It’s been a whole year since my first ever time trial, the 9 mile circuit hosted by both Rhyl Cycling Club and VC Melyd. Today I rode the same course, on the same bike. How did I do?
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Joining a cycling club – reflections one year later.
It’s been a whole year since I first made contact with my local cycling club (Rhyl) by joining them for their annual New Year’s Day time trial. I dabbled with a few more time trials but to be honest I’m still skeptical enough to not be interested in spending loads of money on a ridiculous [...]
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My bike stands upright at the start line, held in the vice-like grip of a marshal, cold and inanimate; a dead machine. Ten seconds… the flesh and blood perched on top listens intently, and prepares mentally for the effort about to be exerted. Three, two, one… an explosive start to get up to speed quickly [...]
READ MORE »New years day Time Trial with Rhyl Cycling Club
It’s usually nice to do something slightly physical on New Years Day isn’t it? After the excesses of Christmas, it’s refreshing to ‘blow the cobwebs away’ and start the year on a positive. I’ve wanted to get involved with a cycling club for a while now, and have lurked around the facebook pages of two [...]
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