I’m currently working on a non-blog site and finally got some content sorted.
So, www.sharklife.co.uk is now up and running.
There will be media aplenty in the coming months with the weather improving.
In the process of uploading a video, so check it out.
Scoured Youtube and found this video. I thought it was really funny because:
1) I’ve had a coupla beers
2) Thats the most random riding a bike impression I’ve ever seen
3) They still don’t get it after the time is up (not that I’m claiming to be any good at charades cos I’m the worlds worst at every single party game).
Make your own mind up and watch the vid.
I haven’t updated in a while!
I’ve been running around and riding inbetween the rain.
Recently these things have gone down:
Also, I’ve started work on a non-blog website… details to follow.
Well, when I say shoes I mean wheel.
I arrived at work, exhilarated by finally having a strong tailwind for the first time in weeks, and chucked my bike down the stock arch.
My colleague, Gareth, asked “So… you gonna get a new rear wheel for that? Y’know.. match your open pro”.
I explained that I didn’t really have any money with which to fund such an activity. That was until Gareth said “If you’re gonna put Dura-Ace on the back we’ve got a hub here, 36 hole”. Gareth held a box out, revealing an uber-shiny dura ace hub. I couldn’t resist the shiny!
So now both my wheels match, WOOP!
Also, Tim and I went for a blast around k-town tonight. Check GhettoSnake for pics.
After a busy morning at work, and alone again on the shop floor, I leant dejectedly on the counter. I felt a little tired and began to get slightly irritable.
Then this wonderful thing got placed on the desk infront of me.
Luke had been on his lunch and thoughtfully brought back a slice of this supremely delicious carrot and ginger cake from Kindling Coffee Company, a small and very friendly coffee shop in Widcombe high street. You can check out more about them here.
Needless to say the cake made me grin to my usual standard once more and the day suddenly became very good.
Damn I love cake!
The beginning of spring always results in a week of constant stormy weather here in the UK. It brings “the winds of change” gusting in at up to 80mph, just like today in some parts of the country.
Here in Bath it’s been gusting at a measly 40-45mph.
This is still enough to cause some havoc, along with a whole bunch of rain and hail.
As I was battling my way to the post office, with both arms full of wind-resistant packages of shiny bicycle-orientated goodness, I noticed a small plastic bottle sailing in a newly established puddle.
It kinda got me thinking. I wonder whereabouts the bottle had come from. Had its journey been long and arduous? Or had it simply been dropped there and then?
I continued to the post office and dropped off the packages and started walking back to the shop. To my delight the bottle had freed itself from the murky depths of the puddle and was now rolling perilously towards a row of parked taxis, waiting for fares.
I wonder where the bottle is now?
Maybe it’s stuck in a gutter?
Maybe it’s further up town taking in the sights and sounds of this vibrant city?
Maybe it’s tripped up a random person and caused them to break something?
Perhaps it decided it wanted more sailing practice and jumped into another puddle?
It’s all a case of hidden potential.
The bottle could change someone’s life. They just don’t know it yet.
Sometimes, just sometimes, life’s a bit like that.
Sometimes it’s worth considering all that hidden potential and letting it out before you end up squished by a taxi or stuck face down in a puddle like the bottle.
Clever bottle.
I know it’s a misleading title but while we were riding we saw a bunch of chavs dressed up as fairies drinking alco-pops and being generally lairy. Thought I’d set the scene.
I met Tim in the usual place and we proceeded to ride, and then become posers, and then ride some more.
Here are some poser pics
Tim had an altercation with some vehicular transport…
Luckily that was the only damage.
Oh yeh, and I did a fair few of these…
In summation, a nice mellow evening, doing the thing we love to do.
My good friend Dave popped down from the land of Shrews to say hi. We ventured to the local last night to partake in some good hearty west country food and a coupla seven beers.
This morning we got up and tootled over to Ebbor Gorge
It was a stunningly sunny day and the views over the somerset levels were impressive. Although I was a complete wally and forgot to put my memory card back in my camera so I have no photos to show. Grr.
Gonna hit up K-town later for some freestyle Fixie action with Tim.
I’ll remember the memory card this time….
After work on Saturday I popped over to see Katie, ‘cos I hadn’t seen her for a long time.
Gem popped over too and we indulged in curry and cider.
Katie is currently workin on a project with Joe, revamping an old VW Transporter camper van, which is so damn cool.
Today Katie and I popped up to The Ridgeway , (part of the national cycle network), for a bit of a mooch around on foot.
Here are some pics of our antics.
Curry and Cider Antics
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Camper Antics
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Ridgeway Antics
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Also, as I had my lovely steed in the back of the car, Katie had her first introduction to Fixie riding. Woo!
I recently added flat bars to my beloved steed and, as promised, here is a pic
