Here we are. North-Eastern Tasmania at Evandale attending the National Penny Farthing Championships once more. I decided I would like to ride in the Grand Parade this year and so needed to get the trike there. What better way than to ride it?
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Week #50. 2018. Nearly there.
My 2018 Challenge to Self (ride 100k a week or 5,200k in the year) is coming along really well. I will have to press on next week though as after that it’s close to the Christmas / New Year period when not too much riding can be fitted in.
Continue reading “Week #50. 2018. Nearly there.”Week #48. 2018. Still managing the weather.
A successful week but mainly retracing wheel ruts often discussed in these pages. The main thing is I am happy to have had another good week distance-wise and am closing in on my 2018 challenge to self of cycling 5,200 kilometers in the year.
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This was not a great week for cycling as the weather played up with rain and wind and general coolness. Who would have thought summer officially starts in just over a week!
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I emailed the organisers a couple of weeks ago asking if recumbents were OK. No reply. This week the ride was getting closer so I downloaded the route information and the rules and regs. In the rules and regs it became clear that recumbents are only allowed to enter the 45k ride. So that’s what I did.
Continue reading “Week #46. 2018. Sally’s Ride”Week #46, 2018. Challenges, Challenges galore.
The Cycle365 website hosts a variety of cycle related Challenges. So at the moment I am tackling my personal challenge of riding 5,200 kilometers by 31st December as well as Coffeeneuring and the November “Do something for your Community” challenge. Luckily they sort of slot together by completing multi-purpose rides!
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Week #43 – 2018. Plus Coffeeneuring #3
Sadly, some people dump rubbish by the roadside. The council’s are doing more to clean up and I do a little by picking up bottles to prevent glass from being spread about. I just wish the minority who dump would think before they throw.
