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Riding with AFib (atrial fibrillation)

January 20, 2024

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Since I know most of us are … ahem … in an older age demographic, I thought this might be of interest. Turns out I have AFib. Have probably had…

3Rensho Katana

July 30, 2021

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The 3Rensho arrived today! My Katana is built and ready for battle.

New Book Publications via James Spackman

April 14, 2021

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Many thanks to James (aka BlackpoolTower) for the following. End to End by Paul Jones was published last week and has been attracting excellent reviews. Its topic is the history…

Into the Cave

June 29, 2020

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Sorry I’ve been a bit absent on updates in the last few weeks, been a bit busy sorting multiple house moves. Currently 50% through the overall project and taking a…

Stelbel

February 23, 2019

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Photo: Stelbel photo, my frame before painting. Stelbel The story begins. Bike fit booked with Super Domestique in London next week………… Part 1 – Bike Fit Shaping my fit So,…

Real men wear pink

February 20, 2019

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Test riding Velotoze shoe covers and their new wind/waterproof gloves, which are like scuba gloves. Review forthcoming on PEZ.

Review of “The Comeback”

December 9, 2018

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My latest for PEZ is a review of “The Comeback.” My BLUF: For those who just want the BLUF (bottom line up front): The Comeback is a great book. It’s…

Another new follower

December 9, 2018

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I too just discovered you, after admiring your work on the abandoned V site. For some fun, I’ve posted extensive new content on the V site, in the comments to…

Why we never forget how to ride a bike.

November 20, 2018

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This article popped up in my RSS feeds the other day. I’ve not read the full paper yet, but the the snippet seems like it’d be really interesting if you’re…

My review of The Pursuit on PEZ

November 18, 2018

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If you haven’t seen this documentary by James Poole, you should. Cheers!

“When is it right to forgive a cheat?”

October 26, 2018

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fascinating article in today’s The Times. At the unveiling of the route for next year’s TDF Armstrong was written out of the narrative. Yet Virenque was there who was “central…

How to set up your Gravatar

October 20, 2018

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Hiya, The site is configured to generate a Gravatar for you. To configure your own – 1. Hover your mouse over your logged in name (to right) 2. Click on…

Track start

October 12, 2018

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The first of many pieces… Building up a track bike. My first time doing a bike from scratch so it seems a good project to document here. And you can…

Eroica Hispania

October 12, 2018

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In the interest of a) testing the new site, b) vanity, here’s a picture of my and my dad’s Raleigh (c 1972) at last year’s Eroica Hispania

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