New Bike a Bit Disappointing

I think I got the sizing wrong!

Ebay - More Items to Come

Prendas Ciclismo http://www.prendas.co.uk/ who stock a fantastic range of Italian and Retro cycling get up, have very genorously donated two jerseys for me to sell on Ebay. They are the actual podium shirts supplied by Santini to the Tour of Deutschland 2007 and very collectable. They have the zips up the back to allow the podium girls to slip them onto the winners quickly at the end of each stage - see pic of Andy Scleck wearing the one he won! Thanks very much to all at Prendas - I will be listing the shirts very soon.



I will also be listing my small collection of replica Sheffield United shirts very soon. There's some old classics from the last decade or so (not sure if the bright orange one counts as a classic though)
Premiership here we come!

103 Miles This Week

Good week this week - went out on Wednesday morning for a quick ride and rattled off 28ish miles - http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/7799965 I've done the ride a few times and race myself on the GPS. Didn't manage to beat my best time though. I blame the wind (as in the weather!)

On Saturday I went out with Martin on a trawl of the best hill climbs we could reasonably manage in a morning, ready for the Cheshire Cat in a fortnight http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/7799967. The wind was playing up again - very gusty headwind on the way home. All good practice.

Went out with the kids on a very sedate circuit of Pitsford Water on Sunday - really sunny Spring morning. Add all that to my commuting and over 100 miles this week. After the Cheshire Cat, will be able to ease back again for a while.

Ebay Charity Auctions

I'm selling some items on Ebay to raise money for Christian Aid - click on the pictures on the right to make a bid!

59 Miles This Week

Went out for a 50 miler from Dave's house in Whetstone (route here - http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/7747671) Got a bit lost a couple of times and ended up braving the traffic on the old A50. Martin and Dave's mate Paul came along. Paul on a hybrid(!). Took in the really steep hills at Gumley which went down well with Paul! Two more weekends before the Cheshire Cat.

Toupe or not Toupe?

The eagle-eyed will have noticed that the saddle featured at the top of this blog is called a Toupe. My mum bought it for my birthday. I asked her for a Toupe and she got me one. As you can see, it's fairly useless at covering up my rapidly receding hairline.

39 Miles This Week

Went out for a ride with Andy Sharp and Dave Steveley (Martin off skiing). Good ride in good weather. Arrived in Hallaton to find the cafe closed, which was a bit of a blow. The route is here -
http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/episode/view.do?episodePk.pkValue=7723638
Fitted in a couple of sessions on the trainer and commuting to work. Need to get a lot more miles in before the Cheshire Cat.