January over

Well January is now over, Training wise it went fine, plenty of long slow miles,,, The last couple of weeks the weather was a pain in the arse, My last 4 rides I have got soaked, Also got snowed on twice
I have dropped 3 KG's since crimbo, So well on track for a total loss of about 12kgs for the gran fondo campag mid June

On Thursday 15th feb it's all change, It will be my last day working for the bank, And i will fly to Cape Town in the evening for the wedding on Sunday,,,, Rest assured i will be trying my hardest to get a free upgrade from the airline, last time i used the line"were off to get married" it worked a treat!!!!
The divorce was messy but flying 1st class was a right fuckin touch!!.

I had planned to get my 1st sowing of the year done before i headed off,,,, But the cunts at Thompson and Morgan are so fucking slow at dispatching orders i had to cancel my order, They managed to take the money from my card in 2 minutes,,, but posting 2kgs of seed potatoes within 4 weeks was to much of a challenge for them,,,,,,,,, gardeners beware Thompson and Morgan are fucking shit!!!

On a brighter note i have done about 250kms on my new bike(look 595) So far so good, It feels very stiff and pretty responsive, looking forward to taking it to France in March, I will be able to report how it feels on longer rides with plenty of climbing and fast descending, It fit's into a bike case no problem.

Hopefully my next post will be from SA.

Bangin tune!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH7C8cr10KA

Feb brings many changes for RTS

Axel Mercx and Saul Rasin, couldn't believe it when we dropped them, Saul put in a dig, But he just couldnt handle the pace, Tugboat and Andy 35st between them, are no match for a couple of out of shape pros,
Axel took the picture, saul was in the huff after we dropped him, So refused to have his picture taken with us.






February is looking like a real month of change for Ronniethescot

Newlywed
New bike, Look 595
New job, large city law firm
Honeymoon in Hermanis SA
New lawn, and the new tatties are getting planted next weekend
And a new addiction to painkillers, due to a wisdom tooth making me suffer like a fat bastard on alpe d'huez in the middle of summer!!

I will get a photo of the new bike up over the weekend,,,,,, And it does fit in a bike case before you ask.

So far i have signed up for 2 Gran fondo's
http://www.felicegimondi.it/welcome.html
http://www.granfondocampagnolo.it/

Not been out on the bike much this week, been busy working, plus loads to do around the house

Have a good weekend

Ronniethescot

Love this

Cracking ride

Distance kms 93kms
Ave speed 22.9kph
Duration 4hr 41mins
Cals burned 3673
Ascent 1180metres
ave heart rate 153 bpm
ave cadence 75 rpm
ave temp 6 c
min temp 0
punctures 0
pain au choc 0
cadburys picnic
can of diet coke 2
cramp wee bit right thigh
left 8-22am
returned 1.03pm

Really good ride today, pretty much the same route as last Saturday, done Westerham hill instead of Brasted, Lovely crisp winters day with no wind, not much mud on the roads, good group of 6 guys, no punctures, no moaning and no shooting off the front, Upped my cadence a bit, also nudged up the ave speed a bit, all in all a cracking ride.

Only 1 photo today, burgh beech reservoir Kent in the back-ground





YEAH YEAH I fucking wish!!!

Foot of duex alpes July 06

Its been a good week (so far)

So far so good, i should clock up over 300kms this week, I have cycled to/from work 3 times this week 45kmx3 =135 all on the fixie, I'm starting to really enjoy riding the fixie. No polar sensors on it, been trying to pick up a speed and cadence sensor of ebay no joy yet, If anybody has a speed+cadence sensor for s-series polar HRM get in touch


Going out early on Saturday with a few friends from Dulwichparagon 90-100kms, I'm going to work on my cadence try and getting it up a few RPM, I'm still only putting in the slow miles, feeling good for it.

Sunday i plan to head down to the Surrey hills on my own for 80-90kms, avec mp3 I have stuck loads of music on to my Ipod, mostly 90's indie stuff that i havent listened to in ages, stone roses, definitely maybe, parklife, all change, moseley shoals etc etc, Plus a couple of new albums, Razorlight,Jamie T,Klaxons, Tokyo police club.

My cycling calender is filling up fast, so far

• March 6 days cycling/training around Nice, watching the last 2 stages of Paris-Nice
• May Gran fondo felice Gimondi
• June Gran fondo campag
• July cycling/watching TDF in the Alps
• August Cycling/holiday South of France? avec wife
  
  Will try and take a couple of pictures this weekend when out riding
  
  Have a good weekend
  
  Ronniethescot

I'm back

Saturday 20th

Good long slow ride today, I was out with the dulwichparagon splinter cell, Pissing down as we set off this soon eased but returned just in time to soak us as we climbed brasted, The ride included the joys of Woldingham,Ide, and Brasted, Not really hills,,,I only call it a hill if i have to drop down from the big ring,

Ride facts

Distance kms 92kms
Ave speed 21.5kph
Duration 5hr 11mins
Cals burned 3954
Ascent 1180metres
ave heart rate 151 bpm
ave cadence 71 rpm
punctures 1
pain au choc 1
cadburys picnic 1
1/2 can of diet coke 1
wet arsehole 1