Happy New Year everyone!!! Good-bye 2010 and hello 2011! Oh and sorry another plug for my facebook fan page, now got just over 60 fans. Let’s see if we can get that over 100 by the end of this month! Become a fan at www.facebook.com/gordonval.
Since I always get people trying to become my friends on Facebook, I have set-up my own fan page which can be found at www.facebook.com/gordonval. So far, I have just over 40 fans 🙂
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
Job done! Now done just over 4,000 on my bike this year 🙂
Got my bike back at long, last! The service/rebuild come to a total of £277.69. A lot more than I was planning, but at least I have him back now. So that’s the main thing. Can’t wait till tomorrow to take him, out for a spin. Was hoping go out a spin today, which it’s been so cold, not gone above -6C all day. So really hope that Terry Wright Cycles have done a good done in fixing him. Now only got 17.9 miles till I hit the 4,000 mile mark. Only got two miles till I go to Scotland. Would be well pissed off, if I missed 4,000 by just 17.9 miles.
At long last taken my bike to the local bike shop for a much needed service. It’s at least going to need the break break fixing, new back wheel and tire. Also half of the gears don’t work. I can see it costing between £100 to £150 to get it all fixed. Saying that, that’s not too bad, since it’s never had a service in the whole time I’ve had it. Must have done at least 7,000 miles since getting it. Just hope that Terry Wright Cycles do a good job of fixing it. Can’t wait to get it back. Since I now have less than 20 miles to go, then I will have done 4,000 miles this year 🙂
Speaking about just how much my bike needs a service, I list just some of the things that need fixing. Also at the end of the vlog I show off my new lycra UCI World Cup Team skinsuit.
First of all I would like to say a big thank-you to everyone that looked at the new look Killearn on the Web. It’s now the most popular it’s been in years. Think I have just about copied all the information and photos over from the old website. Also been using twitter.com/killearnUK a lot more. With all the snow, don’t think I could have timed the new look website any better. Since people have been checking it out for the latest local school information which I have been posting via twitter. Now I have started working on a cycling page for routes from Killearn, please check it out at https://killearnontheweb.co.uk/transport/information-for-cyclists/.
The rest of the day, I spent just watching TV and doing some other stuff around the house. Before going to work in the evening.
My new UCI World Cup Team skinsuit turned up in the post, that I ordered off eBay last week sometime. Can’t believe just how sexy it, even better it only cost £40, with free P&P. Check out www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/page/search/tags/UCI+world+cup+team+skinsuit to see photos of myself wearing it 🙂 Please feel free to post comments about them!
The main thing I started doing was the long job, of getting my Killearn on the Web site, a much needed new look. I have been meaning to do it for a long time. But it had to be had, since the number of people looking at it at dropped, some times, only getting 10 people a month. When it use to get around 300 every month. So I just hope all the work, pays off! If you could check out the website, and post comments about what you think of it, that would be great! 🙂 If you have any comments about the new look website, please post them here killearnontheweb.co.uk/2010/11/new-killearn-website-here-soon/.