The MAMIL Cycling Podcast: Recent Episodes
Rupert Englander
The last 10 days have seen Garmin held to ransom and Specialized launch their new Tarmac SL7 so I share my thoughts on those subjects.
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After another extended break from podcasting here’s by roundup of the last 6 weeks which saw me get the all-clear from the doc and some news on n-1+1....
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2 months since my last update and with the Covid-19 lockdown it just didn’t seem very interesting to be posting my daily update of the same loop I’ve been doing day in and day out. Anyhow, this update includes my thoughts on a Strava and a small investment I made in Body Rocket.
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Today I talk about Body Rocket which is doing a raise on Crowdcube and is interesting from a cycling tech pov.
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Stay at home and minimise your time outside as much as possible. It’s pretty clear.
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I’ve decided not to cycle outdoors until things get under control again. This is not only to preserve social distancing but it’s also to ensure I don’t have an accident and end up in hospital adding additional pressure to the already critical situations in our hospitals.
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As the world begins to self-isolate and social distance, even cyclists have been advised to follow suit and ride solo. Strange times.
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First Gran Fondo of the season yesterday and a ride awakening.
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I’m now almost 3 weeks into a self isolation period which could feasibly last months. However the weather is improving and my cold (not Corona Virus) is subsiding so cycling will be back on the agenda very soon.
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Wellsy sorted out my commuter bike. Just got to wait for this cold to pass and the weather to improve a little. Soon.....
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Forgive me father for I have sinned. It’s been over a month since my last podcast...... thanks for your patience. No real excuses here but like my cycling I’ve just taken some time off from the tour. I hope this might be the start of the new season of posting.
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I’ve been looking into a new concept for indoor riding by a company called Mouverti. They are raising on Crowdcube and it looks interesting.
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I’m back Podcasting again after a bit of an unplanned break from it. Apologies for that but this episodes gives a little update on what’s been happening in January including a ride around Red Rock Canyon in Las Vegas and ongoing winter training.
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Another iFit ride from the Swiss series with Ashley Paulson and a good endurance ride around Lake Brienz followed by 4 30 second all out intervals with a 1:1 recovery ratio. Phew. Hope to hit a big milestone tomorrow.
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Another iFit ride and the next in the Swiss road cycling series
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Another iFit ride on the Nordic track today and back to the Swiss road cycling series which is great. Today was an endurance ride followed by 5 x 30 second intervals.
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Today’s iFit ride was an intervals session in Ardon, Switzerland. Great fun.
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Nothing going on today. Nordictrack bike arrives tomorrow
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Not much to report. In Stockholm and did a short exercise session on the indoor bike this morning.
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No ride today but utter shock at the lack of compassion one person can have having been involved in an incident that ended the life of another. 😔
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The Garmin Varia lights arrived today and I look forward to trying them out. I also got an install date for the Nordic Track bike.
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The weight is piling on now that I’m not cycling regularly which is really depressing. Need to get on the bike!!
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No ride today as stacked doing house chores. Looks like I am going to fall behind on my 10k km target for the year unless I can get some longer rides in this month. Recover still going well.
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Got another ride in today and pushed the distance up to 36k and some more hills. Target of 10,000k means I need to do about 650k in December which is definitely achievable if I can find the time.
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Another ride today (that’s 5 days in a row) but nothing from Nordic Track about the delivery of my new exercise bike so a bit frustrated.
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Another recovery ride out today and longest to date (as part of my recovery). Still waiting to be offered an installation date for the new Nordic Track studio bike.
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I managed to get out in the wet today and did my first loop since the ablation. Also shopping for a Bluetooth heart rate monitor and excited about the arrival of the exercise bike as I strive towards 10k km this year.
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Quick spin at David Loyd and then pulled the trigger on a Nordic Track Studio s10i.
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Almost got out for a ride today, but alas I failed at the final hurdle. Tomorrow....
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Wanted to but didn’t get out after a biblical downpour. Started looking at static bikes.... 🙄
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Walked over 5 miles today and felt really good. From tomorrow light exercise is permitted. Yay!!!
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Black Friday deals are everywhere and yet Black Friday is still about a week and a half away. Unbelievable
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Looking at the Garmin Varia lights and keen to get any feedback on them.
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First day since the ablation that I haven’t felt the need for pain killers which is great. Swelling is subsiding and generally a lot more comfortable today. Very pleased.
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Feeling much better today. The soreness is subsiding as are the bruises and I can see light at the end of the tunnel.
