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Swimmingly ok.
I’ve been threatening to go swimming for a while now and for christmas/birthday I kitted myself out with some swimming items, namely a waterproof mp3 player and some über goggles. A good thing about swimming is the lack of equipment required. Of course, when I start doing open swimming, I will need a wetsuit and [...]
Trying out new bike stuff
Saturday morning saw a brief gap of several hours where the sun was almost visible and the rain let up, so I thought it best to take advantage and go for a quick ride on the bike. I haven’t been out since I bought a few new items including my new saddle, so a test [...]
New Bike Alert
I can has new bike? Yes I can, apparently. Ahhh the joys of interest free finance. Here it is then. Apologies for the appalling state of the garden, it’s a work in progress. I went to try out the Pinnacle at Evans in Manchester and it felt really wrong. I’m not sure why. Just too [...]
New bike update
On Thursday my newly ordered bike was not in again, so I started to worry about it not being here for Manchester 100k. I also started to fret about the people at Evans saying that I had a small frame on order as I think I’m more of a medium being around 5ft8. So I [...]