followed his link over to Foodnetwork.com, and found the recipes from an episode of a programme called Good Eats. So a trip...
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One of my favourite blogs is Adrian Fitch’s Random Ramblings - it’s full of up-to-date useful and topical stuff for the cyclist at large, presented with a personal style, sense of humour (and occasional outrage), and a level of succinct detail that can only come from someone who knows their stuff. It was from Random...
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I wanted to have a look at my swim stroke, and figured that the best way to do this was to get it filmed. So I asked the management of the gym I use if they’d allow me to do this - normally there are very strict rules about cameras and filming at poolside. They...
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Before I write the rest of this post, I’d better clear something up about The Bike Fairy. (This is a non-PC gag, so if you’re offended by this sort of thing, skip the rest of this paragraph). Contrary to popular opinion, The Bike Fairy is a supernatural being who brings good boys and girls...
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