Thursday 28 February 2008

Leap Year Ride


Took the long way home from work, it's almost lights off till six (pushing it). Rode past the sewage works and down to Budby then into Clumber, and finally back along the Carbuton road. Took my new path up Cuckney hill for this shot but I think I missed the best of the sun.

Sunday 17 February 2008

Burbage Loop 07 video August 12 - 07

Red hot day, 5 hour loop up into the peaks. Tom was on form, and so was bison.

57 miles, riding from Boon Hills ...

Friday 15 February 2008

More pics added

I think I'm up to 2004. There may be the odd pic missing! Some old stuff from an Afan trip.

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/pitbikers

Wednesday 13 February 2008

2008 - a non-biking biker's start to the Year

Well, Christmas was full of pasta and wine and puddings and cheese and steak and more cheese and more puddings and and alot more wine and not a deal of biking.

Business was busy, so concentrated on that and manged a couple of small tiny local rides and some turbo trainer sessions. But that's an improvement on previous years...so maybe things will bode well for 2008?

Jan went well....-ish - upped Turbo sessions and I've started running for the first time since school. I reckon 20+years since I ran. Not looking to break any records. Just supplementing biking/turbo'ing and using it as way to drop way. F*ck me was it hard at first. Idea is to stick to runs under an hour and get up to twice a week. On 6th week of running now. Main route is 4 miles and I can do that comforably in 36 mins (I told you no speed records!) and I've done a 6 miler once. I'm also past the stage where I need to stop and walk briskly...:)

Feb upon us and the weather is glorious. Not sure how long that will hold...I foresee at last snow and ice blast come end of feb/march...who knows? Still turbo-ing and running. And done a couple of small local rides out on the lanes to get legs spinning. Need to get into some 3 and 4+ hour rides ASAP. Hmmm....maybe this weekend.

This year, I'm entered for the TransWales in August and the D2D solo in OCt. Maybe this Pines Niterider 12 thing in APril...if I can be ready in time. It's certainly in the diary. And I'll try and get a Merida or two in before TransWales. Not sold on 24hr solo event yet. Abbot and Bogus were insane for the Strathpuffer me thinks (much respect is due though) - but I fancy a 24hr as a two man team. Let's see if Rone and I can't get our fingers out and get something entered - should be fun.

Here's hoping we get the summer we deserve after last year's washout and that I actally get on the bike for longer than an hour in the next few weeks :).

Tom

Sunday 10 February 2008

Bison Superman video Newnham 2007

Bison, probably contributing to his frame cracking ...

Thursday 7 February 2008

Adventure race pic


Here is my pic from the start of the D&W adventure race 1, amazingly I managed to screw the start up going the wrong way out of the event centre. Angus did well though - 2nd, while I was stuck with 10th.
Hard climb start though just to get the map! There are more pics over at www.sleepmonsters.com and a write up http://sleepmonsters.com/racereport.php?race_id=5305

Wednesday 6 February 2008

Pitbikers 2008


The pitbikers are in turmoil, not seen bison for weeks since he and angus did the strathpuffer... tom is on holiday building up for the trans-wales.


Had a good xmas run with several nice rides though, almost worth being called pitbiker now ...