Crap at being an Adventure cyclist, blogger, endurance cyclist, aviation engineer, Excellent dreamer and procrastinator. Cycled a bit, may have been a dream.
Velotramping in Europe.
Joined December 2010
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Imagine having 3 photo's of yourself at a beach on the East coast of a continent. Could mean nothing unless you started all 3 trips at the West coast :). All memories in the bank. All very surreal once back home and thinking of looking for work....
For those interested. I’ll be blogging on Polarsteps this time.
Link>>> polarsteps.com/ShaneCycles/2…
And Strava of course >> strava.app.link/iNlLN2EKe6b
So far away mentally and physically but an achievable event on the most beautiful route.
Yup, this phat old man will return to the Freedom trail for the gps version in 2027. Ten years after achieving the blanket moment. . .
My Blonde wife after driving 70km at 100km/h " On the way home and actually the last couple of days my rear wheel is making strange noises, ooh and the tire has a lump in it".
Me " let me guess, the lump is at the bottom when parked? "
For the 3 people still following my cycling stuff, I've just spent two days bringing my outdated website back to life. Probably a suitable time to start cycling again :) shanecycles.com
Pro tip: Don't peel flaking paint near your bottom bracket
It had to happen after 12k of sweat dripping in Africa in 2011-12, 10000km commuting in all weather in Europe, 10000km touring in Europe, 2 extreme Winter trips and many more challenges including a sand blast an repaint a few years ago.
Apparently I've been doing the bike packing thing the wrong way : )youtube.com/watch?v=cZk2jV5g…
From time to time during a long trip you find a place that has a nice garden to chill out in where the coffee and food are good and the bed and shower are clean and the staff tolerable.
The garden in my new house makes me think of those places. Think I’m smashing suburbia. Ticking time bomb all the same.
I love that I once travelled without smart phone world and before internet became mainstream.
Also love that I can now plan trips post internet....
google.com/maps/@-30.7591938…
Finally got round to unpacking the last dozen moving boxes. It seems that while people were going crazy stocking up on loo roll during 2020-2021 I was making sure I'd never need to go to a bike shop again. That despite a few boxes of partially used spares (the ones you remove "just in case", before a trip)WTF.....
The irony being when I needed most of this stuff it was locked up in long term storage.
Summoned to headmasters office to swap his sweets for protection against the bullies.
Reprimanded for turning up in his pyjamas instead of school uniform.
Spanked and sent home for back chatting the headmaster.
We are living in a meme where world leaders think it's pre-school.
You just can't make this shit up......
Buy Bitcoin.
Go fuck yourself in 2025.
Or un-fuck yourself in 2025.
Or do something fucking crackers in 2025. .
Or do whatever the fuck you want in 2025.
Just signed up for a little ride in June with 5000 of my best friends :). It really is time to get my fat arse off the couch again. marmottegranfondoalpes.com/e…
You do not make your wife happy with flowers, poems, diamonds or a fancy meal.
You make her happy by cooking her steak, cleaning the piss spots onder the toilet yourself and building an elevated washing machine /dryer shelf in the new house.
(Married 12 months today)
Tomorrow the world wakes up to a new US president.
The proxy wars continue, the endless money printing continues.
I really hope some of you will find improvements in the new policies from whichever clown wins and that things generally improve in the US/Worlwide.
youtube.com/watch?v=TxbIU0X-…
