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Read all abaht it!
The news story based on the interview I had on Monday has appeared! See Keith takes up a cycle challenge for charity
The print article contains the most cheesey of the photographs but the text is excellent. Jessica has constructed a coherent conversation from my ramblings on the phone. I never actually said the words she ascribes to me but they ( Read more... ) -
Problems with uploading photos.
Any bright sparks out there able to suggest why Livejournal can't handle photographs. "Unable to resize down" or some such error. I tried using Vista's facilities to make the picture web page compatible.
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Fundraising Update
!*!"£$ Livejournal! I had created a perfectly good post, previewed it, spell-checked it and then posted it and it came out !^%$£*** EMPTY! So now I have to start again (or for American readers-start over).
Most of the activity since my last post has been on the fund-raising front. The weather, my birthday and taking part in a concert rather ruled ( Read more... ) -
My bike is reborn!
I picked up my bike last night and its go nice shiny things all over it! I have a Shimano HG50-9 cassette with a range of 11-32, but I can't find out what the other 7 are and a 48/36/26 chainset. Shifters and mechs are the Deore range. When I rode it last night the most noticeable improvement was to the brakes, new blocks make such a diference.
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We're on
My registration has been accepted so fund-raising starts in earnest. The wideget will take you to my online donations page.
My third ride on Thursday showed that the click was not a stiff link but my freewheel mechanism breaking down. More and more often the pedals would turn and deliver no power-not a nice feeling. I decided that it was time to ( Read more... ) -
Second training run
I'm not intending to blog for every training run but at the moment each run teaches me something so it's worth recording it.
The first learning point is that cycling is much more pleasant when the sun is shining! I actually felt the warmth of the sun on my legs when I stopped at the Bay this morning!
The second is that the denizens of Cardiff are ( Read more... ) -
First Training Run
The recommended training schedule is 3 15 mile rides on alternate days and a 30 mile ride at the weekend. yrieithydd has offered to be my training partner on the weekend rides but fitting them in between our various church commitments and keeping the allotment going will be tricky!
We decided that we should count this weekend as a standard day and leave the ( Read more... ) -
Preparations
I've attempted to adjust my saddle following Emperor's comments yesterday and my reading of Sheldon Brown's article. It became apparent that my saddle is too low, set too far back relative to the saddle post and is pointing below the horizontal. Unfortunately the saddle post has become stuck in the frame and treating it with WD40 has had no effect. The ( Read more... ) -
A Decision
I am quite concerned about the weight issue so rather than just trying to diet and contemplating the radical step of coming off the hormone implants I have decided to do a sponsored bike ride of around 250 miles over 5 days from Holyhead to Cardiff on the Lon Las. I need to start training now as there is only 12 weeks from next Wednesday before the ( Read more... )
