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I hope it keeps good time.

Did the Chippenham flapjack audax with my Dad on Sunday. I hope it still counts as they had a beans on toast stop at 50K which was very welcome in the sub zero conditions.

I would thoroughly recommend it for anyone considering it in the future, I am sure there was less tha 5km on main roads and the rest was on virtually traffic free country lanes. Plus lots of stops for tea, flapjacks of course and beans on toast!

Sorry for not inviting you Dave you've made me feel bad, my only excuse is I saw your "single parent for the weekend" comment on Facebook!

Give us a shout when you are planning your February ride.

Goodbye old friend and partner in grime.

I'm sure Jon will be along shortly to give you the full skinny. However, in the interim, you have me, one of his BD stalkers.

The panniers are those which come as standard with the Xtracycle Freeradical. I guess you can buy them separately, but I suspect some bothcing may be involved, as they're sort of part of the tensioning system for the back end of the bike.

They're not panniers as such, rather they're sort of large slings (with tie-down straps) that you can put other bags into.

More info here: www.xtracycle.com

Since you're in Rochdale, surely a visit to Carradice to see what they can make you is just what's required..!

I really must stop messing about and get an Xtracycle built up....

Here's the road.cc all-weather steed parked up just along from the office… 

...to get out on a decent ride, the weather and varoius DIY obligations have kept me away from the long road rides for what seems like an eternity.

I have kept the training up, at least 10 hours a week, but on either the Fortius or rollers. There's bee lots of high intensity work, and I almost feel that I have improved over the standard trianing I had been doing, but it does lack the passion of actually riding a bike!

Just stuck this story on, more pics to follow in a mo…

Cotic Monster Upgrade

That makes the snow in Manchester look positively limp-wristed.

As I rode in this morning on my winter bike with super wide 25c tyres and a woblly pannier rack, I thought to myself "I bet JRo's riding that Big Dummy with fat tyres through the snow of London."

I'm not at all jealous. Oh no.

Bath might be pretty and gerogian and full of hot springs and that, but do we get snow? do we &$@£*&@£!

This is what we see out of our window. it's a sham of a mockery of a snow covering. That roof below is only white because it actually *is* white.

now here..
http://tinypic.com/useralbum.php?ua=ylvKcSWfxiP2fvk3J%2Fn%2BBA%3D%3D

a combination of wife in ireland and kids at home means that i've missed my last chance for a january ride... and skardy didn't invite me out...

here's hoping that february brings me more joy. and more riding time. and less work, though it seems there's scant chance of that