bikes and things

andy shoots up in the air

Originally uploaded by vaughan london

Finally! Recorded with wheels well clear of the ground. Love those tables in the Glentress Freeride area.

Coming to the end of the week in Scotland with Vaughan, Matt and Gavin. Did the Glentress Black route today along with an hour or so in the freeride park practicing clearing table top jumps. Also did a few shuttles on the singletrack descent on the blue route which was superb.

Few bruises and generally pretty tired. Back home tomorrow for a well earned rest.

Did a fantastic ride around Ladybower Reservoir today in the Peak District. Some incredible scenery and riding. Fantastic weather too. Just in the van to our cottage in Peebles. A long day today nut less driving tomorrow when we head to Glentress to do the red and black routes.

Christs Lane apartments

Originally uploaded by geofones

The roofs I detailed in Cambridge whilst at Panter Hudspith.

A rare photo…

Not that the summer really started this year but this morning was pretty nippy. Had to wear a thin fleece on the way to work. Ah well, hopefully lots of nice chilly winter rides coming up.

Away next week but moving in to a new flat with Emma the following week. Should be a busy weekend but well worth it. Looking forward to finally not sharing a flat. Happy days.

Popped in to Condor this lunchtime on Grays Inn Road to have another look at the road bike I wanted. Filled out the forms for the cyclescheme and got the voucher on order. Can’t wait to get this thing, went for the one with the 105 groupset. Back up to four bikes now. Oops. Will see whether the fixed stays around but it might hang out in the loft for a while.

Looking forward to getting a few longer rides in soon. Few achievements to do, ride around the I-O-W, do some long rides around Surrey / Kent – 60 miles plus, finally do the Dunwich Dynamo!

Got back late last night from a flying trip to France. Left early Friday morning and got back late on Sunday evening. Very impressed with the journey on the TGV.

The place we stayed was fantastic. Right on the sea and had access to a little shared rocky cove where you could go swimming from. Lots of sun, sea, good food and wine! Hopefully will be back next year.

Just on the Eurostar to Paris then picking up a connection to the South of France for the weekend. Staying at Rick’s house with the rest of the guys from work.

Will hopefully get some good photos. Fingers crossed for warm weather.

Old school MTB poster – 1993

Originally uploaded by theginjaninja1979

Back in the day. Found whilst clearing out my Mum’s garage at the weekend. Used to have posters on the wall from MBUK where I mended my bikes – or took them apart more like.

Technology has moved on a long way since.