That'll teach me!

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Oopsie :-)

heh ;-) It'll improve surprisingly quickly the more you get
out and about cycling again.

Cheers, helen s

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Oopsie :-)

heh ;-) It'll improve surprisingly quickly the more you
get out and about cycling again.

Cheers, helen s

Yeah I know, but I think I'll have to cut something out of
my route for a little while. Maybe the big hill, although
there's a definite sense of achievement when I'm finally up
it - and then there's a gradual drop so it's quite nice. On
the way back again, said hill is my 'reward' and I remember
why I cycled up it in the first place!

I feel a lot better though, it's true what they say -
exercise is good for you, and not just in the normal getting
fitter way. I feel more cheerful and know I'll get a decent
night's sleep!

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I'm a bit of a summer cyclist really - I don't like the
winter at all, and so today was the first day I cycled
again since about September.

I had a little route all sorted out for myself last Summer
which I liked doing... of course, I didn't consider the
fact that I haven't done

anything

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for a while... when I got back to the house, my legs were
seizing up and

I

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could only take little steps! Add to that my hands -
locked in position from holding the handlebars, I did try
to move them around a bit too...

Oopsie :-)

You see that's the Great Cycling God getting his own back
for you not worshipping him through the winter months.

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I had a little route all sorted out for myself last Summer
which I liked doing... of course, I didn't consider the
fact that I haven't done anything for a while... when I got
back to the house, my legs were seizing up and I could only
take little steps!

See? If only you'd kept going through the winter you'd have
no such problems ;-)

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I'm a bit of a summer cyclist really - I don't like the
winter at all,

and

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

so today was the first day I cycled again since about
September.

I had a little route all sorted out for myself last
Summer which I liked doing... of course, I didn't
consider the fact that I haven't done

anything

Quoted message said:

for a while... when I got back to the house, my legs
were seizing up

and

Quoted message said:

I

Quoted message said:

could only take little steps! Add to that my hands -
locked in position from holding the handlebars, I did
try to move them around a bit too...

Oopsie :-)

You see that's the Great Cycling God getting his own back
for you not worshipping him through the winter months.

Believe me, I have learnt my lesson!

Although in my defence I don't have any proper warm cycling
clothes etc I might have to invest in some...

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Sprite said:

Believe me, I have learnt my lesson!

Although in my defence I don't have any proper warm
cycling clothes etc I might have to invest in some...

It takes a certain amount of commitment to go out in the
winter when your instincts and sig. others are telling you
not to. All winter I did a couple of 1 hour rides each on an
evening, with lights of course, and a longer, 2-3 hours on a
weekend. No where near as much as I do in the summer but it
keeps me ticking over. Now is a good time to look for the
bargain winter clothes.

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Although in my defence I don't have any proper warm
cycling clothes etc I might have to invest in some...

I managed to get a fair amount of cycling in over the winter
months - at least 2-3 circuits of 25+ miles and the odd
evening 10 miler. It's hasn't been especially cold and the
winter cycling shirts and jacket that I bought from Aldi
proved to be sufficient for most of the trips. There was
only once when i felt cold and that was at the end of the
day, the sun had dropped and the airteperature plummeted.

Last week I was out in the dales camping and I will admit to
using B&B in Richmond when Wednedays projected
evening/nightime temperatures would have challenged the
insulation of the lightweight sleeping bag that I had with
me. Had a glorious time seeing and hearing lapwings for the
first time in ages, being woken up by a woodpecker at
05:45, seeing stunning views of Wharfedale, Littondale,
BishopDale, Wensleydale and Swaledale and having a long
soak in the bath in Richmond.

Geeting back to the clothing...do keep a look out for the
'specials' from Aldi, Lidle and Netto. The cycle and running
clothing will not set the fashion world alight but it's
exceptional value with good performance on the
wicking/warmth front.

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It takes a certain amount of commitment to go out in the
winter when your instincts and sig. others are telling
you not to.

Oh, the battles I had with myself over the issues of
whether to have an evening ride or not....I usulally
elected to stay in :-)

All winter I did a couple

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of 1 hour rides each on an evening, with lights of course,
and a longer,

2-3

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hours on a weekend. No where near as much as I do in the
summer but it

keeps

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me ticking over. Now is a good time to look for the
bargain winter

clothes.

I've had some great rides over tha past month or so. The
winter clothing range for Aldi appear October/Nov I think
though I've seen adverts in the cycling comics for last
year's styles though the bargains seem to be getting thin on
the ground.