Maybe I should have joined the modern age years ago and fitted tubeless tyres to my mountain bikes. The reasons that I haven’t are a slight aversion to change, the difficulty and expense of making the change and the fact that around 3 punctures per year are barely inconvenient. I can certainly remember 2 punctureContinue reading “Two downhills, two punctures.”
Category Archives: boat
Spinning those pedals.
I’ve been giving cadence, that is that rate at which I rotate the pedals, a lot of thought recently. It isn’t mountain biking which has brought the matter to my attention but using my pedal powered boat. In the boat it’s not possible, due to the resistance of the water, to spin the pedals atContinue reading “Spinning those pedals.”
Training by boat.
My boat build is officially (almost) finished! When I launched my first incarnation of my home designed, pedal powered boat I’d painted it all nicely. Unfortunately I had to try many different versions of all kinds of parts of the boat so it ended up looking rather battered. After several successful trips, including using aContinue reading “Training by boat.”
A recovery sail.
After 4 days of inactivity with my first cold in around 2 years I was keen to get out today and thought that a trip in my pedal powered boat was the best option. It is definitely less aerobic than a mountain bike ride and there often seems no need to work hard since it’sContinue reading “A recovery sail.”
An hour on the canal.
After an accident during my last mountain bike ride I still have a bruised shoulder. It’s the bone behind the collar bone and by referring to Google I can see it’s called the coracoid process. It was slightly uncomfortable and at this stage I didn’t want to stress the injury further so thought I’d beContinue reading “An hour on the canal.”
All going swimmingly.
I’ve written a few posts about my homemade, pedal powered boat but what I haven’t done is describe the many tribulations along the way. I’ve twice had wheels break on the trolley I use to get the boat to the water. I’ve tried 4 different ways of propelling the boat and, I think, 3 rudders.Continue reading “All going swimmingly.”
A voyage of discovery?
Due to the recent rain I decided not to ride my mountain bike today. I would have got myself and the bike covered in mud just before we go away so I chose to use my pedal powered boat instead. What I’ve noticed about pedalling the boat, which is done from a feet forwards recumbentContinue reading “A voyage of discovery?”
Trying to beat the weather.
I mentioned in my last post that I was hoping for an active week this week. Next week we’re away for a holiday when I won’t do any aerobic activity so I intended to do 3 bike rides and 2 or 3 sessions in my pedal powered boat. Unfortunately, after a glorious warm and dryContinue reading “Trying to beat the weather.”
A longer trip by boat.
I haven’t written about all my pedal powered boat trips but today was a good one. I wanted to get out early before it got too hot but it took me until after 9am to leave home. I pull the boat on wheels for 0.7 miles to reach the canal and am well practiced atContinue reading “A longer trip by boat.”
Boating with my son.
My son Dylan is home for the weekend. He’s always wanted to shoe horses and had to move 270 miles away to do so but he was half way home after a college block so came to see us. He has a kayak and was keen to try the boat. We covered a few milesContinue reading “Boating with my son.”
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