New Discoveries (Garmin Incident Detection) I love discovering new things and this is equally true to my time on the bike. Whether that is new roads to ride, new gear to wear, new food to eat or anything else. Recently I discovered a new feature on my bike’s Garmin GPS device. My wife also discovered…
It Never Rains But it Pours! I’m not sure what 2019 has done with the summer but we’ve definitely not caught sight of it here in Scotland yet. After feeling pretty lucky over the winter and enjoying the spring sunshine, there’s been nothing but rain and wind so far in the summer. I’ve lost count…
Pride, forgetfulness, mistakes, frustration, inspiration, delight! The above describes me from the weekend through the early part of this week. It began with my familiar maintenance chores, made a bit more difficult due to the weather… Over the last few weeks there have been more soakings on the cycle commute than the whole of the…
Surprisingly for us we had a fairly quiet schedule at the weekend (apart from the usual kids taxi runs to athletics, ballet and swimming lessons… oh and a sleep over for one of the youngest boy’s friends). This meant that we could tackle some of those important jobs that you struggle to find time for.…
Rust can be a death sentence to a bike. If left untreated it can destroy your components, eat away at your wheels and in the worst case render a frame useless. I’ve seen my bikes afflicted to various degrees over the years and was reminded of it last week when changing the cranks on my…
“Hello darkness, my old friend…” The days are getting noticeably longer now, but today I was late in leaving the office so returned to cycling home in the dark. There is something somewhat magical about riding in the dark though so I didn’t mind too much. This is especially true when travelling along deserted country…
There are not many weeks that pass here without something or other arriving through the door in brown cardboard packaging. It’s not quite as bad as Christmas time but we are on first name terms with most of the delivery drivers in the area. Usually my kids sigh and say, “probably more bike parts for…