Hi! from Wendover

[morrisman]

So I'm 60, fat (16.5st), unfit, hypertensive, type 2 diabetic and back on my bike after a few years break. I ride a Dawes Kalahari round and about the lanes of the Aylesbury Vale. Aiming to lose weight and gain fitness. Happy enough on 15-20 mile rides including some climbs up the side of the Chilterns.

Just wish the winds would go away and the temperature increase :-)

 

[DooDah]

So I'm 60, fat (16.5st), unfit, hypertensive, type 2 diabetic and back on my bike after a few years break. I ride a Dawes Kalahari round and about the lanes of the Aylesbury Vale. Aiming to lose weight and gain fitness. Happy enough on 15-20 mile rides including some climbs up the side of the Chilterns.

Just wish the winds would go away and the temperature increase :-)

Welcome, I know Wendover well, as I have lived in the Aylesbury Vale for most of my life. It can be a bit hilly round there, a good one up to the monument. Keep at it and the fitness will come as well as the weight being lost.

 

[morrisman]

Current triumph is Downtown Wendover to the top of Halton, managed it for the first time last week, think the monument is a month or two away

 

[DooDah]

Nice one, used to play hockey at RAF Halton, but that was many moons ago. There is some great cycling round there, just take your time and enjoy.

 

[srw]

The cafe at the top of Wendover Woods is a great target. There's a filthy short steep bit up to the turn, then once you're in the FC woods you've got a gentler slope with bits of downhill. And a cup of coffee at the top.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Hi and welcome!

 

[simon.r]

So I'm 60, fat (16.5st), unfit, hypertensive, type 2 diabetic and back on my bike after a few years break.

You'll fit right in here. It's the only place on the web where I, at a mere 49 and relatively healthy, feel young and carefree

Welcome.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Hello!

 

[thegravestoneman]

How do

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Hi Morrisman and .

Well done getting back on the bike. Sounds like you've got off to a really good start!

Just wish the winds would go away and the temperature increase :-)

Us too. A good spell of nice calm sunny days would go down nicely now.

 

[paul04]

Welcome to the website

 

[morrisman]

Amazing what a bit of sunshine can do - 25 miles today in two shots at an average of ~13mph on my Dawes Kalahari hybrid.

 

[Peteaud]

Amazing what a bit of sunshine can do - 25 miles today in two shots at an average of ~13mph on my Dawes Kalahari hybrid.

Well done.

How is the canal coming along? Have they done the next bit yet?

 

[morrisman]

Well done.

How is the canal coming along? Have they done the next bit yet?

Slowly working their way down to Drayton Beachamp but I kind of think I may be dead before there are boats in Wendover or the the HS2 in my back garden