Getting fit through indoor cycling
Each week I try to review and reflect on my previous week on the bike. This allows me to see how my fitness and ability is progressing on a wider timescale than day to day. For previous weekly reviews please click here. Lot’s of riding this week, a nice mixture of indoors and out. The two … Read more
This morning’s ride was intended to be a gentle recovery spin. I wanted to get out for an hour or so, pootle around, putting in no real effort, just spinning out the legs nice and easy. By and large, that went well. After yesterday’s ride my legs were definitely tired, and for the first twenty … Read more
Which Haribo gummie is best for climbing? Is this not the question all cyclists, whether hardcore peloton based professional or lowly weekend warrior, are desperate to answer? Of course it is. In the name of science I decided to take a pocket full of Haribos and go up some climbs. I could then definitively say … Read more
Picture taken from this reddit thread. When I went out for my bike ride on Thursday I felt deeply conflicted. Having the freedom to go out and ride whilst an entire country is being invaded. What could I do? Should I not be doing this because they can’t? It was weird. Obviously never experienced anything … Read more
Some of my favourite or most memorable rides have been those taken after work. There’s something so freeing about getting out on to the quiet evening roads, in the sun, bib shorts and short sleeve jersey, topping up the tan and getting in a solid workout. Tonight wasn’t really any of that. But it was … Read more