getting my ships in position

Nice

Been gooing over Ritte bikes this afternoon, saw a couple at the supercross last week, nice. Dont be fooled though, its a US company. check them out here

If You Show Off the Milk, Who's Gonna Buy the Cow?

Have you heard of this band? Discovered them yesterday, and they seem pretty awesome. Bit like Mogwai post rocky outfit form Norway. And they have the best band name of all time, The Samuel Jackson 5! and my current favourite song is titled 'if you show off the milk who is gonna buy the cow?' check out their website for tracks

End of Season blues

Apologies of lack of posts of late, just returned from much needed break in the sunshine. Ibiza countryside to be precise, highlight included a spot of mountain biking, haven't touched a mountain bike since i was about 16, but really enjoyed it. Terrain was super technical, very rocky, sandy, but enjoyed it, its thrown me a little bit i was all set to get a CX bike next year but may change for mountain bike and enjoy riding off road once more. In other news i'm pretty blue the season is over to be honest. That said i do love autumn/winter gear, time to get as many miles in before xmas and reunite my love affair with defeet. Season summary: My odometer is reading 2500km since beginning of year, not including commuting or turbo sessions, i've gone through two helmets, two sets of glasses lost, and one arm warmer torn to shreads. Highlight was obviously the étape but only in hindsight not at the time. also really enjoyed the club time trial, wanna do more of that next year, seeing chris froome nail his tt's for the most part this year, inspired me that you can be a climber and fast. Philippe Gilbert (one of my favourite riders to watch) is world champion! Embrocation and turbo sessions are just round the corner, time start planning next years goals.

giro empire shoe

just seen these empire shoes from giro, featuring...laces. i particularly love the all black version. just make sure you tie em in double knots.

looks like they have similar uppers and soles to my pair of trans

Lon-cam-Lon: 166km: 29km/hr avr

we didnt stop for long in cambridge, so my knowledge of the place is about where it was beforehand, a place littered with bookish types in knitwear sporting tans that definitely didnt come from se england. yeah yeah whatever. As the season winds down, was nice way to get an endurance ride in. My mind is already thinking about better winter training and which events to enter next year. season round up to follow shortly.

Serenity

Hutchinson Serenity from fortiche studio on Vimeo.

Lovely video, for Hutchinsons new puncture proof tyre, no tube, no air! only time will tell as to whether the world is ready.