bikeyboots
New Member
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- Rutland
Hello Everyone, I though i would join in with a welcome post to this fine forum I stumbled upon a few weeks back and in which I've been doing a fair it of lurking!
I used to be well into cycling as a teenager, I even worked in a bike shop for my work experience, but then beer found me and here I am a 33 year old who at the beginning of August this year weighed a hefty 22.7 st (317lb) !!
Having just watched and thoroughly enjoyed this years Tour De France I thought it was about time I got of my lazy arse and get back into cycling, something I had thought about for a good few years but done nothing about!
I set to it, got the exercise bike out of the shed and got selling things on eBay to fund a real bike. Now over a month later I'm down to 20.12 st (ish) (294lb) after watching what I eat thanks to Livestrong.com and bbcgoodfood.com (for low fat food ideas) and a change in my mindset and daily life I'm well on the way in the right direction. I have to also say a big thanks to the 22st Cyclist, The 39st Cyclist and the Massive MTBer for inspiration and giggles.
Last week I had managed to raise £250 for a bike and after visiting the Halfords website I found a Carrara Vengeance Disc brake bike with hydrolic brakes reduced from £500, I couldn't resit.
I know what many of you are going to say.. ugh Halfords.. and yes I admit I did feel dirty afterwards, I didn't get amazing service or a very good customer experience, but I built it myself
and as a starter bike it will do me for a year or so 
Also I have to say compared to my bike of the early 1990's this is a world apart, the spec of this bike would have cost £1000 back then if not more.
So just wanted to say hello and I'm hoping that me writing this will make me hang out here a bit more as this seems like a great forum.
From a Yorkshire Man ( Bradford ) now living near Stamford in Lovely Rutland.. eh Up
I used to be well into cycling as a teenager, I even worked in a bike shop for my work experience, but then beer found me and here I am a 33 year old who at the beginning of August this year weighed a hefty 22.7 st (317lb) !!
Having just watched and thoroughly enjoyed this years Tour De France I thought it was about time I got of my lazy arse and get back into cycling, something I had thought about for a good few years but done nothing about!
I set to it, got the exercise bike out of the shed and got selling things on eBay to fund a real bike. Now over a month later I'm down to 20.12 st (ish) (294lb) after watching what I eat thanks to Livestrong.com and bbcgoodfood.com (for low fat food ideas) and a change in my mindset and daily life I'm well on the way in the right direction. I have to also say a big thanks to the 22st Cyclist, The 39st Cyclist and the Massive MTBer for inspiration and giggles.
Last week I had managed to raise £250 for a bike and after visiting the Halfords website I found a Carrara Vengeance Disc brake bike with hydrolic brakes reduced from £500, I couldn't resit.
I know what many of you are going to say.. ugh Halfords.. and yes I admit I did feel dirty afterwards, I didn't get amazing service or a very good customer experience, but I built it myself
and as a starter bike it will do me for a year or so Also I have to say compared to my bike of the early 1990's this is a world apart, the spec of this bike would have cost £1000 back then if not more.
So just wanted to say hello and I'm hoping that me writing this will make me hang out here a bit more as this seems like a great forum.
From a Yorkshire Man ( Bradford ) now living near Stamford in Lovely Rutland.. eh Up
back to the brilliant world of 
. Great to have you back "in the fold", enjoy!
Hello and good on you for getting on your bike and losing weight! 
See you at one of Yorkshires Sportives next year!
) and a bit on the exercise bike.