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Cycle Newbie
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Mishaps and adventures for the novice cyclist, undertaking cycle training,in the pursuit of fun, freedom and fitness.
Recent Posts
Stink, Crap and the River Thames
Great! An excuse to get the bike out, even if it was just to visit the stinking yesteryear of London! The Victorian Pumping Sewerage Station that stopped ‘The Great Stink’ from The River Thames held an ‘Steaming day’. Af...
Life Takes Over!
Well, it’s been a while since I bought my Saracen and weeks since I’ve had a ride. You know that life just takes over, even if you don’t want it to and prevents you from doing what you want! At the height of the summer and what ...
Bike Scene in Transporter 3
Just watched Transporter 3 on video and the bike scene was one of the best parts in this film, although the plot was a bit dodgy. It seems as though the first in a series is always the best. Just like the Bourne trilogy films which I love to d...
Start Cycling!
Look! No helmet! I was amazed and very pleased to see this poster around the corner from me on a huge hoarding promoting cycling for ordinary folk. Isn’t it great! Lovely photos. It’s a new campaign, created by M&C Saatch...
Waxing Lyrical about Cycling
I wanted to wax lyrical about cycling but others have done it better than me so I found these quotes from www.quotegarden.com/bicycling.html. There are lots more on this website but here are my favourites. I agree this one: [T]he bicycle will acco...
Broken Wrist!
I’ve broken my wrist whilst trying to get off my bike!! cried D. So I rushed round to find out what had happened and we had a chat about being newbies. So this post is dedicated to D who I met at training and recently became the proud owne...

