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  Cycling for fitness reasons has long been a great reason for dragging that rusty lump of metal out of the bicycle storage shed (where it was put years ago with the promise to get it out soon).  So what exactly are the benefits? It will keep you younger, and I don’t just mean physically [...]

Part of the problem of cycling pains comes down to getting the right bike fitting, and a big part of that is getting the saddle height right.  And you have probably heard that you should be sat on the bike with your knee slightly bent at the bottom of the stroke.  But there is a [...]

Yesterday I went out for an early morning ride, expecting it to be cold, and after a while wished that I hadn’t put on cycling tights as well as shorts.  First time this year.  But if it’s at last starting to get warm enough for me to stop wrapping up (I only avoided heavy leg-wear [...]

Moving up to Clitheroe I know that there is one big thing I have to face.  Actually there are a few big things. Hills. Show someone from Milton Keynes those hills and they’d probably think them mountains, but really they are just hills.  Honest.  So I wanted to shift my training rides for the next [...]

It’s just gone really cold.  Very unpleasant, and I don’t like the cold.  Bit of a wimp you see. I never used to be.  I would get up in the mornings and cycle to college with leather jacket on, even in the depths of winter. But these days I seem to feel the cold more. [...]

Road bike cycling is great for all over fitness, but what happens when you have a pretty good level of fitness perhaps because of previous activity, or because you have spent quite a bit of time losing weight and getting fitter? Here are some ideas you can try…none of them pleasant, but effective all the [...]

I came back the other day from my mum and dad’s house.  I hadn’t been that way before, but I knew that it was that little bit further away. On the other hand I also knew that it was quite a bit flatter than my usual landscape, apart from the last bit. So as I [...]

It’s been a while since I dared jump on the scales, what with holidays and the like.  In fact the last time I had a weigh day to track my progress on my own journey to lose weight cycling was 27th August.  Anyway, not to worry. I seem to have carelessly lost just over another [...]

Delayed onset muscle soreness is one of those things that you have to live with if you do exercise. In basic terms, the tightness in the muscles a day or so after doing something which makes your muscles tired is as a result of inflamation. There are various theories about why it happens, and I [...]

Part two of my post about mens cycling jerseys deals with the wonderfully exciting world of Giordana cycling jerseys.(note that this link takes you to the Giordana site where you can design your own kit, that I refer to later on…www.myteamgiordana.co.uk) Just bringing to mind the important points I made last time, any cycling jersey [...]