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After ride feel good

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Wigginton Village Store

Wigginton Village Store

I’d forgotten how much I enjoy cycling through those villages on the edge of York Haxby, Wigginton, Shipton and Skelton. This morning they were bathed in sunshine in a gentler world – just a few miles out of the city centre.

I was on new pedals – the ones that my also new cycling shoes clip into. By all accounts, falling off is not unusual on the first few rides because you forget to disengage your feet before stopping. I didn’t fall off – this time – and so I’m bathing in a little bit of after ride glory.

Shimano SPD cycling shoes

SPD cycling shoes and pedals

It was a short ride today – just 12 miles – but I must keep it up as the better weather approaches. There will be a fund a raising ride again this summer. My thoughts are towards the Coast to Coast, probably over three days. I just hope it doesn’t rain as it did last year in the Yorkshire Dales.

Harrogate Stray to be opened up to cyclists

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BBC NEWS | England | North Yorkshire | Stray to be opened up to cyclists

Harrogate Stray

Harrogate Stray

So common sense has prevailed in Harrogate. Cyclists will soon be allowed to use a number of footpaths across this extensive area of grass that encompasses a good part of the town centre.

Some thanks must go to the Cyclists Touring Club for their high profile campaign

Good move.

Cycling on The Stray – your support needed

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A campaign from the Cycling Tourist Club

The Stray

The Stray

Harrogate is the birthplace of CTC and members in the area would like you to support their campaign to get rid of an ancient bye-law banning cycling anywhere on the Stray, the 200 acres of green space in the heart of the town. The Council is holding a public consultation on proposals to permit cycling on a few key paths which are essential to complete the local cycle network, but opposition to any change on the Stray is strong.

Online responses to the consultation are urgently needed from cyclists who have a connection to Harrogate to support the Council’s proposals. The deadline is 15th December. For more details visit www.wheel-easy.org.uk

Press button to change

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www.cyclingnews.com – fitness and training information
fitness logoThere are only 3 motivating factors that change human behavior; pain, fear or ambition. Which button do you want to press?

This is the last thought in a long technical article about fitness and cycling. Well worth a read – skip over the technical terms if you don’t know what they mean – there’s a lot in there about attitude to fitness and exercise that applies more widely to human life even if you never mount a bike.

The end of the road

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The end of the road

Originally uploaded by Dawnriser

Here’s the bike computer at the end of my ride. I’m back in
Grassington and completed 110 miles since leaving here yesterday. I’ve
also climbed the equivalent of two and a bit Ben Nevis’s.
I feel good and apart from the odd light shower it’s been fine from
Malham.
I must put in a word of thanks to my bike. Not a puncture or a squeak
all the way round.
Thank you everyone who donated to sponsor this ride on behalf of
Palestinian Young People coming to the Riding Lights Theatre Summer
School next month. There’s still time to donate. The site remains
active for some time yet. www.help.co.uk/ridingbike