Author: Vintage Steel
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Popping Out For Some Crisp Sea Air
The plan was to go to bed by 9pm. Plans are meant to be broken, right? Well, this time I was determined to prep the bike and make sure all my stuff was ready for a fast, I mean with absolutely no faffing, get-away. The car was ready for collection from the garage where I’d…
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Soho – A Short Story Of Dentistry And Money
I never liked the dentist! Submissively lying back, mouth open, whilst someone pokes their nitrile-gloved hands around your teeth and gums, pulling back your lips, investigating every nook and cranny under an intense spotlight. “You ok?” she’ll say as you suffer the big guns of metal surgical tools prodding under the gum line and into…
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How To Restore A V1 Wahoo Kickr
Now, if I could source those parts, we may be able to rebuild her cap’n…
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The Arrival Of A Broken Wahoo Kickr
A club mate of mine, who is a superb human being, offered to let me have an old broken, Wahoo Kickr he had lying around, almost as an ‘If you can fix that old pile of crap you can keep it’ type of challenge. It was a red rag to a bull……
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How To Captain A Zwift Team Of Strangers
I’d been the captain of my cycling club’s B category Zwift racing team for two seasons. This season I was being asked to run a new C cat team of riders recruited online…
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A Loop Of The UK’s Côte d’Azur
There’s a feeling that’s hard to pin down when you go for a relaxed ride along the beach on a balmy summer evening. It’s kind of magical and serene…
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Full On – The Urban Hill Climb Race
Swains Pain, as some in London affectionately call it, is a murderously tough, short, and in places very steep, stretch of tarmac that cuts through Highgate Cemetery, where many rich and famous have their final resting place. It’s also a place of pilgrimage for London based cyclists to come and hone their hill climbing abilities.
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The Awesome “Moonrakers & Sunseekers” 2021: Audax UK
I’m late to the review party for the 2021 event, but having had such a great time, and the event being so well organised by Will and his crew, I feel bound to tell the story…
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Return Of The Zwift – Back On The Gain Train
The return to indoor cycling after enjoying a sweltering summer outdoors.
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Getting To Know One Of The Death Machines
My encounter with a vertical milling machine in the hope I’m able to develop my ability to make and repair bike parts!