SPD moments

We thought it might be interesting to keep a tally of unusual dismounts from our bikes due to SPDs, and other moments of comedy during our training.

(For those of you who don't know what an SPD is - it's the little clip that keeps your cycling shoe attached to your pedal. You turn your foot outwards to unclip before you stop the bike.)

Tuesday 27 July 2010

Latest incident

Below is a picture of Steve's thigh (thought it best to let you know what it is as it's not immediately clear...). This is the result of an incident in a field which left Steve with a bit of a broken bike and a nasty injury. More details to follow ...



Monday 26 July 2010

Latest SPD 'incident'

Paul's recent valiant attempt to join the StuPiD club was thwarted by Stu who managed to reach him and catch him as he came to a halt without unclipping his brand new SPDs, in the carpark of the Chiltern District Council offices in Amersham. If it wasn't for Stu's lightening speed across the carpark then Paul would be joining the ranks of Steve & George. Better luck next time eh Paul?

Sunday 4 July 2010

Paul's guide to resistance training

Paul thought that he'd make the 100 mile cycle to Stu's house even more fun by wearing a waterproof jacket that billowed out like a sail behind him, creating some serious drag. This was compounded by the head wind that they cycled into. Sadly we didn't take a photo of this! We really think Paul deserves an award for his dedication to the cause.

Saturday 3 July 2010

SPD - Tally so far

So far, George and Steve are level-pegging with two comedy dismounts a piece. It's debatable who is in the lead: George with one fall into oncoming traffic outside his house after a 20 mile training ride, plus another slow motion fall into a grass ditch in Cambridgeshire. Or Steve, with an unexplained fall at the bottom of a hill on the very first group training ride, plus another on a canal tow path (fortunately not into the canal itself).



Stu, Adrian and Paul have yet to experience free-falling at a 90 degree angle towards the ground.



But we've no doubt that they will. Eventually.