Homemade Chocolate Energy Bars!

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Suitable for anyone who needs an on the go fuel source.

Enjoy!

Fixing A Road Bike

Check out this video from my latest bike ride.

I have signed up for Wild Wales Challenge 2013, which takes place in Bala on Bank Holiday Weekend. The ides of this training ride was to hit as many big climbs as possible. However, on my second climb of the morning, i ran into trouble with my gears. After the chain came off for the third or fourth time, i looked down to find the rear derailleur hanging off.

I was alone, at the top of a welsh mountain with a broken bike. I managed to strap it to the frame using a spare inner tube, and freewheeled back down to the closest town and ordered a taxi to take me back to my car.

I thought i had killed the bike. My bike knowledge isnt that great just yet as I havent been riding that long. It turns out this was a failsafe called a Derailleur Hanger, which are desgined to snap under increased load so that neither the derailleur or the frame get bent in the event of shock or other damage, in this case caused by the yanking of an unconnected chain.

Fast forward a few days and I have fixed this all myself. You can buy Hangers online, there are thousands to choose from, so get the one suited to your bike.

In my case, it was as simple as using a 5mm allen key to take off the broken piece from the derailleur and a smaller one to release the other piece from the frame via two tiny allen bolts. Fasten it nice and tightly together and voila, back from the dead!


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1000 Kilometres, 3 Course Meals & Cycling

For those who read this blog, may have noticed some inactivity on my part for the last week and a half. There is a good reason for this!



See the video above! Me and 4 friends took on a challenge of riding 587 Miles across the Czech Republic, stopping at a new city each night for a week. In each city was a UNESCO site, to add a bit of class to our travels.

Visit the UNESCO website here

On the topic of food, eating vegetarian in the Czech Republic is possible, but not very easy. For the purpose of my ride I needed as much calories as I could handle, as I was burning off between 3 and 5 thousand calories a day. This led to me straying from a perfect clean diet, and yes I ate meat. The Czech lifestyle is very much centred around pork, beef and some chicken and in some cases it wasnt possible to get a vegetarian meal. One place had a choice between a hamburger or pork and dumplings.

So bear that in mind if you are a strict veggie and heading to Prague or one of the other awesome cities.  

On the flipside, it is generally very cheap, especially if you leave the major cities. We managed to get a 3 course meal, and 3 pints of beer for less than £10 each.

Overall we are on course to raise over £1000 for charity, supporting Martins House Hospice for the work they are doing for a sick girl.

Check out the JustGiving page here

Thanks for reading, stay tuned for more blogs in the near future!