A rubbish commute this morning. I clipped a cyclist with my wing mirror this morning. I stopped and checked that he was ok (which he was), but the glass in the mirror was smashed. Hopefully Europarts around the corner will have a nice cheap replacement in stock. While I am there I will get some windscreen wiper blades too. I checked the service log ( Read more... )

So the bike is broken. Can't ride it back because the back gears keep clanging into the back wheel. So what do I do? Simple, I decide to run the 5 miles back home from work! What was surprising, was that I actually did it and in 40 minutes too. I am surprised and very pleased. Just don't ask about how I feel tomorrow! Ah well, working from home is ( Read more... )

Ever since I came to Bristol, I have now lost 3 bikes. The third was this morning on the commute to work. My first bike was stolen, my second bike got destroyed in a crash stop trying not to kill a stupid pedestrian on Gloucester Rd (zebra crossings are there for a reason fool!) And the third bike is another write off due to a crash stop when a car ( Read more... )

Pedal POWERRRRRR! (Jeremy Clarkson style voice). And I have that cheesy 90s track stuck in my head too! Anyway, short story is that I think I set a new personal record to work. I may well have made it 15 minutes on the bike this morning. This was courtesy of my alarm clock which failed to wake me up, thus I overslept requiring some serious movement ( Read more... )

My butt hurts. Maybe I should re-phrase that! I rode my bike in this morning and I take back any concerns about it being a slow and clunky mountain bike with great offroad tires on the road. It is much more stable and easier to pedal than my old bike which was specifically designed for the commuter. I am never leaving mountain bike territory again ( Read more... )

I just got me a fully functional and slightly old 2nd hand mountain bike for £10. Brilliant. I reckon it only needs to replace about 5 car or train journeys to work to pay itself off. Anything after that is pure profit and represents a double saving to me as I won’t need to pay for petrol or to run my electric shower at home as I will shower at ( Read more... )

As I cycled home from work today I found myself behind a girl cycling along who was exposing a lot of lower back and wearing tight fitting lycra trousers... So naturally I slowed down and followed her for a few hundred metres to enjoy the view! I know I am a dirty old man, it comes with the Italian genes ( Read more... )