Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
We couldn’t really have asked for better conditions, freezing cold, but no wind and glorious sunshine greeted us for the first ever Dyfi Winter Warm-up at the weekend. There were around 300 entrants starting from Corris Craft Centre. As well as myself this included the usual suspects that I ride with each week such as...
Wow, I’ve just realised I’m supposed to be riding in a Mountain Bike ‘Race’ at the weekend – That came around sooner than I was expecting. It’s the Dyfi Enduro Winter Warm Up which is a new event for 2011. It’s a “mini-enduro”, in essence, a lower mileage and a compact version of the proper...
We didn’t do an end of month ride in December as the snow was still deep in the hills, so instead we rescheduled and had a ride a week later around the entire Syfydrin Trail at Nant yr Arian. There was a good turn out too, with 13 riders, including the regulars such as myself,...
My birthday present for my 40th this year was a GoPro HD helmet camera – A small, HD video camera in a rugged, waterproof (to 60m) housing. On paper it doesn’t look like anything too special. Compared to most modern tech-toys and other video cameras it has very few features. Other than recording in HD...
I thought I’d get out for a MTB ride yesterday as I have no time for a night ride this week what with school Christmas Concerts, Beekeeping course and such like. On top of which there is supposed to be more wintery weather on the way so access to the MTB trail in the hills...
My first ride for what seems like ages due to a cold, and it was a night ride with Dave, Pete and John. We started from the War Memorial in Penrhyncoch and decided to head up via Banc y Darren as that was likely to be the least icy route. It was icy in a few...
I Blame Pete for posting on the forums saying: “See you up there later, looks like it might be a calmer one than of late too !!” Because as soon as he posted it yesterday morning it started pouring down and continued to do so almost all day. When we arrived at Angler’s Retreat for...
I think I’m going to sign myself up to do a 12 hour solo Mountain Bike Race – Although it won’t be a ‘race’ for me, just a challenge to try to do it all without too much in the way of stops. I’m not sure which one to go for though so any recommendations...
I’m toying with the idea of doing a 12 hour solo MTB race next year, so though I’d better start doing some slightly longer rides. Up until now, anything over 15 miles was considered a longer ride and I very rarely do a ride that far. So, yesterday I was up at 5am as usual...
The end of October already, which could only mean one thing, the end of month ride was due and this time we were off to Cwmcarn in South Wales, a trail centre I’d never been to. It was a long drive so an early start for me. Up at 5ish, check my e-mails and such...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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