Monthly Archives: January 2008

‘The Hitch’

January 31, 2008 – 9:49 pm

Short run this evening around the local loop. I learnt that knee warmers whilst working fine on the bike don’t work when running (I had keep stopping and doing a ‘the hitch’ - the only voyeaurs were the sheep). I could also tell that I hadn’t ran since the 17th, I really need to start [...]

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metcheck.com

January 31, 2008 – 2:01 pm

I love Metcheck !
What makes Metcheck shine brightest in the wonderful world of weather websites is the chirpy tone of the daily forecast on the index page the author strikes me as an ultimate weather geek and that’s how I like my forecasters (as opposed to leggy blondes). He seems super excited about the fore [...]

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Dark + 1

January 29, 2008 – 6:05 pm

Short sharp ride up to Hayfield and Shooting Cabins/Snake Path - managed to avoid chainsuck, crashing (just) and grouse (think I brushed its wing with my front tyre).
It was properly dark tonight - no moon, no stars and my lights felt underpowered (to the extent that it was luck not skill that got me down [...]

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Chainsuckage

January 27, 2008 – 4:13 pm

Wanted to get out for a longish 4 hour + ride today but my bike had other ideas…
Everything was fine-ish (only slight chainsuck) up until Kinder Low where the peat worked its magic and massive chainsuck ensued, although the bridleways have *started* to dry out its still a real mess up there. The quicker [...]

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