Thanks for the replies guys.
evening stu whats your bike tipple then
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Hi Stu and
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We'll be interested to follow your progress.
Now, important questions; what beer and what bike?
My current tipple both on and off the bike is....mainly water! I'm going on holiday in less than 2 weeks and after a particularly heavy session the weekend before last (2 days at a festival drinking Purity beers) I have decided to lay off the beer until my holiday - the last pint I had was 8th July and we fly on 27th so I think that's a reasonable break. I reckon I'm roughly a stone overweight at the moment so with a bit of effort before my holiday, and a bit more afterwards I would think a couple of months of not drinking and doing some exercise should get me in reasonable shape.
In terms of beer though, my favourites are basically anything by Brewdog - although for now Brewdog beers are definitely off the agenda (being on their mailing list really doesn't help!).
I don't even know what my bike is but it's an old mountain bike which weighs about 100lbs and it cost about £15 second hand so that should give you a rough idea - I figured that for now it will do the job. Once I've been cycling for a bit longer I will look into replacing it, but for now riding a crap bike has got to be better than not riding a bike at all
Hello Stu!
Of course we read this section, it's the on line equivalent of checking out the new kid(s) in town
Have a look at the
beginners forum, plenty to encourage you on your quest for fitness.
Good luck!
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Welcome stu good forum this with plenty of helpful advice
It certainly seems like a really friendly forum, I just picked it randomly from a google search and signed up without reading any post but it was definitely a good choice - I've already had over 40 replies to the first post that I made yesterday evening. I've started looking through the beginners forum and you are right there's loads of info in there - looks like I've got some reading to do! One of the other members also suggested reading a magazine (I think it was called cyclecraft) so I think I'll pick up a copy to keep me motivated whilst I'm on holiday. I'll definitely be checking in here regularly before and after to keep me motivated though.
Going for my second ride tonight so I'll see if the hills are any easier than they were the first time round
