and another one...

[Dommo]

Hi all,

I've never actually done the whole introduce myself thing on a forum before so I thought I'd "go crazy"

I've been commuting by bike on and off for the past five years in central London on my trusty Trek hybrid. I got myself a nice Felt MTB a couple of years ago and try to get out at the weekends, but not as much as I should after that first summer of hundreds of kilometres of off-road fun.

I've now made the decision to lose some weight by riding a lot more and eating a bit less. I started about 6 weeks ago doing 25 km (road) per day in and around the centre of London when I get home in the evening (a work commute would be 85km round trip which I have tried out, but possibly overkill for every day!)

I'm now almost 10kg down and another 10kg is my goal (harder, I know!) to "enable myself" to buy a road bike. We have to have a carrot as well as the stick, right?

I'm on Strava here -> http://www.strava.com/athletes/908491 so it would be great to connect with fellow riders in London to see what nice routes people are taking.

Anyway, I look forward to giving and getting encouragement on here with my fellow cyclists!

Cheers

Dom

 

[HovR]

to Cycle Chat! And congratulations on your weight loss so far!

 

[Nihal]

Dommo

 

[Fubar]

Hi Dom and to Cycle Chat. Regards, Mark

 

[AnneW]

sounds like you're well on your way to your new bike

 

[Dommo]

Thanks guys.

I'd just like to point out that the /athletes/ bit on Strava is a slight overstatement... /fat-lads-on-hybrids/ wasn't an option.

Dom

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Dom! New bike for Christmas?

 

[Dommo]

Hi Pat. Yeah, that could happen but I'd rather do it before or maybe eat a few pies and delay it until the post Christmas sales ;-)

 

[Boon 51]

Hi Dom..
Welcome to CC..