There are eight of us who meet in Peckham on a Saturday night in July. We wind our way through the hot streets to London Fields for 8pm. There are hundreds of cyclists milling around outside the pub, yelling their location into their phones, checking their tyres or checking out the bikes. Then we cycleContinue reading “Riding the Dunwich Dynamo”
Category Archives: Cycling
December BHAG update: this is the end
Throughout the first couple of weeks of December I keep up a steady pattern and plug away with the commute ride, so by the time the days of the year are dwindling, the end is in sight. The sales started early, so I bought myself some new gear to help with the final push (ifContinue reading “December BHAG update: this is the end”
November cycling BHAG update
This is the month when I thought I would get to the home straight. The 11th round. The weather was good – mild, sunny often – but it’s not over. Not by a long shot. I tried some city rides at the start of the month to build up the miles, cycling from home over BlackheathContinue reading “November cycling BHAG update”
October cycling BHAG update
It’s starting to get dark earlier; 7:30, 7, 6:30 so that now it’s dark when I leave work, not just when I arrive. Sometimes I find cycling at night dull; there’s a flatness to the city, a literal lack of light and shade. But there are some good rides in the dark, when it’s notContinue reading “October cycling BHAG update”
Red lights and rushing
The people who can’t stop at red lights aren’t happy – they don’t have the psychological resources to be themselves, so they’re infected with this anxiety, this, “I’ve got to get going.” – Patrick Field, in Bella Bathurst’s The Bicycle Book
September cycling BHAG update
No riding for the first two weeks as the Canadienne is visiting, and there are too many other plans. She is surprised it’s Autumn here, but at the start of the month, it really is. Coolness nips at the edges of the days and a sort of regal mustiness is settling over Greenwich park as theContinue reading “September cycling BHAG update”
August cycling BHAG update
August has been a funny month; the weather seemed unsure of itself, sunny in patches, damp often and generally grey and cool. There’s a golden edge coming to the leaves already, and the people on the streets seem unsure of things: a man in a t-shirt, a girl in a mac, someone else walking pastContinue reading “August cycling BHAG update”
July Cycling BHAG Update
July is supposed to be midsummer, but here in England it’s not so sure; the weather is sketchy, blowy and cool, the sun fleeting. Sasha has fixed the troubles with his road bike – fitting hand built wheels with strong spokes in place of the good-looking but fragile stock ones – so we tend toContinue reading “July Cycling BHAG Update”
June Cycling BHAG update
Finally. I have broken the 200 mile barrier. 208 miles in total this month, thanks mostly to cycling from London to Brighton for the British Heart foundation. In preparation for it, early in the month I cycled to my Mum’s in Hayward’s Heath to scope out the route, a fun 38 miles that takes meContinue reading “June Cycling BHAG update”
London to Brighton update
Just a quick one: thanks to everyone who sponsored me on the ride. I and the rest of Team Dennis survived, making the ride in about 5 hours (4 hours 30 mins, cycling, one 30 minute break). Managed the Ditchling Beacon, too! We raised about £1,100 for the British Heart Foundation. Not a bad day’sContinue reading “London to Brighton update”
The Wired Jester 