It’s Gripped! It’s Sorted! Let’s Off Road!

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Sion recently built up a bit of a cyclocross bike and has been riding some dirt tracks on his own, yesterday I went out with him for a shred. No lycra, no energy drinks, no mountain bikes, just a couple of dudes on bikes enjoying the Gower countryside. My Fairdale Weekender has pretty big tyres so ...

Posted in Riding
On 02/05/2013
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Good Ride Down Memory Lane on Good Friday, Good

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Today is Good Friday, the sun was shining and I had the day off work so went for a ride up the River Tawe back to my old stomping ground. I recently remembered about a well hidden place that I had skated a few times about 18 years ago, back then I wasn't very good ...

Posted in Riding
On 29/03/2013
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A Short Road Ride, Jolly Good

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I went out with Sion and Beynon on Saturday for a bit of a spin on the road bike, we've all been very slack recently so kept it short, less than 30 miles. I wanted to go further but those guys were like a couple of wieners and were all crying like... "Owwwwwww my legs!" and ...

Posted in Riding, Road
On 06/02/2013
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Fixed Mag Photos Including Outtakes

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I totally forgot to post the few additional photos that weren't used in my fixed mag article, you can buy the issue here. Sion, Evs and myself headed into the Brecon Beacons for an hour or so, the weather was moody and just right to snap some decent shots. Evs getting his skid on in my favourite ...

Posted in Fixed, Photography, Riding
On 09/01/2013
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Not Rapha, Not Festive, Not 500

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I've not ridden my road bike for almost 3 months, I got out of the routine and just haven't bothered to slip into my gimp outfit and go out for a right royal whipping. On Saturday I went out with my brother's friend James and his friend Neil, my brother didn't come because he's given himself ...

Posted in Riding, Road
On 08/01/2013
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A Weekend on Betws Mountain

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On Saturday I went out riding with my most newest friend in all the world, Kath. I met her when she bought a bike from my shop a couple of weeks ago and have been threatening her with the mountains for a while. Until this weekend she'd only ridden back and forth to work and uni ...

Posted in Riding, Road
On 15/10/2012
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Climbing with Sion (It’s Pronounced Shaun)

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I love to climb, everyone knows that by now. The more it hurts the more I like it, I sometimes think that maybe I should stop wearing lycra and just get myself a full blown gimp suit for my weekend jaunts into the mountains, I may even remove my saddle and just go with the ...

Posted in Riding, Road
On 01/10/2012
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Fifty Shades of Gradient

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He pulled on his skimpy lycra shorts, they hugged his firm buttocks and accentuated his colossal thighs, he had not done this for five weeks and a shiver shot up his spine, he trembled with excitement. Although he hadn't longed for his mistress and didn't even know why they hadn't met in this time he ...

Posted in Riding, Road
On 24/09/2012
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Allergy plus Grit equals Stingy Nettles and a Swollen Throat

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Yesterday I went out with Sam from Urban Cyclery and Nick from Exist Skatepark, it was chaos. I popped a sachet of energy/electrolyte powder into my water bottle and we headed straight for one of my favourite climbs. I rode up it with no more or less effort than normal but I felt a bit of ...

Posted in Riding, Road
On 30/07/2012
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Secret Knowledge of the (Gower) Backroads

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Road cycling on the Gower Peninsula doesn’t have to be all slow moving traffic, bushes and not much else. Take the backroads…

Posted in Riding, Road
On 25/06/2012
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