davdandy
Senior Member
- Location
- Lowton/Leigh
Hello everyone.
My name is Dave and hit the big Five O last year,and to be honest i had a bad time of it but am over that now.
I started cycling after catching the Wiggins bug and never looked back.My only regret was that i didn't do this years ago.Of course i did as a youngster but once i started work the bike was never used again.
About twenty months ago i bought my roadie,a Cannondale Caad 8 105 and it is my most treasured thing i own.My first few rides killed me,i rode almost 2 miles to a local marina,or boat park if you like and had to stop for 15 minutes to recover before the long haul back home of another 2 miles.
As the year went by the rides got longer.Now i ride anything from 30 to over 50 miles and this year my one big goal is to crack the 100 mark.
Next month i will be doing the Great Manchester Cycle ride,the 52 miler,along with a few others.
About me,well i am married with two young girls aged 9 and 12 and work as a plumber,which i hate with a passion but need to put food on the table.I live in Lowton,next to Leigh and ride mainly through the lanes and roads of Cheshire and our locale.Always on the lookout for other like minded cyclist and have a very very small group on the Leigh-life website,so small it doesn't even count on the Richter scale but hopefully that will improve.
My name is Dave and hit the big Five O last year,and to be honest i had a bad time of it but am over that now.
I started cycling after catching the Wiggins bug and never looked back.My only regret was that i didn't do this years ago.Of course i did as a youngster but once i started work the bike was never used again.
About twenty months ago i bought my roadie,a Cannondale Caad 8 105 and it is my most treasured thing i own.My first few rides killed me,i rode almost 2 miles to a local marina,or boat park if you like and had to stop for 15 minutes to recover before the long haul back home of another 2 miles.
As the year went by the rides got longer.Now i ride anything from 30 to over 50 miles and this year my one big goal is to crack the 100 mark.
Next month i will be doing the Great Manchester Cycle ride,the 52 miler,along with a few others.
About me,well i am married with two young girls aged 9 and 12 and work as a plumber,which i hate with a passion but need to put food on the table.I live in Lowton,next to Leigh and ride mainly through the lanes and roads of Cheshire and our locale.Always on the lookout for other like minded cyclist and have a very very small group on the Leigh-life website,so small it doesn't even count on the Richter scale but hopefully that will improve.
to the mad house!
