December the 1st found 4 of us at Glentress for a chilly Saturday cycle. It had rained all day on Friday so the course was well wet and muddy which led to my first proper fall. Here it is on YouTube – My first crash And here is me chasing…
I love the rain
For some bizarre reason I quite like cycling in the rain. I have no idea why but it just seems quite satisfying and much more fun than motorcycling when the roads are greasy. I get to put on cozy socks and gloves at the end of the day too when…
Puncture Number 3
It’s been a wee while since my last puncture but this one happened right in the middle of Princes Street on my way home last night! Thought the bike felt a bit slow then when I went to change direction the front end felt like mush – flat as a…
Glentress visit 2
Making the most of the long evenings Angus (work colleague) and I headed to Glentress after an early finish from work. Got there about 6 which we reckoned gave us 2½ hours of biking before it got too dark. So we parked in the top car park and headed uphill…
Paris
Just back from a fantastic, if at some stages frantic, weekend in Paris. As if you weren’t aware dear reader, that I have been doing the website for Mark Beaumont and his attempt to smash the World Record for cycling round the world. So off to Paris Lorraine and I…
Barra Wedding
Just a quick post in between holidays (and lots of pedallingaround.com work). Holiday 1 was to the Isle of Barra for a long weekend to see Dean and Mary Flora get hitched. Was a great weekend with fantastic weather – some dramatic sunsets and lots of cycling I’ll put a…
Glentress newbie
On a clear, warm, mostly sunny Sunday Luke persuaded me to have my first go at Glentress Mountain biking. I only fell off once – and that was at about 2 mph on the way up. Other than that it was a total blast. A long climb up to the…
Bicycle Repair Man
The creak, creak from previous posts developed into a bit more of a clunk, clunk towards the end of the week so I knew something was up with the bicycle. Was hard to work out where it was coming from though as it was only sometimes when I was being…
Sunny Arran!
Here’s a link if you don’t know where it is. [Arran link] That’s maybe not a phrase you here very often but for most of our anniversary trip to Arran it was fantastic weather. Couple of showers on the Sunday the 20th but nothing too onerous, followed by a gorgeous…
Creak creak
No, its not my knees after the cycle but my bicycle itself. Thought something was completely knackered when I cycled to and from work yesterday as there was an ominous creaking from the crank. Found out it was my left pedal last night so thought I had worn the bearings…