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Feeling a fair bit better today and even went for a walk and also sold the Allez so N-1 day today
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Going a bit stir crazy recovering but needs just. I spent some of today writing up my personal experience with regards to AF and my ablation. It’s on my blog at themamil.co.uk in case anyone finds it useful as a reference.
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Recovery is ongoing and my mind has turned to a titanium n+1 bike, but some interesting insights on groupset pricing has surprised me somewhat.
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Sore and tired after a very broken nights sleep. Cheered myself up fawning over titanium bikes.
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Ongoing recovery from my Ablation procedure but I am under no illusion how fortunate I have been to have had such excellent care and private insurance that has allowed me to undergo this treatment under general anaesthetic, something that many people do not have the luxury of.
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I had my cardiac ablation last night which went very well. Never that nice to undergo something like this but all the professionals involved with the procedure did such a fantastic job.
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Nothing to report. Literally nothing. How sad.
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Rugby World Cup Final followed by chores = no bike ride for me.
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No cycling again today and details of the Ablation have started to drip feed and is becoming very real now
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Really not much to say. Still no cycling and reduced to commentating about the apprentice task. I should be ashamed...
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Not much to report but been mulling over the idea that some people only ever exercise indoors and I can’t really get my head around that
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I noticed that the state backed docking bike system has disappeared and I wonder whether dockless bikes or electric scooters have been the death of them
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Tried after a long day I couldn’t bring myself to do a static bike session. Also pondering the lack of ease and availability to rent a decent bike in the city.
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Just chores today but did write up our perfect pitstop at Pop In in Bosham on the blog.
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A lovely 120k ride to Bosham on the coast with Stu and Wellsy has helped me find my mojo again. The hunt for lights continues. Can you help?
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No ride today but my Loopie arrived so that’s something. On the lookout for advice on lights so if you have any please leave me a message by clicking on the link in the episode description. Thanks!!
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Feeling a fair bit better today. Looking to get a ride in this weekend.
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Putting cycling on the back burner for a few days and not thinking about it till I sort my head and body out. Feels like the right choice.
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Feeling really low today. Can’t shake it off. Not feeling great mentally or physically. Just feel tired and devoid of energy or focus. Maybe a need to go for a ride....
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Another horrible day so struggled with a turbo session and not ideally gave up after 40 mins. Just couldn’t be bothered. I’ve lost my mojo a bit.
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Rubbish weather, rubbish weather forecast, rubbish day. Rubbish.
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Today was World Mental Health day and it was a good opportunity to do something that helps with my mental health - go out for a ride. ☺️
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Thought I was really slow on the Mount climb out of Guildford but was only 4 seconds slower than Monday when I felt like I flew up it. Strange.
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Went for a good lunch ride today and went well, and also was invited to an interesting new SRAM beta program.
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Monday commute to see a couple of projects finally coming to fruition and a PR on the Mount.
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Not much cycling related update today except about. Great deal a rabber secured for us with Loopie to map our ride to a poster print with personalised data. Look forward to receiving it.
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Opening a hornets nest by suggesting Zwift isn’t cycling
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Went for a ride with Stu today and it was so nice to be back on the Tarmac. Also set a date for my cardiac ablation to hopefully fix my Atrial Fibrillation.
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Twinkle is back and fixed and my meeting with the cardiologist about having an ablation
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Reading too much into the weather forecast has cost me a few opportunities to ride. The bikes new derailleur has arrived so looking forward to getting the bike back. And seeing the cardiologist tomorrow to discuss my AF.
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The post RAB bubble has well and truly deflated and I’m struggling to get motivated to get out in the bike. Anyone got any tips?
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The LBS got in touch and SRAM have agreed to replace the rear derailleur but haven’t got stock till 4th November. That’s a LONG wait. PedalHeaven will see if SRAM can offer an intermediate solution. I also posted my list of kit that worked and didn’t work so well on Ride Across Britain on my blog.
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My eldest 17th birthday today which dominated proceedings
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The bike shop have confirmed the battery drain on the Force eTap derailleur so that’s gone back to SRAM and now we wait. ECG 7 day monitor on and next week seeing the consultant about an ablation.
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Quite work heavy day but did fine time to find a decent resource for multi day rides and challenges called pedaltripr.
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I spent the last couple of days in Evian on Lake Geneva and it struck me as a potentially lovely ride, to cycle round it. It’s a 200km ride and flat so very much a one day ride. The seed of an idea has formed.
