Topless Cycling Totty

Well the title has nothing to do with this post - just wanted to see how many extra readers it attracted - caught you looking!

Wow – it’s autumn time already. Summer has gone and is but a memory. It only seems five minutes since we were still waiting for a spell of glorious hot weather – that’s probably because the thought was still there all the way to September.

My mid-summer curse has continued – I’m sat sitting in the office and its two hours until home time – its gloriously sunny and my mind is focussed on a bike ride – then at less than half an hour to go – the sky darkens and just as home time arrives so does the rain blown in on a howling gale that was a gentle breeze all day long.

So another cycling season is over, its time to dig out the lights, mudguards and over shoes for a winter of chilly fingers and rosy cheeks. My name will be officially changed to “Seen that daft b****** out on his bike in this weather” and all sense of reason will go out of the window for the sake of grabbing an hour on the bike.

We head towards winter and Christmas at an alarming rate and that means two things – crap presents related to cycling and a whole load of overeating and drinking that’ll take right up ‘til March to work off. Mum’ll buy me some track mitts from the local bike shop – she always does – usually a different brand from last year – often a different size too! Then some random aunt will get me something like a puncture repair kit or a spanner set for a kid’s toolkit.

Oh and nearly forgot the third thing – at least one self righteous guy from the club telling you he never missed any training over the winter regardless of the weather – every club has at least one – I think there’s a clause in the rule book states you need one before you can be an official club.

Big slaps for the first person who at the start of next season says they’ve not been doing much or haven’t been going well or only done a few miles and then scorches up the road in a club record or wipes a minute of their PB. As above its in the rule book that every club should have at least one of these members on their books in order to remain an affiliated club.

Well that's enough for now - more waffle soon little Forres people.