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Posts about cycling and mountain biking from the perspective of an older cyclist. And with some posts about running and parkrun.

Cycling report for January

February 8, 2014 by Clive Leave a Comment

Looking out the window at rainy scene

Well, it’s been a slow start to cycling for me in 2014. Most of the early part of this year has seen wet and windy weather for Horsham and Sussex

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Cycling plans for 2014

December 23, 2013 by Clive Leave a Comment

It’s almost the end of another year and I’ve been thinking about my cycling objectives and plans for 2014. I’m not sure that I have anything radical planned (in fact, I don’t) but I find it useful to set a few objectives so that I’m more motivated in January.

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InstaMapper is back!

November 25, 2013 by Clive 1 Comment

Late last year, the InstaMapper GPS tracking service closed down. At that time, it seemed that the service had closed for good but now a new development team have taken over and… InstaMapper is back!

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Cycled 1300 miles in 2013

October 29, 2013 by Clive Leave a Comment

Over the last few years, I’ve set myself a cycling target of 1200 miles for each year. However, this year, I’ve reached 1300 miles and it’s not even November yet!

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Using Strava to record and track cycle rides

August 19, 2013 by Clive Leave a Comment

Strava logo

I’ve been using Strava and its Android app to record/track my cycle rides over the last two weeks and it’s made its way into my cycle ride apps list.

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A Life Without Limits by Chrissie Wellington

I have to confess that I didn’t know anything about Chrissie Wellington, the four-times Ironman World Champion, before reading this book. But, what a story!

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Great British Bike Rides

This is a great book for discovering rides and planning cycle trips in the UK. It describes 40 fantastic road routes from Southern England to Scotland. It’s one of my favourite books.

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South West Mountain Biking – Quantocks, Exmoor, Dartmoor

South West Mountain Biking is a brilliant little book that describes 26 mountain bike rides, between 10 km and 30 km, in Dartmoor, Exmoor and the Quantock Hills

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Cycling Days Out: South East England

This is an attractively designed and well thought-out book with a wealth of information about leisure cycling routes in the south east of England, including Kent, Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire.

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South East Mountain Biking: North & South Downs

A compact and nicely designed guide to some of the best off-road mountain biking routes in the South East of England.

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