1927 Tour de France, credit unknown, but if any of you know the origin, do please let me know.
Charlie Swinbourne: The 10 annoying habits of hearing people →
Hearing people, eh? You can’t live with them, you can’t live without them. Of course, the term ‘hearing people’ only really exists in the deaf world, because hearing folk generally see themselves a…
Number 1, 2, 5, 8, 9 and 10 irk me immensely, 8 probably the most out of all.
So I just did a 400k Audax last Saturday (260 miles completed in 23:35).
This year I have too many DNS due to both commitment and the new bike not being ready yet, the Asparagus & Strawberries is the perfect one to start my year with, lots of small rolling hill with almost no flat section, direct train from London, my first foray in riding through the night other than the Dunwich Dynamo.
Awesome if late start, one thing I love about Audax is that there’s no pressure, it doesn’t matter if you finish quickly, you’ll still get the same number of points as everyone, meaning you’re more likely to find someone actually pulling over to check on you if you got a puncture than in a sportive, the people are very much a mixture from the nervous first timer on a tandem to the veteran with their ancient Holdsworth and slightly misaligned cap.
The lack of proper hill was surprisingly off putting as there was no moment where you can kick back and descend comfortably, or spinning happily on the flat for miles, it’s either a slight ascend, or a descent, but never flat, have already did a write-up on my sordid experience.
Can’t wait for the 200k and 600k in the next couple of months, especially the 600k in particular which happen a couples week before the London-Edinburgh-London audax.
Sweet potatoes, beetroot pesto and cottage cheese, recipes can be found here.
Taste awesome, especially the home made pesto.
Rebecca Rusch is out of this world, just read what happen to her during the Kokopelli Trail (of which she smash the record);
I just hit a rut at high speed and took a nasty, unexpected crash. My first thought was, “Is the bike ok?” Next, I felt my left index finger in the wrong place. Without thinking I put it back in place, flexed it to see if I could still operate the brake, and hopped back on.
I had to ride by moonlight on the most technical section of course for two and a half hours. That cost me lots of time and it was super dangerous, but it would have been impossible to continue without the moon to give me some visibility.
Full article here, I always look up to people like her, especially in these world where women are considered inferior to men (in term of strength and intellectual).
Fat and Furious, a man after my own heart;
Forget 650b, it’s all about the fat bike, as demonstrated by Manuel Beastley and his Fat Bike of Glory, the rig that dominated every style of mountain biking at Sea Otter this year.
We hadn’t expected much, to be honest. Beastley informed us that he’d just departed a harsh winter in his native land, the Yukon Territory. He’d hopped a series of freight trains to complete the 3,100-mile journey. His $200 fat bike was fresh off a Walmart showroom floor. We collectively let out some nervous laughter, unsure whether this wild-eyed gentleman was delusional or some kind of offbeat comedian. The laughter immediately ceased the moment we saw Beastley ride.
I honestly think Brixton got it spot on with their village, which is basically an enclosed streets with roof, with a lots of small businesses that’s worth checking out (groceries, restaurant, cafe, etc.), it’s a perfect model for a sustainable encomony instead of those high street chain with their big sales, special offer and it’s homogeneous culture.
Oak Cycles 650B Randonneur by Gold Sear Photography, just need to replace front light, align the front rack horizontally, change the brake cables and a triple matching front derailleur to work better with the big jump from the large to the small chainring.
