Cycling

So clukasik posted an interesting question about the kickbike & kicksled, which got me thinking, and noodling around youtube to see if there was anything similar to see in action. Turns out that these two kickmobiles are only the sensible end of the lunatic fringe of cycling. First we have the bouncebike: Workout: Type: Swim Date: 10/12/2007 Time: 12:51:30 Total Time:...
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There’s been some discussion about autumn running attire recently. And today was definitely an opportunity for me to try mine out - it was raining cats & dogs at 06:30, which was the time I’d arranged with Shana to go for our run this morning. I was wearing track tights, a long-sleeved micro fleece, an...
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I’d forgotten something that happened to me this morning to restore my faith in people behind the wheel of cars. I was waiting second in line at a set of lights in Gateshead. When they turned green, the driver of the front car pull forward slowly, and over to the right, leaving a gap of...
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Every year, I tend to let my fitness slip over the summer - my high hopes and ambitions get dusted with pollen & generally sneezed over. This year I’ve managed to avoid this, though through August & September, there was a little trailing off on the hours. Maybe all those races had something...
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. . . for the quickrelease.tv Shimano Schwag competition . . . not me! It’s at this point that I pull that fixed grin and wildly crinkled eyes expression that you see other nominees do at the Oscars when they’ve not heard their name as the winner. I may even start clapping wildly. Yes, I’ll...
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So while I was rummaging through quickrelease.tv for the video featured in the previous post, I found the shortlist for their video competition. Remember, the idea of their competition was to create “TV adverts extolling the virtues of bicycling to a mainstream audience. So, go light on the Lycra. No techie stuff. No Critical Mass...
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I’m getting ready for a long car journey tomorrow - loading some audio books up to keep me going. While these are importing, I was noodling around Charlie The Bike Monger’s links page, and came across this insane video of a NYC Bike Messengers’ Race. It’s fantastic viewing - makes Formula 1 / Indie /...
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So this morning, Shana was back from her week in Turkey. Actually she and her husband took last week as a holiday at rather short notice. The official rumour going around the neighbourhood is that the couple of easy hill repeats we did a couple of weeks back almost killed her, and she had...
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So the run from the water to transition . . . . after a few paces, my legs seemed to start working again, and all I had to do was get out of this wetsuit. Actually it was probably a good job that it was so far from the water to where my bike...
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I just can’t believe this weather. It’s more like November than August, with an absolutely howling Northerly / Northeasterly wind coming off the North Sea. I know all about running in this kind of weather - head off into the wind, so that at least you get an easier time of it for the...
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