Designing new Morvélo products for Spring and Summer has meant that riding time is being squeezed out. I should have seen it coming. I like bikes. I like design. So setting up Morvélo to combine both passions was a winner I naively thought. It has meant I actually spend less time riding now. A temporary [...]
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Taken a little too seriously, although hooked up to a turbo trainer maybe not a bad idea!
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Day 3 kicked off with wheelies…
Tommy V cruised it, fully in control and taking it to the vanishing point…
DAMN HIM!
I was worst at wheelies by far [must practice wheelies].
Next was ‘PURE BLISTERING SPEED’. Bought forward because of impending downpours on Friday.
The course was over 50m from a standing start, on [...]
I actually managed to win the Endo…
And ‘kerb endo’ [no brake]…
[Avoiding front wheel 'Pop-over' is hard!]
Tommy V used his explosive power from a standing start to seriously out-skid us all…
Tomorrow will be Wheelies and Stoppies. Neither are strong disciplines for me, so I can see the other competitors surging ahead.
But there [...]
Not sure what the local council would say or if I could be bothered getting to the one in the middle, so the perfect bike storage solution cont…
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This week we will be having ‘Skills Week’ here at Upgrade Bikes.
Disciplines will be as follows;
Monday – Endo’s: Style is everything. 2nd round – Kerb endo’s [no brake].
Tuesday – Wheelies: Length is everything.
Wednesday – Stoppies: Length is important, style helps.
Thursday – Skids: Length is important, style helps.
Friday – Bunnyhops: [...]
My last few Downslink commutes have been fantastic voyages, learning where to pedal harder and faster to glide over muddy top layer gloop. Free from any and all traffic except perhaps the odd startled dog and walker, blinking and covering their eyes from the Exposure beam.
Last Thursday, I stopped to reprimand my ipod shuffle: you [...]
The Clifford have moved..
Lets recap on how that paned out..
Mrs Clifford = I’d like to move
Mr Clifford = Why
Mrs Clifford = Bigger space, Better schools, Detached(linked), Bigger garden
Mr Clifford = How Much
Mrs Clifford = ££££
Mr Clifford = NO
Mrs Clifford = its 500 meters from Preston Park Cycle Track….
Mr Clifford = WELL, why didn’t [...]
