Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
With one week to go until the Dyfi Enduro, we had planned a pre-event ride around the course as part of our training schedule. We didn’t quite do the whole distance as we missed out the bits on the road, instead starting and ending at the ClimachX car park. The course does change a little...
Don’t want to scare anyone, but there is just one week to go until the Dyfi Enduro! Am I the only one feeling completely unprepared for it? I know my training schedule has had some set backs due to unexpected hospital visits and Morgan’s first week at school. I’m still not 100%, but I’ve done...
I know I got all excited about Morgan’s progress on his new bike and even posted a video of him, but as a proud father that’s excusable.. However, I think it’ll be a while before he can ride a bike like the guy (Danny Macaskill) in this video. Even if you know nothing about bikes,...
The sun was shining once again here in West Wales so Ivor was in full force in the estuary this morning and I had a nice windsurf session first thing and then we went out for a family bike ride along part of the Ystwyth Trail. The idea was to get Morgan out on his...
We bought Morgan his first ever proper bike on Monday. Nothing special, just a bike from Halfords that is slightly too big, but the next size down was too small and he would have grown out of it petty quickly, so we though one that he could grow into would be better. I don’t know...
Well, after signing up to the Dyfi Enduro a few weeks ago I had intended to do some training for it, get a little fitter on the bike and maybe loose some weight in the process. The plan was to do at least 3 rides a week, a couple of swims, maybe some ‘core-exercises’ such...
As you may know, I’ve already posted a blog entry here asking what I was letting myself in for with the Mawddach Goldrush mountain bike ‘race’. That post has received a few comments and has been making me look forward to the event in a couple of weeks time, even if it is with a...
Before I start I should point out that I’m an enthusiastic amateur so this is by no means a professional test or review. Also, this is my first full-suspension mountain bike so I’m not making comparisons to any other models here. My previous mountain bike was a hardtail, a Specialized Rockhopper, so I will be...
Readers of my diary entries on Forces-of-Nature will realise that I’ve been out mountain-biking quite a bit recently. I generally ride one night a week with a small group of other local mountain-bikers all of whom have tubeless set-ups and don’t seem to get any punctures. I didn’t think there was any need to ‘go...
I knew it!… If I spent some money on some new toys something else would break requiring more expense. I’ve been needing some new tyres for a while so I took the plunge and used my £5 voucher from Wiggle to buy some new Continental Mountain King tyres for my bike (a bargain at £15.99...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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