morning everyone

it christmas eve, it the start of the strava 500, so it going to be a cycling holiday ho ho ho, look what santa got you, pain in the legs,
yesterday i went out with the ctc nice pace, sat in 42 19 all day, anything else and i would of been 1/2 mile up the road before them, nice route richard shame about the pace,
ok today i am going out on the bike, see you when i get back,
time to put out the bins,

up early

my sleep routiene is little bit out today bam autism, fell asleep to early last night, but hey it sunday,
the ctc are going out but there going with the wind in the morning and coming back in to the wind in the afternoon, thats writing the club run 6 months before before the run for you,
i have put in a blog on the ctc website, it not up yet, think it needs to be mob before they put it up, so now i will have 2 blogs 1 twitter and my strava, the world is watching

xmas day

on xmas day i am going out for a short ride, just worked out a route, it will be around the ring road, i dont mind using the ring road, but i bet on xmas day it will be quiet, i will keep a car count as i ride around.
next door is having my to lunch, so i will need to be back early, wash get dressed, get there presies ready (all in hand, wraped and waiting)

tesco`s

there was no cycling today only went out on ,y shopping bike with my trailer on the rear to restck my cupboards, went to tesco`s, was very busy in store it was like the end of the world was just around the corner (if you believe in mayan 21/12/12) at the check out the vocher tesco sent me was invalid felt bit embarrassed, hope tesco will put this right rode 5 mile across to there store, spent loads of money there,

wet wet wet

went out with the oldie today, 5 turned up, 1 turned for home as it was bit to wet for him so it was 4 on the run, nice slow ride, about after a miles i was so wet, so dropped it in bottom gear to put some heat in the legs, and i stayed in the low gears all day,
think as it a week before xmas drivers need to think on the way they drive, saw to many bad drivers today, all silly things stopping on box junctions, saw 1 driver driving without lights it was pissing down and i pointed it to him and all i got was a wave back, it the second switch on the right sir that will put on your side lights so other road users can see you sir,

old cyclist

it a lovely day here today bit on the cold side and little bit grey but it dry that is good,
i will be going out with the old cyclists today, ok there bit on the slow side but it nice to ride with them lisnering to there stories, hearing there moanings, it always starts with, When i was a boy, or In the old days,
i will try and get some photos of the group, this will comfuse them a phone that takes photos and you can upload straight to the net, lates time i took a photo with them, it was, when you get home can you send a copy to me via, email, i can send it right now, oh thats good, the phone is on google so everything is on the phone, google you got that wrong, 

@shrewsburyjcp

here is the personality test
haha thats funny, i am autistic and this is 100% wrong

You're a people person, and have a very clear sense of humour. That positive energy will help those around you cope in stressful situations. In addition, that attitude will net you many friends wherever you work.

Your fun nature and good communication skills will help you greatly in vocations within hospitality and tourism.

rant

things did not right today, things went did pete tong as they say, did not go out on the bike today only to town and back, may sit on the turbo for a bit, the ctc tomorrow are not going far, 1/2 hour down the road, so i may go out by my self get a good ride in,
talking of the ctc just reading cycle news from ctc shrewsbury, it made me laugh.
1, HEAD IN THE CLOUDS, the ctc head office has produced a strategy for the next 8 years, if you can make head or tails of the high speak language you are better person than your editor,

what the F- if the ctc has work to make a strategy why is the news letter written by the your club running down this strategy, it there to make cycling safer, and aid the club.

2, THE VIEW FROM THE BACK, also in a larger group please do not leave all the responsillity of the ride to the leader, the leader can`t always be aware of who is at the back of the group and how far behind they are, we all have different abilities and ride at at different speeds so it would help the leader.

the club runs only run at 12mph max, this way all riders should be able to ride at this speed, as a rider that can AV 20mph for 12 hours, this is slow for me, i would like to see the club runs ride at around 16mph this way you can see more of the countryside, i would love to have a group that way you could do a real club run covering say a 100 miles in a day without all this stopping, if the ctc shrewsbury did this i think it would get in more racing lads, and younger riders, a club run based on a racing club run,

wet start

it raining here today it going to be a ride ride for me it only going to be a short ride today got a appointment at lunchtime,

nice seen louise win at the national trophy yesterday boy she is one ell of a strong rider, nice lady to but strong one more to go louise, 5 out of 6 wins at the moment