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Not much to report today in terms of cycling. A car day of sorts fitting an Apple CarPlay stereo to the new car. Also delighted to say that my fundraising for LEJOG hit £1450 inc gift aid which is just awesome.
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Went for my first ride out since LEJOG on the slightly tweaked Allez since the Tarmac is still in the bike shop. Needs a bit of TLC does the Allez but is a fairly decent ride once you get going on it.
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Still very tired from post LEJOG but some welcome news about cycling from the Daily Mail
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My wedding anniversary today but we were too tired to do anything. Twinkle was delivered home so I cleaned her up and took her to the lbs to be looked at and see what’s up with the derailleur.
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The post RAB bubble continues to deflate. It’s quite a come down in all honesty. Probably need to get back on my bike again.....
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The debate has started - should people who didn’t complete the whole RAB challenge receive medals or not?
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The day after the end of Ride Across Britain. The bubble effect is now becoming apparent and the readjustment to daily life is living interesting.
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Day 7 of Ride Across Britain and a pretty brutal day in the saddle for climbing but felt great coming in to camp, but then fell unwell pretty quickly.
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Day 6 of Ride Across Britain took me from Carlisle to Edinburgh. Soaking wet start and an inglorious route that basically followed the A7, it only started getting interesting nearer Edinburgh. A transition day for sure.
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On the loan bike for a monster 116 mile day with 2000 meters of climbing. Passed the halfway point and feeling good.
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My rear derailleur died 50 miles into today’s ride which meant I only had 2 gears for the remaining 58 miles of today’s thankfully flat ride. Hopefully a replacement derailleur will arrive in Carlisle for me and the mechanics can fit a new one. 🤞 Until then it’s a loaner bike for me.
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Day 3 of Ride Across Britain saw us leave Bath nice and early, heading to Chepstow, then over the Severn Bridge and head for Hereford, before finishing at Ludlow.
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Day 2 of the Ride Across Britain saw us ride from Okehampton to Bath taking in a few big climbs including the legend that is Cheddar Gorge.
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Day 1 of Ride Across Britain 2019.
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Arrived in Land End for the start of Ride Across Britain 2019 tomorrow. Excited and nervous in equal measure I'm itching to get going.
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2 huge meals with the team who are over in London this week. Not the best way to taper and prepare for RAB I wouldn’t think.....
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Visited my parent in London and had a lovely quiet ride through Richmond Park before having to thrash for the train on the way back having missed a turning. Some tapering this is turning out to be....
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Working in Sweden and then getting a flight home. Not much cycling related news today.
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Tapering still for RAB and full work schedule followed by a flight to Sweden where I’ll be for a few days.
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Made a few very minor adjustments to the bike and hope that should be all that is needed before RAB. Managed to get out for another 50k training ride on this scorcher of a day, and the tweaks seem to be pretty good. A longer ride will confirm that or not.
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Having a bachelor weekend with my family away sailing, so had the chance to get out for a lunchtime ride in the Indian summer heat we have.
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The ride on Sunday has been playing on my mind especially how poorly I felt yesterday. Hopefully just a coincidence but it’s got me worried about RAB.
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The day after Tour of the Hills and I am tired but not in the way that I imagined. It’s got me a little worried about RAB now.
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A wet lunch ride to sort out my saddle position on the bike. RAB is getting closer and I shouldn’t be tweaking the bike at this late stage but needs must.
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Work trip to NY and no prospect of cycling this week
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Travel day back to the UK and just some very high level thoughts on the fantastic Neilson holiday in Messini.
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The final full day here at the Messini beach club and a 70k black ride Above the Valley that took in a great climb and almost 1000m of climbing in total. A great way to end the last full day here.
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Today was a designated rest day so went water skiing and spent some time with the family doing water based activities. Looking forward to the group ride tomorrow.
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Today I rode solo on the Starfighter ride from the Messini beach club. Again, a front loaded ride with a lovely flowing descent back to the club.
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The 3 D’Souza in the midday sun. What was I thinking....? Brutal!
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First of the Neilson Group Rides and a 55k “Red” route around the Olive Groves and the valley north of the beach club.
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The first full day at the Messini beach club in Greece and I got my steed for the next 2 weeks setup with my pedals and sensors. I sent for my first ride which was a gentle and flat ride to Kalamata and back. Very pleasant ride it was!
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Packing done and everything else on the list ticked off so a quick loop on Twinkle before saying my goodbyes
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An aborted commute turned into a 45km round trip on the bike. Every cloud...
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I’ve gone hard this week and whilst the distances of the individual rides haven’t been big, I’ve been going at them and putting some decent performances in but I am feeling it now. I need to get some longer rides in but otherwise feel strong.
