Happy Anniversary Charmin
Charmin has been living with my parents for five (5) years today. It is impossible to think of a more purrfect cat for them. His day starts around 4am when …
Bicycle number plates demanded to stop rogue riders
As a cyclist I have no issue at all with the article in The Times saying that cyclists should wear identification similar to car number plates to help curb misbehaviour, …
Warm Showers
The Warm Showers Community is a free worldwide hospitality exchange for touring cyclists. People who are willing to host touring cyclists sign up and provide their contact information, and may …
LifeBeam’s heart-rate monitoring cycling helmet is ready for your commute
OK this is SERIOUSLY tempting! The LifeBeam Helmet comes with a better sensor that cribs tech from the company’s military aerospace systems that are used to monitor fighter pilots and …
Road Bike (Video)
This is a timelapse video of what I call my ‘core’ ride: a 28km cycle through Almerimar, past the golf course and rowing lake, up towards Guardias Viejas, along the …
Revamped lorry designs could avoid hundreds of cycling deaths
Excellent article (news) in The Guardian today as a study by a team at Loughborough has concluded that to increase safety for cyclists lorries should have longer cabs, rounded noses …
Mountain Bike (Video)
I haven’t been exactly prolific with the Go Pro Hero 3 or indeed the Corratec X-Vert Motion 2013 off road bike, but I have settled on a circuit through the …
Longest Ride Yet
Longest ride yet: 53.75km, 1,068 calories, average temperature 31.6 degrees! Check out the details below. ShareTweetShare0 Shares
Raleigh Relaunching Chopper
Never had one as a child, was a scrambler (off road) biker, and of course an iconic three geared Raleigh Racer for ‘best’. Apparently they sold 1.5million between 1969 and …
Sponsored Bike Ride: 13th October 2014
I recently agreed to do a sponsored bike ride to raise awareness of the plight of the Galgo Español. I had always planned to do some sponsored biked rises once …
Europe by bike – in 1933
On the 1st August 1933 Marion Littler began a four-week bicycle tour of Europe with her father. The Telegraph have some excellent excerpts from her touching and fascinating travel diary. …
Google Maps for mobile now helps bikers avoid steep hills
Google Maps now has new features for cyclists which include routes based on elevation so you can avoid any strenuous climbs and there’s a tool to compare different itineraries based …
New Personal Best
Did a new PB on my Cube Peloton Pro Compact Road Bike 2013 yesterday. My first recorded ride on the bike was on the 15th February: 18.02km in 55min 23secs. …
Cycling On Sand
In theory the fact that we live by a nature reserve should make for some good off road cycling but at the moment I am struggling because it is so …
Vitus Bikes Mach 3 City Bike 2013
Bought Sands a new bike recently, a Vitus Bikes Mach 3 City Bike 2013 from, you guessed, www.chainreactioncycles.com So far so good. She is getting used to the thinner tyres, …
Corratec X-Vert Motion 2013
Bought another bike recently from www.chainreactioncycles.com/es/es, a Corratec X-Vert Motion 2013 Specification Featuring RST Gila disc fork, refined over the years, now a benchmark entry to the world of MTB …
Brooks MT21 Multitool
Have been back to a current favourite Web site to purchase the Brooks MT21 Multitool. Apparently over 700 members of the Brooks Community collaborated on the MT21, the multi-tool for …
Pickwick Backpack
I have a new favourite website, www.brooksengland.com having come across them when I recently bought their Pickwick Backpack. They are (so it seems) famous for custom made, classic style, leather …
Future Cycling Goals
So now the First Cycling Goal of 100km in a week has been successfully concluded I need to look at what future goals I need to set (and achieve) in …
100km Week
This week it was time for my First Cycling Goal, to cycle 100km in a week. Given my ‘big idea’ that I am keeping to myself at the moment the …
Fitness Weeks
Read an excellent article in Cycling Plus which looked at 5 different types of training, what they would help you achieve, and why you should introduce all 5 into your …
Cube Peloton Pro Compact Road Bike 2013
I bought a Cube Peloton Pro Compact Road Bike 2013 (Black Anodised – Blue, 62cm (24.5″) 700c) from the highly recommended www.chainreactioncycles.com back in January, and have been really impressed. …
Garmin 220 or TomTom Runner
The Garmin or TomTom debate is on again. Last time the Garmin 510 won and I have been really pleased with it, and with the Garmon Connect application and web …
First Cycling Goal
Have had the bike a couple of months now, but have still only managed to get out on it 8 times! 6 of those since I had the Garmin 510 …
GoPro Hero 3: First Video
Picked up a GoPro Hero 3 at Christmas. No specific reason. I am not exactly into active sports, but I liked the idea of having one and figured it would …
Garmin Connect: First Impressions
A while back I shared my decision on whether to get a Garmin or TomTom for use on the road bike. Today I used the Garmin 510 for the first …
Garmin or TomTom
I have a bit of a dilemma deciding on whether I should go with TomTom or Garmin for a ‘mobile’ GPS system for use primarily on my bike. I am …
Healthier Lifestyle
Anyone that follows me on Twitter (MyAppleStuff) or is a Facebook Friend (almerimarlife) you may have noticed that in the last week I have started to do some (very) light …