@strava

i will be doing the 500kilometer on strave over the xmas week, just worked it out it 311 miles over 7 days thats about 45 miles a day, go kick start to the new year

lovely day

just back in from the national trophy cyclocross, did my bit for my sport marshalling, if you like the sport why dont you return something back to your sport most events will need marshalls,
nice to see loads of juniors in the event that go to see, the sport needs juniors,
good day out thanks dave mellor you must of spent some time working on the course,
it was a icy start to the day the ground was bit wet but lovely for the riders not to heavy just wet,

i am ready

today i would say is a big day for town and local cycle racing, national trophy cyclocross is coming to town. i have said i will help marshall, so there no cycling today for me. will see if i can take a few photos there be on my twitter page (watch this space)

wet start

just got home from a nice ride, at the start the heavens was pouring down, went out in full waterproofs, as soon as the ride started after a couple of miles the sky went blue, i was like i was in the kettle, a short 32 miles ride, it was nice to sit on A roads and B roads, not like the ctc runs that dont go anywhere near A roads and they dont go near some B roads,
route was nice and the pace was nice AV 13mph,
and the thing i loved that they did not stop after 10 miles for a banana brake that is one thing i can not get on with and if i had my own way the ctc runs would not stop for a banana brake, first stop would be the cafe for 11`s and the other thing i like about this saturday group is 9.30 means 9.30 not like the sunday ctc runs 9.30 means 10am that is 6 miles not covered at 12 mph, never mind,
not riding tomorrow, cyclocross is in town, and i have offered my help, yes @davemellorscycles i will be down there at 9am, got my flou yellow coat ready and woolly hat,

wet today

went out today to meet the old cyclists but no one was out think it was to wet or i may have got the week wrong, came home and did my washing, so all my cycling gear is drying, hope it will be dry for tomorrow, i love this one, if you fancy a bed for the nigh,t here a free hotel for you hotal for free

brass monkeys

it cold outside, it well below freezing point, frozen bottle, went to meet the ctc there was 6 out, that was the shortest club run i ever seen 100 meters, so i went out by my self got a good 20 miles in, main roads are ok, busy B roads were ok, riding stubbed tyres i turned off the busy B roads and did a few miles over the oaks,
do not know and i can not see why these riders do not get a set of studded tyres as the machine they ride can take a 35mm tyre, easy,
i look at it like this, it a bit safer to have a set of tyres to be able to hold the road in this kind of weather, ok you pay for them (price and rolling drag) and that what i think is why you dont see the ctc rider riding them PRICE PUT YOUR HANDS IN YOUR POCKETS

cold today

it was B-cold today glad i took the ice bike out, loads of ice on the back lanes, no problems with schwalbe stubbed tyres, did 26 miles with old cyclist, slow and easy ride, the pub that they had planned to have lucnh in was fully booked, so they went to the premier inn if your a cyclist i would not enter these places, small meals i ment very small meals and bit on the price side to,

there was 5 out, yes 5, it must of been under 0c today bottle froze up, so there some oldies out there that are hard,

woops

woops i forgot i had this blogger page,

from now on it will try to write down things on here, try to do it daily,
so here gose,

today it was bloody cold, tuesday the ctc group meet, normally it a slow run, but as it was there xmas dinner, i through i go out for half a day as i had a appointment with my disability adviser in the job centre in the afternoon,
took the fixed out as the roads where still bit icy, not to bad, rolled down to the meeting point, 15 minutes before there set time, waited and waited and waited, 10am went and still no one turned up, so the ctc do not ride when it cold,
so i came home, had a plan, i will make a stew, as i had everything i needed, it was lovely and it made 2 more meals so it in the freezer,
tomorrow i will be going out with the OAP`S yes a nice social ride with the old ones, 20 miles out i would say, ok it alway is a bottom gear job,
it be the same, 1 hour of complaining about carbon and why chains do not last, 23mm tyres now thats a inch you need 1" and 1/4, michelin world tour good tyres dont you know, but we all get old one day,
and it make me laugh that one word as you are thinking do i honk or sit on this hill, do i force a gap to make room, or try and ride up at there pace, them it STOPPING, sh1t not here, please not here, COMING THROUGH MIDDLE that me, DID HE HEAR ME was it the left or the right he deaf on