Recent content by Gubbe

My first "off" was couple of weeks back on slippy leaves. Scuffed frame, grazed arm and leg plus wounded pride.

An ode to skidding Ice and grit and mud and puke, You better brake and take a look. Sand and wood and cobblestones, Are lurking there to break your bones. Manholes, leaves and slimy worms, Give high-speed skids on real hards terms.

Ice Mud Puke Sand Wood Worms Leaves Acorns Tree roots Pine cones Cobblestones I'll stop in and watch TV with LeighPing.

Sounds awfull, I'll add cobbles to my "look out" list as we have a few cobbled street where I live,

I'm compiling the ultimate skid list... Ice Mud Puke Wood Acorns Tree roots Pine cones The puke story from Wicky was a first for me. If there are any other unexpected dangers lurking out there please add them with your story.

Since autumn is upon us and the leaves are falling on wet roads and tracks, please take care. Yesterday evening I had my first cycling accident on well-used cycle track that makes a sharp turn. As I entered the bend on the track I hit a film of mushed-up leaves. Despite my low speed (15 km/h)...

Some of the stuff looks good or cheap. Too bad ALDI UK does not deliver outside the UK (e.g.Sweden). Does anyone have any tips on getting around this?

This is all a bit too techy for me. I have no idea about the accuracy of the pulse measurements on sports bands. However, last year a Swedish sudy found major errors in calculations by activity watches/bands. With an error of between 20 and 50 percent when it came to energy consumption. Dr...

"Throttling down and back to the pub each night isn't going to help much.." It would be interesting to know how long or how far it would take to burn of a pint.;)

It's about eight years since I last ran regularly and frankly all attempts since have been painful or knackering. I just hope that the buzz I get from my daily 60 minute e-cycle ride is more than that. I hope that 60 mins will boost my health without the pain and floods of sweat - or an just...

As an overweight, middle-aged man I was amazed to read this in today's Guardian: "PublicHealthEngland (PHE) said 41% of the 15.3 million English adults aged 40 to 60 walk less than 10 minutes continuously each month at a brisk pace of at least 3mph. Health leaders believe that 10 minutes’...

Thanks for all the suggestions.

Yep, the whole of county Uppland is flat which also means it can very be windy. There's only one steep hill in Uppsala up to the castle/university library that I have the pleasure of cycling up and down on my way to work. I'm usure of the type of light I have but I know is that it will not be...

It all depends on the type of winter. I'm no stoic, so cycling 50 mins at anything below -10C is out as is forcing at track though deep snow. That said Uppsala winters have temperature that hover around -5 to +2 and studded winter tyres are standard kit for both cars and bikes. The biggest...