One of my favourite things about #cycling in #London is making folk smile with surprise high-5s for anybody hailing buses and taxis

@ianwalker The safety of matching urban traffic speeds is leading me towards de-restricting for the school run.

@_julietelliott If you use TrainingPeaks you could schedule it into your program. This may just be me but I hate to see missed workouts go red in my training diary.

@iwanticecream3 @mkpaa It’s a Hamax Siesta, which reclines for snoozing on the move. Because my copilot is not into sleep deprivation.

@mkpaa 🤷🏼‍♂️ He’s just my onboard coach, personal motivator and flapjack facilitator.

I just uploaded “DF Reel 23 Rough Cut” to #Vimeo:

@RussellGowers @AntoniaRForster @AdobeAero I didn’t realise they meant typographic trolling

@thisisgrace Peak DOMS is 24-48 hours later. You may still be walking like John Wayne tomorrow. It gets milder as your body gets familiar with an exercise. Part of me likes to change it up so I get ‘rewarding’ crippling DOMS again and part of me likes being able to actually ride the next day!

@apyatez The better my winter kit the longer I can avoid the turbo!

Another good race last weekend, with a third place. I need just two more points to retain my ranking. I’m hoping to win those at today’s race and then I can switch focus to off-season training. That’ll mean a bit less saddle time and a bit more gym time.…

I did a win. Full send with one lap to go. A few tried to follow but it stuck and I crossed the line with a tidy gap. The legs are gradually returning after a challenging year - only 35W down on ‘21 now. There are only a handful of races left but probab…

@Josephineperry The concept that our perception of suffering is tied to how our expectation matches reality. Closing that gap through experience. Matthew Syed’s Bounce and the growth mindset has also changed my approach and heavily influenced the values I try to teach my son.

How long before I can’t keep up with him?

@rogerha @thinkslowly

@apyatez I don’t get enough time to ride it, let alone clean it.

@FatherHilarious Oh yes. I do these things deliberately to make for interesting blogs. Honest 🥴 Thanks for being so good natured about it!

@EdinNightRide That’s me. Some things never change.