Tag: cycling gear

Done 19,999.5 miles on the bike (since April 2003)

I can’t belive that I have done 19,999.5 miles on the bike, since April 2003. If I had knowing I was only half a mile away from the big 20,000 miles. I would have stayed out on the bike for just a bit longer.  The way I am going I will have beating last years record of 4,001.3 miles by the end of the month. Since I only have to do 561.6 miles before the month is out. Then I have till the end of the year to try to do 1,000 to get up to 5,000 which is my goal by the end of the year.

Oh I am sure you will have worked it out by now, I was doing more Geocaching while out in the bike. I found 6, so bringing my total finds up to 88. Hoping to get that to 100 before the week is out. So just hope that the weather stays nice. Glad that I did not lose anything while out, yesterday I went and lost a set of keys, never lost a set of keys in my life, till now.

I did have some bad luck wile out on the bike, I had not even done 5 miles. When I got a flat tyre but at the least it was the front for once, so did not take to long to fix.

Here are some photos from the cycle:-

Oh and before I go. Did you know this website is in the top 10 cycle blog rankings in the UK? Well it is, and if you don’t believe me check out kimbofo.typepad.com/londoncyclingdiary/2011/08/sneek-peek-of-augusts-cycle-blog-rankings.html. So that is one of the reasons I have been posting so much cycling stuff.

60 mile bike ride and more Geocaching

Today I went a nice 60 mile bike ride. It was great weather again, so wanted to make the most of it. I also did more Geocaching, this time I found 6. So I am well pleased with myself. I was hoping to find 10, but I could not find one and ran out of time to find the other ones. I have now found 51 in total, with 19 of them since Sunday (24th July 2011). Aim is to get that over 100 before the year is out :).

So now on with some of the statistics from the cycle.

  • Distance: 60.24 miles.
  • Time: 4:31:37 (h:m:s).
  • Avg Speed: 13.3 mph.
  • Max Speed: 25.6 mph.
  • Elevation Gain: 485 meters.
  • Elevation Loss: 481 meters
  • Min Elevation: 11 meters.
  • Max Elevation: 164 meters.

I have also done the more miles I have ever done in a single month, well if you don’t count the End to End cycle  month back in August 2009. I have now done 704.7 miles, this month and for the whole year 3,194.9. So the second most miles I have ever done in a single year, only got last years to better.

Here are some photos from the cycle:-

I am feeling better :)

If you follow me on facebook and twitter, you will know I have been feeling a bit crap since Saturday evening. I have some cold/bug thing that is going around. But I am feeling a lot better today, still not 100%. So much better, I got even more photos of myself for you all to look at 🙂

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Hope you all enjoy these new photos. Can’t wait to read what your comments about them!

New cycling gear on the way :)

I have just gone and spent £133.50 on some new cycling gear :). Been after some new gear for a while. So after asking people on facebook what I should get, lots of people said I should get the Rabobank team kit. Also lots of straight lads from work said I should get it. So that will be a first for me, having straight lads telling me what gear to get! Just hope I look half has good in it, as Theo Bos does :).

Agu Rabobank Full Zip Short Sleeve Jersey 2011

Getting it from Wiggle for £66.75.

Agu Rabobank Bibshort 2011

Getting from it Wiggle for £66.75.

Once I get this gear, you will all have lots and lots of new photos to look forward to.

Now done over 1,000 miles on the bike

I have now done 1,040.9 miles of cycling so far this year!! Well pleased with myself, to think my aim was 1,000 miles before the 1st April. Still got another 9 days to go, till then. 1,040.9 may not sound much, it’s like cycling from John O’Groats to Land’s End, with a good number of miles to play with.

So now on to today’s cycle.  I did the longest cycle of the year so far… I did wait for it… 51.7 miles. Even did my best average speed of the year so far, with 13.8 mph.

Here are the statistics from the cycle:-

  • Time: 3:44:30 (h:m:s).
  • Avg Speed: 13.8 mph.
  • Max Speed: 30 mph.
  • Calories: 2,351.
  • Elevation Gain: 510 metres.
  • Elevation Loss: 509 metres.
  • Min Elevation: 43 metres.
  • Max Elevation: 164 metres.

Some extra data from the cycle:-

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Cycling gear

I have just added a new page called cycling gear, under the cycling section. Which lists all of my sexy cycling gear :).

So far it lists the following gear:-

  • Nalini Columbia Highroad Team 2010 jersey and shorts 2010
  • Nike USPS cycling jersey and shorts
  • Pearl Izumi Team Garmin-Chipotle cycling jersey and shorts
  • PBK Team Long Sleeve Skinsuit 2009
  • Stevens Racing Suit
  • Team Discovery cycling jersey and shorts
  • UCI World Cup Team skinsuit

Check it out at www.gordon-valentine.com/cycling/cycling-gear/.