Category Archives: #cycling
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The Thin and the Powerful
Leave a commentDecember 28, 2016 by shortbloke
When physical challenges are hard, but less than essential to survival, motivation can be hard to muster. I have to …
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And so it starts in ernest…..
Leave a commentApril 10, 2016 by shortbloke
We’re now about 4 months away from the biggest ride of most of our lives so far (TB has already …
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Everyone loves a good target.
Leave a commentFebruary 21, 2016 by shortbloke
It’s the season for setting targets it seems. Running The oldest of all targets still stands. After all these years, it’s still …
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The Blokes made me do it.
Leave a commentJanuary 25, 2016 by shortbloke
I’ve got to be honest, the last couple of months of 2015 were not filled with a great deal of …
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The closest of calls
Leave a commentJuly 29, 2015 by shortbloke
Hard. A word that comes close to describing the 2015 Etape du Tour, one of the biggest and most iconic amateur cycling events in the world.
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A small rant….
Leave a commentSeptember 9, 2014 by shortbloke
<START RANT> So I’m back in Cyclo-Commuter-Land for a short while, which is not a bad thing from a fitness …
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A reason why
Leave a commentMay 10, 2014 by shortbloke
A while back TB and I rode out into the heart of the Hertfordshire hinterland. Then we rode back again. …
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The Fast Bloke Choice
Leave a commentApril 21, 2014 by shortbloke
So there I am lying in bed, awake, at 6:00am. It’s cool and windy outside. The bed is warm, soft …
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Man Down
2March 21, 2014 by shortbloke
We got some bad news recently. Very bad. We lost someone. We lost Fast Bloke. There is no accident report. …
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Further, faster, higher (and lighter)
Leave a commentJanuary 13, 2014 by shortbloke
So here we are. 2014. The third year of cycling Blokedom for four Blokes from Enfield (and Barnet). 2014 is …
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