No need to social distance in Watopia!

 First Zwift ride with my buddy .. no need to social distance in Watopia! 

Friends asked "Where are your helmets?!"  .. our response  "We're in Watopia utopia .. no wars no cars, no accidents no viruses, just 🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️"

Anti COVID Stockpiling Offer

Stopped for a coffee at my favourite coffee and cycle shop ... and what a great offer!   🧻

First Transition Ride

Took a day off today to finally enjoying a bit of sun ☀️

This was my first proper ride out on the Specialized Transition. Not sure I'm going to do another 30 mile ride on it but it was great fun!

Eight Years of Chamois Cream

Friends have inspired and encouraged me in my cycling pursuits over the years, none more than one of my oldest friends, Michael G who first introduced me to the power of chamois cream; essential in keeping me chafe free in those long rides! 😊

New Wheels on the Specialized Fleet

Too wet & windy to ride so just finished swapping the FFWD wheels around on the Specialized fleet!

One set acquired last year have just seen daylight for the first time. Roll on summer!

Mountain Biking in the Forest

Went mountain biking yesterday for the first time in my life .. was kind of fun, though will probably work on my off roading skills a little more before trying the red run again; was a bit of white knuckle ride at times! Oh yes, and I need to sort out my MTB wardrobe too, as the local kids did not seem quite ready for what's currently hot on the Paris and Milan trails!

Anyway, I dusted off the video cameras to record the momentous event; also for my club, which has not spoken of MTBing since the 'night of the long forks'. The results of filming can be viewed below. I'm only disappointed that the images do not look as scary as I remember, mainly because those shots were of either closeups of rocks, bushes or just of the blue sky above and so not perhaps as interesting as the calmer pictures of cyclists processing through the forest!

I've used another of Rob Longstaff's great tunes, 'Like Candy', for this video's soundtrack. I am working my way through the tracks on his latest album 'Groovefish' (https://soundcloud.com/robert_longstaff/sets/groovefish), in my view, his best .. so will be looking for more filming options to add further tracks to as the year unfolds.

12,000 Mile Service for the Roubaix

Happy days .. was a bit of a trial getting this installed👨‍🔧

Although this has been a sense of achievement, I won’t be giving up the day job anytime soon! 👨‍💻

Thanks Ben @colyford_cycles for the encouragement!