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World Car Free Day Tomorrow (Tuesday 22nd Sept)
I'm actually going to forego my voiture and cycle in to work for once.
I'm not very good at the cycling for actual, tangible, transportation. I tend to ride in giant circles for no sensible reason, to end up where I started, having never dismounted, shopped, taken in a cafe even...
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hhmmm mine's 40 miles .... but it's all motorway
so biking could be a "little" tricky !
It's a paultry 3 miles to work, but I am supposed to have my car with me (company car). We have no washing facilities, and I have to go home every lunchtime to let the dogs out, so that all adds up to a difficult day, and by the afternoon, I have had 3 x 3mile sprints in the same unsuitable clothes, so not that pleasant to be around.
I am hoping to make a radical career change, and get into the bike industry, so that will all change, no one cares about sweaty bike mechanics.
I managed to beat a car that left my village at the same time as me this morning; I start off with a 1/2 mile climb of about 10% straight out of the door, but once on the main road I was flying. I drafted a car for about a mile at over 30mph, until she turned off, and managed to bridge to a van, which I stayed with for another 1/2 mile or so, finally turning off into my road to see the car that overtook me on the hill out of my house, going past about 4 cars back from me...
Next time your up Streatley way, give me a shout. I have started doing my hill repeats on Streatley Hill, that is fairly painful. Last time was 7 x with only the time it takes to get back down to rest!
anyone else going car-free? that doesn't normally?
how far is it to work? knowing you you'll turn it into a metric century or something.
talking of metric centuries i was down your way on sunday visiting my brother-in-law near goring. streatley hill is fun! couldn't quite hit 50 though