simontm71Apr 11, 20193 min readMechanically minded?The one thing that all cyclists have to suffer – apart from a visit from the aforementioned P-fairy – is some mechanical of some kind. No...
simontm71Apr 4, 20193 min readThat thur LondonLondon, that thur London. For my mum it was always the capital, to me and my siblings it was up town. For years, whenever we said to mum...
simontm71Mar 25, 20193 min readLondon callingThe one thing that has always astounded people is that I used to commute to London. The idea of cycling for 15 miles seems to befuddle...
simontm71Mar 18, 20192 min readA consistent approachOne of the principles of training is that you set out with goals and targets, nth degree planning and a state of the art carbon machine....
simontm71Mar 9, 20193 min readNo dopeI’m lucky with where I live. Richmond Park on the doorstep, the Surrey hills down the road and the North Downs and South Downs not too...
simontm71Mar 2, 20192 min readBonkersThe one thing that is warned about but never really listened to is bonking - less sniggering at the back there. Even for a bear on a...
simontm71Feb 26, 20193 min readPuncturing the moodI’m going to talk about something that affects all cyclists, young and old at least once in their lives. Some may cope, others may fall...
simontm71Feb 17, 20192 min readTake the trainTraining. Bloody training, I hated training when I played Rugby and I hate training when cycling even though it’s an evil necessity to...