Cycling From Ealing
Can I ask whether anyone knows of any small cycling groups in the Ealing area? I took up recreational cycling about four years ago, it becoming quite a passion. My primary interest is mountain biking, although I’ve also done a reasonable amount of road cycling too, particularly in the winter (wet, muddy) months. From slow unfit beginnings I was very pleased indeed with my progression, cycling becoming more and more enjoyable the fitter I got, also resulting in people not having to wait for me so often – indeed there would be times I’d have to wait for others, which was quite a nice feeling!That was until a few medical issues in the second half of this year, resulting in me not cycling anywhere near as much and getting progressively less fit. It’s a bit of a vicious circle as being a lot slower I’m not enjoying it as much and so trend not to go out so much, exacerbating the problem. It would provide a lot more incentive if I could find a few other local riders of a similar level of fitness – i.e. brisk but not racers, whom I could perhaps tag on with regularly. I’m thinking of road riding but don’t currently have a road bike, using a mountain bike - but it’s a good, light one with dry off road tyres so isn’t bad on road. Prior to my medical and resultant fitness issues I could cruise at 17/18 mph on level road, hitting 20 at a push. However now I’m about 2 to 3 mph down on those values.Does anyone here do ‘training’ rides or know of anyone I might be able to approach?
Chris Bennett ● 4682d4 Comments ● 4682d