What an excellent weekend! Driving up to Slimbridge in the pouring raid hearing flood warnings on the radio filled us with a certain foreboding, but it was great! Real proper mud, a sprinkle of rain, some excellent biking (but not too much!), brilliant company and excess food as usual! My new cranks fared very well,… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Skiing & Biking
Cracked Crank
Last Sunday I was doing some interval training on my turbo trainer when I noticed a nasty mechanical clicking sound from somewhere around my bottom bracket. It sounded just like a cracked bearing, so I borrowed a crank extractor, took the cranks off, only to find that my BB bearings were absolutely smooth, no sign… Read more »
Speeding again
Something of a result yesterday. On the same run as on my previous attempt, I clocked 125km/h (that’s 78mph). Skis were Stöckli GS 166cm (i.e. short, not particularly stable) on fairly hard-packed piste. Given a better opportunity, run and equipment, it would be pretty straightforward to do better than that. Today was an astounding powder… Read more »
Speeding in Engelberg
I was skiing in Engelberg with Fraser, Jamie and Paul last week. An excellent trip – we were so lucky with the conditions. Two weeks ago there wasn’t much snow at all, yet here we were at the end of the season with fresh powder, sunshine and an empty resort (aside from the zillions of… Read more »