Robert Winder

Saturday morning and I’m not riding, first time for almost a year. No racing, no training, no need to get up early. Wait, I’ve got kids that have activities - where did they come from - kids and activities? There is also the English Premier League, I’ve not seen a game so […]

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Mex & Ruth teamed up this weekend. First at Henleyville then at Chico.
Riding in her first W4 race, Ruth, was very nervous and wanted to make sure she didn’t get dropped. Get dropped? She took 7th! Mex took 5th to end her first season with 28 races and more than enough […]

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Mex holding a lizard, apparently the kids asked her to do it.

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Henleyville is a good circuit, which had September turn-outs, we rolled the P123 race out about 10 minutes late. Luckily Joel was running hot and we managed to pull the 10 minutes back in the first pretty fast lap of 18 miles. Every time I looked at my computer we were around 26-27mph […]

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but need more coffee first.

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It turns out the most desired reading in our house is now VeloNews… Long gone are the days when I could relax reading the thrilling letters page, or even the Tech Reviews. And I always knew where it was - in the bathroom, where it should be.
Now I’m competing with Ruth, Joseph and […]

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Ruth got injured last Thursday - not badly - but as she was getting off her bike she must’ve tweaked a muscle in her hip or something, because she couldn’t ride home after soccer practise. OK, so she rode to practise, practised for 1 1/2 hours and then rode home - not surprising she maybe […]

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The schedule looked something like:7:15am - Ride Mt Diablo - North Gate - South Gate - Mex & me - to make up for not going to Mt Tam.
9:00am - 12:30pm - Ride House of Pain* - me
12:30pm - Get home and take Freddie to soccer on his bike - me
1pm - Meet Mex […]

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I’m a newbie to Fat Cyclist, but it sounds like there are some issues going on in his life. I think his plan for September 15th might just work. Good luck to you both.
It’s also a special date for Mex and me too, the date of our first date. Not sure what […]

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Excellent news piece from the Fat Cyclist.
This is a new source for me, maybe you’ve seen it before.

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