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24″ Nimbus ‘Oregon’ Muni in Orange?

  Even if you didn’t catch it the first time around on Channel 4, if you have ever flopped in-front of the Discovery Channel you will probably have watched an episode of the history/restoration program, Salvage Squad.  (Frankly, you can barely avoid it because it’s shown on a seemingly endless loop.)  One of the Salvage […]

Extreme Muni in the French Alps

Last week I joined Steve Colligan, Joe Baxter and Ed Hawkes in Morzine in the French Aps to do some extreme Muni.  The riding was mostly downhill… extreme downhill!  With 15,000m decent in only 5 days riding it was hard on the body and machine… and fantastic fun!

Joe Sidebotham finishes the LEJOG ride!

  Congratulations to Joe, David, Peter and Helen for their fantastic achievement of completing Lands End to John O’Groats and to top it all have raised lots of money for Charity. Here is what Peter says: “Just before two on Friday 2nd September, Joe, with David accompanying him, cycled in to John O’Groats, having covered […]

Update on Joe’s LEJOG

“We crossed the border into Scotland today. David’s gears have finally been fixed, we’re over two thirds of the way, and we haven’t had any mishaps for two days. We’re all feeling more than ready for the final 6 days, so everything looking promising. Keep donating, and following the blog, on www.lejogunicycle.org.”  

Doing a Triathlon using a unicycle

On Sunday, 21st August 2011, I did the Stockon Sprint Triathlon.  This was a 750m river swim, 20k cycle and 5k run.  Of course I chose to do the cycle using my 36″ geared unicycle.

Riding with Joe Sidebotham on LEJOG

Yesterday I took the day off and went for a ride with Joe (and David) to give him some support during their Lands End to John O’Groats (LEJOG) ride.  I caught the train from Durham down to Northallerton and rode the 40miles back to Durham.  The weather was fantasic with a glorious sun and a […]

Joe Sidebotham on Day 6

“After four days of hard riding, we have caught up with our schedule. We arrived in Coventry at 5:40, planning to have a day off tomorrow before heading North. Between 320 and 350 miles covered so far, depending on which speedometer you believe (Roughly 1/3 of the way). Both David (the tricyclist) and I are […]

Joe Sidebotham’s LEJOG ride – update about Peter

If you have been following Joes blog directly you will know that Peter (Joe’s dad and main navigator) had a small stroke on day 2.  Here is the latest update from him. Subject: unicycling from Land’s End to John O’Groats Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:35:45 +0100 Dear friends and colleagues, I am writing to […]