@taffthomas
Retired CIO/CTO Full-time cyclist Musician-Bass|Guitar|Keyboards|Violin Fed up with populist politics Kidney Cancer Survivor #Cycling #Bass #Running #LogicPro #Zwift #TPVirtual #Rouvy https://actionkidneycancer.org/ https://www.strava.com/athletes/1108518
Nice to have been able to say hello to @philgaimon.bsky.social today (I assume this is his handle).
One of the more honest youtubers with good content (his book’s good as well)
youtube.com/@worstretire...
He’s over here in The Alpes (I guess where he belongs)
Fred Whitton 2025 completed yesterday #cycling
It's an awesome route with #hardknott pass right 160km into the ride 😀
Stunning views all the way round
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Beautiful day #cycling up to Ribblehead viaduct then down to Hawes and then up over the Top 100 #FleetMoss climb back to Ilkley. It's the 1st time I've done it from the #Hawes side
Bit headwindy but all in all a great ride
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Shaunna from Addingham is living with incurable stage 4 breast cancer and has recently completed 12-months of aggressive treatment. She will be heading to the Himalayas to climb Lobuche Peak and run the Everest Marathon next month raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support.
A couple of instances over the years but it's one of those "man bites dog" news items i.e. you rarely hear it when a driver kills somebody (because of the frequency), but when a cyclist does it's all over the press
Chris Boardman and other responses are in here
www.bikeradar.com/news/cyclist...
Sadly this means going back to having cameras front and back whilst #cycling for me
Not that I ride dangerously. I can imagine more random reporting of #cyclists
Having evidence will help
For balance I understand fixing legislation despite occurrences being rare
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Excellent ride out today to Askham Richard!
Got a decent PR into a headwind at 266w
#Cycling mojo still in tact 🤪
I'm now going to opt for 160mm cranks to see if it improves my cadence and seated climbing
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Nice #cycling up Great Dun Fell
Very windy!!
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Nice bit of #cycling this morning before going up Great Dun Fell tomorrow (weather permitting)
Tea on the Green at Bolton Abbey is such a nice cafe
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Some sort of normal #cycling service has been resumed, but I still think I'm recovering a bit
I'll maybe try a longer one if the weather's fine tomorrow, but fed up of this relentless wind we've been having
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Liege Bastogne Liege #cycling route done today
260km and just under 4600m of climbing
We decided to use the 2023 pro route
Much better stats (power, speed and heart rate) than my 2022 effort
So progress!!!
Cracking weather as well
#Belgium is underrated
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A little bit of Liege Bastogne Liege #cycling today to test things out
Just the last loop to check it out
Let's hope for warmer weather!
The photos will only mean something to me as they're pretty poor, but there are some nice houses over here
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Doing recovery rides since my longer one on Saturday
Tapering before the main event on Friday (or Saturday) this week
Starting to ramp up the #cycling now and getting the fitness back to where it needs to be
I can recommend this btw, good for us #cyclists
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Long ride out today #cycling into a headwind on the way
Good to test out some real endurance kms!
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My eldest on the radio
#EmmaTea
at about 1hr 46mins
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Or pick it up on YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDjO...
I'd personally like to thank the massive Oompa loompa for taking out a slice of our pension whilst playing with tariffs
He must be running the advanced Liz Truss financial play book
Let's hope this only lasts as long as a lettuce
Once person should't have the power to cause so much harm
Garmin and Whoop
Both about the same. It's not way off, I'm just tired and had a heavy'ish night last night even though the beers were zeros :)
Strange #cycling today. For some reason I just couldn’t get my heart rate up so just took it steady
I’ll put it down to tired legs
But still, lovely day for it
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Great ride yesterday over to Settle, although it was tough #cycling back in a headwind
Good to be back in shorts and short sleeves!!
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This is worth two minutes of your time.
Thanks for sharing
It's just a shame the US legal system wasn't brave enough to follow up on Trump's convictions in the same way
Seven Ilkley businesses are in the finals of the Muddy Stilettos Awards 2025.
Long'ish #cycling over the weekend over to York
Hideous headwind on the way back but we managed to keep a reasonable pace
Felt pretty broken when I got back
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Decent #cycling push up #Rouvy - Col du Télégraphe
I was about 3 mins faster than my previous effort in January and about 25w higher and 9 bpm lower. So I guess that's progress!
Time for more endurance!
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Back in the saddle #cycling in the UK
Sad to be home but the weather's getting better
A gentle ride today to #Prologue in #Harrogate and the Specialized Store just to gaze at bikes I don't need, but want 🤪
Managed a #xert bronze breakthrough which was encouraging
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Final day's #cycling in #Mallorca
My turn for a PR on Coll De Sa Creueta today. I suspect aided by a bit of a tailwind, but who cares it all counts!!
But it wss up to the Petrol Station again before hand
Back again soon!!
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#cycling up Cap De Formentor
Jane got another PR on Coll De Sa Creueta
One more day then home 😪
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A recovery type day today. Jane got her PR up Coll De Sa Crueta on this morning's ride
I also added some zone 2 #cycling in the afternoon
Very strong winds in #Mallorca
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Decent full on day today. Bit of everything #cycling #running #swimming
Up to the petrol station in #Mallorca (IYKYK) with Jane.
Steady ride in perfect weather followed by a 5k run & 1.5k swim
Nice to not be chasing watts
I wish life could be like this everyday 🤪
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All of yesterday’s #cycling in 1 ride today
Quite pleased with my effort up Coll De Sa Crueta. I wasn’t going for a time but got close to my PB without too high a bpm. So I guess I’ve lost weight since last year
I also did a 5k run in the morning and a short 1k swim
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