Cyclists in a café (a Guinness World Record attempt)
The temperature was hovering around zero, and there hung a fog of frozen moisture in the air, forming droplets onContinue Reading
Tag: Cold
Biking Behaviour (part 30): The (un)fair-weather cyclist
Teeth were gritted, loins were girded, questioning raised eyebrow emoji texts from my riding buddy were ignored, and I pedalled out into the breach. We met up, made gallows humour, and resolved to do the local loop and the “see how it is.”
The pain ebbs, flows, and throbs
Complaining, and cycling, are not compatible. I have embarked on bike rides before now of such stupidity and exaggerated ambitionContinue Reading
You are now entering Ribble country
My cycling partner is running late. I fiddle around in the garage and contemplate another cup of coffee, my breath cloudyContinue Reading
A Frenchman is wearing my shades
I can’t be sure, and I have no proof, but I think a Frenchman might be wearing my shades. TheContinue Reading
It’ll all end in tears
Call it what you want – a misjudgment, an amateur mistake, a schoolboy error. It was a cold and torrentiallyContinue Reading
Good old fashioned cold and hungry
February and March is a tricky time as a cyclist. One minute you’ve detected the mere hint of spring inContinue Reading