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A rest day today after pushing myself quite hard this week.
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Short ride and then watched the abhorrent “documentary” Cyclists: The scourge on our roads. Truly awful programme.
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Starting the week with a PR on a local climb and going pretty steady.
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Family lunch followed by the Farnham Town Center road races which was an interesting viewing experience for me.
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A crisis at home reminded me that cycling does not come first, the family does - despite what the Velominati rule might state.
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I had the new Power Spider meter installed today and immediately smashed by VO2 Max by 2 points so feeling very chuffed.
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Bit more of a moan about drivers, this time someone who nearly right hooked me without checking her mirrors but I’ve decided I need to be more positive. I simply cannot keep on it it would get very monotonous.
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Just massively ranting against poor drivers who don’t show nearly enough diligence on the roads and are prepared to take risks that put other people’s lives in danger because of their relaxed attitude to diligence when making manoeuvres in their cars. ARRRRRGH!!!
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Managed to end the month and week on a high with a lovely ride out after a number of tasks at home being completed. Finished the month at 850 odd km which wasn’t bad given the amount of work travel I have had. Looking forward to putting. Big month in for July.
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Hottest day of the year and an energy sapping 50k ride which was enough today.
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In Stockholm and all work no cycling
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I’m in Stockholm for the first part of this week and you’d think it would be easy to get hold of a bike for a few hours. Not so....
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We were having windows installed at home today so I mowed the lawn while they got on with that and then got out for a shortish ride with a decent climb performance for good measure.
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Back in the saddle and a lovely ride with too much impact from the drugs. Very positive.
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No time or energy for cycling. Saving up for the weekend and probably get out next week when I am in Stockholm again.
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Not much cycling but a casual pétanque evening resulted in a medal that puts many sportive medals to shame. Shame.
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77km in wet and blustery conditions but felt a lot harder than it should have done. Hoping my medication isn’t causing a bit issue for me. A few consecutive metric centuries should test that theory.
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Went for a ride with Stu today to go and pick up some stuff and then had an awards ceremony for the football team who won the league fair play trophy. Well deserved.
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The day after my wonderful aunts funeral and feeling very low, probably further exacerbated by being on my medication for AF again which has various mental related side effects. My aunt Jod is a huge part of my life and her absence is highlighted by the huge amounts of wonderful memories I have of her, of my childhood growing up where she was like a second mum to me.
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Today we said goodbye to my aunt Jod. A fantastic, caring, funny, thoughtful, compassionate woman who filled all our lives with love. She will leave a huge hole in our lives, but remain in our memories forever.
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Tried out the Gore Shakedry jacket today in incessant rain and it did a great job of keeping me dry. Then this evening went to see the Cardiologist about my AF. I am back on the meds but have to take the beta-blocker which is a pain.
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Back with a bang today and had a really nice 100k ride in the Surrey hills today.
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Feeling down today. Rubbish weather and just couldn’t get myself up and out. Tomorrow is another day.
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A wet day indoors today so instead I’m talking about Anchor, the incredible app that makes this podcast a possibility.
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Took the bike to my limbs and got the from bar stem cut to remove a few spacers and got them to properly dial the bike In to my bike fit settings and the ride is now spot on. Delighted.
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Today I wrote up my review of the new Specialized Tarmac Pro Disc 2020 and have come to the conclusion that the SRAM Wireless Force eTap AXS is an upgrade over the Shimano Ultegra Di2 system and I give my thoughts on that in today’s podcast.
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Just an update on my AF, got an ECG monitor out on today and bike in for teams on Thursday.
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My first long ride to London and back and still dealing with completely reckless drivers.
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Not much to report today. Mainly house chores and then a short ride to sort out seat post issues in prep for tomorrow’s ride to London and back.
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New bike day’s are always good days and this one is no exception. The new Specialized Tarmac Pro Disc 2020 arrived today replacing my 2019 model which was written off by a car when they knocked me off a couple of weeks ago.
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There should be no price places in safety and glad to see Specialized saw the light and have scrapped the annual subscription service for their ANGI crash detection helmet sensor.
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My current despair at the level of debate on sharing the road where people on both “sides” of the argument objectify and dehumanise other road users thereby validating their utterly selfish and worrying attitudes towards other road users. Depressing!
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Surprised by my mental block to get back on the bike following being hit, and other health related matters.
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First of my daily updates on my cycling journey. Today the things that have kept me off the bike recently.
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