Hi from halifax

[wayneo]

Hi guys,bought a bike in february this year after looking at the scales and they read 17 stones and thought s##t I need to do something.I thought I know il cycle the 9 miles to work that'll shift the blubber, it turned out to be the hardest thing I've ever done, wheezing, sweating and thinking what the hell am I doing at six o'clock in the morning when everyone else is tucked up in bed.anyway I stuck with it and it did get easier, I even convinced some of the guys at work to join me.so here we are in november 3 stones lighter and with more energy than I can ever remember having still riding everyday, getting wet most days but loving it....

 

[rusky]

Hello, welcome to the forum & well done for shifting those 3st!

 

[HLaB]

Hiya

 

[cubby]

Hello and welcome from a fellow Halifax cyclist

 

[DCLane]

Hello and well done from another ex-blubber West Yorks cyclist

 

[colly]

Hi Wayno,

Welcome along.

Keep your eyes peels in the 'Informal Rides' section for rides. Especially for ColinJ's ride usually out of Hebden Bridge.

Just round the corner from you.

 

[wayneo]

Will do colly, thanks for the welcome guys

 

[Steve H]

Welcome aboard. Quite a few of us in this neck of the woods.

Are you just commuting or do you get out for other rides at a weekend?

 

[wayneo]

Hi steve, yeah me and a couple of mates from work get out at weekends every couple of weeks, nothing too mad, usually 30 mile ish with plenty of stops for a bit of a laugh, although we have done a couple of 60 milers which nearly killed me. We're having a ride tommorow over to hollingworth lake if you know where that is..

 

[ColinJ]

Hi Wayno,

Welcome along.

Keep your eyes peels in the 'Informal Rides' section for rides. Especially for ColinJ's ride usually out of Hebden Bridge.

Just round the corner from you.

Yes, hi!

I might arrange one more CycleChat forum ride in 2011 and then give it a rest until 2012.

I've ridden with colly and Steve H lots of times. Steve joined the forum about a year and a half ago and his fitness has come on really well in that time - in fact, he's fitter than me now! Colly was already fit when I first met him ...

 

[Steve H]

Hi steve, yeah me and a couple of mates from work get out at weekends every couple of weeks, nothing too mad, usually 30 mile ish with plenty of stops for a bit of a laugh, although we have done a couple of 60 milers which nearly killed me. We're having a ride tommorow over to hollingworth lake if you know where that is..

Yes I know Hollingworth Lake. My first 50 mile ride last year was out to the lake and back.

 

[Steve H]

I've ridden with colly and Steve H lots of times. Steve joined the forum about a year and a half ago and his fitness has come on really well in that time - in fact, he's fitter than me now! Colly was already fit when I first met him ...

That's nice of you to say so Colin, but not sure it's quite true. I still struggled on a few of those hills last week.