w00hoo_kent
One of the 64K
- Location
- Maidstone or Greenwich
Hi all,
Ended up here following a link from a different forum I'm on posted by someone who's on here too. I've been looking for a reasonably active and friendly cycling forum for a bit (well, a year, but not very avidly) and figure this might be it.
Probably a fairly standard path, I cycled around loads as a kid/teenager then did little more than own a bike through my 20's/30's and have got back in to it in my 40's. Initially it was a mix of necessity (the 2012 Olympics made my commute near impossible without cycling) and a wish to get fitter. Now it's just kind of what I do, and a speculative entry in to the 2014 Ride London Surrey 100 means it's something I figure I should do a bit better if I'm to finish and be happy.
The fitness side has worked, I'm probably fitter now than I've ever been, including my teen years. Although I'm still a bit of a lump.
Bike wise I started back with a second hand hardtail mongoose which I mucked about with a bit to make it more road friendly and then had stolen from where I worked. That was replaced with a cycle to work scheme purchase of a Specialized Sirrus Elite Disc and with the Ride London entry that has now been supplemented with another cycle to work scheme Cannondale Synapse Disc. I ride both fairly equally although the Sirrus is about to get a full drivetrain replacement to make up for the first 3500 miles wear and me not replacing the chain quickly enough.
Most of my riding is commuting, I live near Maidstone in Kent and drive to near the M25 with the bike in the boot, then cycle in the last bit. I have a few preferred parking points leaving me with a 16 mile, 12 mile or 7 mile ride in. I'm mostly doing the 16 mile ride with occasional 12 milers, the 7 mile ride is my 'I've been ill/I need to be home really early' option. I tend to commute by bike 4 days a week and ride in any weather all year round motivating myself by it being 'how I get to work'.
Aside from that I ride for leisure/training for the Ride London back monkey in the area around the North Downs, and down in to the Weald of Kent. Almost all of my cycling is solo aside from trips out with my wife who I've infected with the cycling bug. These have been sedate trips round rides like the Viking Trail, although a recent Croix de Fer purchase on her side of things means those might step up a bit this year.
I guess I'm hoping to be able to chat bicycle stuff with people, maybe pick some brains, that sort of thing.
Ended up here following a link from a different forum I'm on posted by someone who's on here too. I've been looking for a reasonably active and friendly cycling forum for a bit (well, a year, but not very avidly) and figure this might be it.
Probably a fairly standard path, I cycled around loads as a kid/teenager then did little more than own a bike through my 20's/30's and have got back in to it in my 40's. Initially it was a mix of necessity (the 2012 Olympics made my commute near impossible without cycling) and a wish to get fitter. Now it's just kind of what I do, and a speculative entry in to the 2014 Ride London Surrey 100 means it's something I figure I should do a bit better if I'm to finish and be happy.
The fitness side has worked, I'm probably fitter now than I've ever been, including my teen years. Although I'm still a bit of a lump.
Bike wise I started back with a second hand hardtail mongoose which I mucked about with a bit to make it more road friendly and then had stolen from where I worked. That was replaced with a cycle to work scheme purchase of a Specialized Sirrus Elite Disc and with the Ride London entry that has now been supplemented with another cycle to work scheme Cannondale Synapse Disc. I ride both fairly equally although the Sirrus is about to get a full drivetrain replacement to make up for the first 3500 miles wear and me not replacing the chain quickly enough.
Most of my riding is commuting, I live near Maidstone in Kent and drive to near the M25 with the bike in the boot, then cycle in the last bit. I have a few preferred parking points leaving me with a 16 mile, 12 mile or 7 mile ride in. I'm mostly doing the 16 mile ride with occasional 12 milers, the 7 mile ride is my 'I've been ill/I need to be home really early' option. I tend to commute by bike 4 days a week and ride in any weather all year round motivating myself by it being 'how I get to work'.
Aside from that I ride for leisure/training for the Ride London back monkey in the area around the North Downs, and down in to the Weald of Kent. Almost all of my cycling is solo aside from trips out with my wife who I've infected with the cycling bug. These have been sedate trips round rides like the Viking Trail, although a recent Croix de Fer purchase on her side of things means those might step up a bit this year.
I guess I'm hoping to be able to chat bicycle stuff with people, maybe pick some brains, that sort of thing.
I hope you like it round here.
