If you watched my webcam show between the hours of 6:00pm and 10:40pm GMT. You will know that people voted, that I had to wear the same wetsuit till 10:00pm. It’s the longest time, I wore a wetsuit so far this year. Something very hot being told I have to keep it on. After keeping it on for so long, the best way to wash it, was to get in the shower while still wearing it! Which in turn made for some great photos.

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I had fun out on my bike today, doing what is only my fourth cycle of the month. By now should have at least done maybe 8 to 10 of them.  At least I am fast catching up with the miles, I want to have done by the end of the month. Including today’s ride, I have now done 105.7 miles this month. So only need to do another 113.5 to make my goal of 220 miles. Which is the number of miles I did in February last year.

I have heard people saying that snow is coming back to areas of the UK this weekend, just hope they are wrong!! Can’t be doing with snow getting in the way of me wanting to get out cycling again.

I will now leave you with the route map, elevation graph and route statistics.

Route map:-

Elevation graph:-

Route statistics:-

  • Distance: 23.06 miles.
  • Time: 2:01:15 (h:m:s).
  • Avg Speed: 11.4 mph.
  • Max Speed: 28.4 mph.
  • Elevation Gain: 295 meters.

Data from: Garmin Connect.

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Well pleased with myself, just done my first 40+ mile cycle of the year :) . But I am still way behind on miles this month. Due to all the snow and ice only been out twice. So have just 14 days, to another 180 miles. If the weather stays nice, should be easy to get that done!

I will now leave you with the route map, elevation graph and route statistics.

Route map:-

Elevation graph:-

Route statistics:-

  • Distance: 40.22 miles.
  • Time: 3:13:21 (h:m:s).
  • Avg Speed: 12.5 mph.
  • Max Speed: 29.3 mph.
  • Elevation Gain: 296 meters.

Data from: Garmin Connect.

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I was cold today, even in the house. So I had to find a way to warm up. Maybe a wetsuit and helmet was a bit over the top, but hey it worked. So I don’t care!!

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After having my neoprene sleepsack for the last week or so. At long last I got to try it out!!

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I am sure by now, you are bored of cycling gear photos. So here are some of me wearing leather instead :) .

RST Pro Series 1 Piece Leather SuitRST Pro Series 1 Piece Leather Suit

Oh and please comment and rate these photos!! It makes me feel all warm and happy indeed when you do!

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Just posted some photos from my last two cycles. Sorry they are no lycra photos in this set, I am wearing it under everything else if that helps!

Winter cycling gearWinter cycling gearWinter cycling gear

Please comment and rate these photos!!

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Below are the top three most looked at photos on this website during January.

Number 1 (250 views)

Number 2 (152 views)

Number 3 (137 views)

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Here are my cycling statistics for January. I am off to a flying start. Done the most miles I have ever done in January and set a new record for the longest cycle in January.

So far my yearly stands at 400.91 miles, which is very good since we are only one month into the new year. Total miles since April 2003 is now at 22,007.1.

Here is the data from January 2012.

Total cycles: 19.
Total Distance: 400.91 miles.
Total Time: 32:33:12 (h:m:s).
Avg Speed: 12.3 mph.
Max Time: 3:04:26 (h:m:s).
Max Speed: 29.2 mph.
Avg Distance: 21.10 miles.
Max Distance: 36.26 miles.

Data from: Garmin Connect.

Here are my favourite cycling photos from the month

Winter cycling gearLycra cycling gearLycra cycling gearWinter cycling gearWinter cycling gear

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Happy days I did my longest cycle of the year so far. I did 30.60 miles. I was hoping to do more, but my front light died on me. I normally have extra batteries on me. I looked everywhere in my cycling bag and could not find them. I even took the batteries out of my camera in the hope they would work. For some reason they did not work. Ready for the next cycle, I need to make sure I have extra AA batteries in my cycling bag again.

I will leave you with cycling statistics from the cycle.

  • Distance: 30.60 miles.
  • Time: 2:37:34 (h:m:s).
  • Avg Speed: 11.7 mph.
  • Max Speed: 27.6 mph.
  • Elevation Gain: 301 meters.

Data from: Garmin Connect.

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