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Had a great day cycling with a mate

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Today I met up with a friend that I have been chatting to on the net for year and years… But till today, never got around to meeting up. It was great to get to meet you at long last Mark.

While he was here, both both had good look around Stamford. When he first got here, we went to Marks & Spencer to get some food. Then after that we went cycle to Burghley House. Then we cycled to Tallington to watch some train go nice on the ECML. Then after that we did some more cycling around the place. Before cycling back to Stamford, where we stopped at The Tobie Norris, we were hopping to get there, but did not start food service till 6pm. So we just had a nice drink and chat there, before going to Ask, which was lucky doing food. Big thanks to Mark, for picking up the bill. I will make sure I pay the next time. Then after the meal, we cycled around for a bit longer before he got the train back down to London town. So thanks once again to Mark for a fun filled day.

If you want to see the full cycle we did. Here is the map from the cycle :).

Cycling gear

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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/

Just done my weekly shopping with my bike again :)

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Well pleased with myself, just down my weekly shopping on my bike, for the second week in a row :). So saved around £2.78 going by google. So in just two weeks I have saved £5.56. It may not sound much, but it will soon add up very fast indeed. This time I also worked out how much weight I had in each pannier on the way back. In the right one I had 7 kg and in the left 5 kg. So 12 kg in total, which you do really notice when going up hills.

Here all the statistics for the cycle:-

  • Time: 1:07:11 (h:m:s).
  • Avg Speed: 13.3 mph.
  • Max Speed: 31 mph.
  • Elevation Gain: 122 metres.
  • Elevation Loss: 123 metres.
  • Min Elevation: 27 metres.
  • Max Elevation: 57 metres.

Longest cycle so far this year (40 miles)…

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Well pleased with myself, just done my first 40 mile cycle of the year. I was aiming to do 40 miles on Sunday, but I paused my GPS to go into a shop, but forgot to restart it. So I was not fully sure how many miles I had done, so by the time I had added on the section, the GPS did not have the data for, I was short by just 1.11 miles.

So I had to make up for it…. Now my next goal is a 50 mile cycle before the month is out :).

Cycle statistics:-

  • Time: 3:05:12 (h:m:s).
  • Distance: 40.18 miles.
  • Calories: 1,802.
  • Avg Speed: 13.0 mph.
  • Max Speed: 29.3 mph.
  • Elevation Gain: 359 metres.
  • Min Elevation: 44 metres.
  • Max Elevation: 165 metres.

Did my weekly shopping using me bike :)

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I did my weekly shopping using just my bike today. Which may not sound very good at all, but when you take into account, it’s a 14.88 mile round trip. With a good number of hills in between my village and Stamford. Getting there is nice and easy since I had no extra weight on my bike to worry about. On the way back I did notice it just a wee bit. Bt after doing the end2end cycle the weight was nothing at all. I had at least 3 times that when doing that cycle. I used my Arkel XM45 Extreme Mountain Touring Panniers that I got for doing the end2nd cycle. Going by google I saved around £2.78, which is not bad at all. So well pleased with that. It would will soon add up.

Here all the statistics for the cycle:-

  • Time: 1:06:18 (h:m:s).
  • Distance: 14.88 miles.
  • Avg Speed: 13.5 mph.
  • Max Speed: 28.4 mph.
  • Elevation Gain: 122 metres.
  • Elevation Loss: 123 metres.
  • Min Elevation: 27 metres.
  • Max Elevation: 57 metres.

Just set another personal best…

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Yesterday I just set another best on the bike, just done the most miles I have ever done in any February, well since 2003. Then I started to keep a full record of how many miles I am doing.  So far I have done 127.9 miles, beating my record that I set in 2009. I also have done the longest cycle of the end so far… I did 38.03 miles, in other words more miles in one day, than I did in the whole of February last year.

The cycle was to Rutland Water, were I meet up with a good mate called Rich, then we both cycled around it. Then after I cycled back home. Calling in a nice pub on the way back with Rich, who drove there.

So I am also well on the way to doing 1,00 miles, which I have to do by mid-April. Done 483.5, so leaving 516.5 more to go…

483.5

Wednesday – 5th January 2011

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I went out my first cycle of the year, I only did 11.84 miles. But hey it’s start, so only 4,988.16 more to go… till I get to this years goal of 5,000 miles.

In other news now got 83 fans on Facebook! Still to become my fan? What are you waiting for?? Do it now at www.facebook.com/gordonval. It’s a great way to see what I am doing via my status updates and of course of you can comment back 🙂

Tuesday – 14th December 2010

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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 🙂

Monday – 15th November 2010

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Well pleased with myself, after today’s cycle, I can now say I have done 1,003.4 more miles than I did last year 🙂 The years total now stands at 3,689 miles. So who knows, I may make it up to 4,000 miles before the year is out 🙂

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