Nutshell:
Bristol based, old and unfit.
More details Started cycling to work in the early 90’ not far 6 or 7 miles. Lived in Southmead worked in Pilning. Hell of a hill on the way there and its ugly twin on the way back. I had a bad argument with a car and this kept me from cycling for 10 years. Lots of thing happened in between including a move to a better part of Bristol, and a change of Jobs.
Long and no-doubt boring
I re-started cycling 3 years ago on a £50 bike from a second hand/junk store (bought just after my accident which saw my specialized bike trying desperately to support the weight of a car which was slowly crushing my right side). It had 10 gears and only three worked. Rode to work 8.5 mile each way once a week for a year, twice a week for the following year. Christmas last year made the decision to ride to work three times a week (back then it was to save money) I did so and hated it, the hellish 45 minutes slogging up and down the (so I thought at the time) huge hills. Mid January B-I-L mentioned Strava for android. Downloaded it, and have not looked back since, 45 hate-filled minutes is now an all to short 28 power fuelled minutes to work.
Replaced my battered and slightly dangerous old Raleigh Mistral, with what I felt was a great bike another Raleigh. (One, that I didn’t know, was considered just about the worst bike on the planet, no one seems to have a good word to say about it) SO here goes, my bike is a 1992 Raleigh Mustang AT in pink and white. It’s heavy, yes, but strong, I guess I am lucky as who ever owned it before me looked after it, and changed the front cogs/pinion/chainset to a more road suitable size. I’ve put on some semi slick puncture resistant tyres and pumped them up to max+20%. Since then I’ve done 1000 miles. And I love it. So Ok it’s a long hated BSO made of WDS (white dog S**t). but it’s mine and I love to scalp roadie on my way home from work.
That's me, I've lost lots of weight and gained lots of speed. I now ride to work 4 days a week. I'm booked to go on the Bath skyride on the 5th August, It's a 25 mile ride, I plan to cycle there and back, which will give me 54 miles for the day. Which will be my longest this year.
Bristol based, old and unfit.
More details Started cycling to work in the early 90’ not far 6 or 7 miles. Lived in Southmead worked in Pilning. Hell of a hill on the way there and its ugly twin on the way back. I had a bad argument with a car and this kept me from cycling for 10 years. Lots of thing happened in between including a move to a better part of Bristol, and a change of Jobs.
Long and no-doubt boring
I re-started cycling 3 years ago on a £50 bike from a second hand/junk store (bought just after my accident which saw my specialized bike trying desperately to support the weight of a car which was slowly crushing my right side). It had 10 gears and only three worked. Rode to work 8.5 mile each way once a week for a year, twice a week for the following year. Christmas last year made the decision to ride to work three times a week (back then it was to save money) I did so and hated it, the hellish 45 minutes slogging up and down the (so I thought at the time) huge hills. Mid January B-I-L mentioned Strava for android. Downloaded it, and have not looked back since, 45 hate-filled minutes is now an all to short 28 power fuelled minutes to work.
Replaced my battered and slightly dangerous old Raleigh Mistral, with what I felt was a great bike another Raleigh. (One, that I didn’t know, was considered just about the worst bike on the planet, no one seems to have a good word to say about it) SO here goes, my bike is a 1992 Raleigh Mustang AT in pink and white. It’s heavy, yes, but strong, I guess I am lucky as who ever owned it before me looked after it, and changed the front cogs/pinion/chainset to a more road suitable size. I’ve put on some semi slick puncture resistant tyres and pumped them up to max+20%. Since then I’ve done 1000 miles. And I love it. So Ok it’s a long hated BSO made of WDS (white dog S**t). but it’s mine and I love to scalp roadie on my way home from work.
That's me, I've lost lots of weight and gained lots of speed. I now ride to work 4 days a week. I'm booked to go on the Bath skyride on the 5th August, It's a 25 mile ride, I plan to cycle there and back, which will give me 54 miles for the day. Which will be my longest this year.
, surely where ever you live in Bristol there is always a hill in between where you are and where you want to get to (in my last house - it was at the top of a hill meaning a great start but knowing whenever you were near to home the last bit would be uphill).
