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	<description>Cycling, fixed-gear bike building and life on two wheels only</description>
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		<title>Intensive training</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 14:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cecilia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Feeling guilty I have been neglecting this blog for quite a while &#8211; simple reason being that having started an executive MBA programme, balancing work, studies and cycling has just got that bit harder. Still cycle to keep myself sane &#8211; amazing what a good ride can do to a head full of work and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=west5cycles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4166290&amp;post=352&amp;subd=west5cycles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The sound of silence</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 19:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been very quiet here I know. Work has taken over, and then there was the process of moving house this summer and now an executive MBA too, in addition to my day job. Cycling keeps me sane, but the drop in training has meant hills feel worse again and long distances hurt more. It [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=west5cycles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4166290&amp;post=349&amp;subd=west5cycles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>London to Paris</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cecilia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is nothing that gets you cycling faster than picking a goal that might just challenge you a little bit. So I have gone for mine. I will ride from London to Paris in August in support of the National Autistic Society. That is my challenge. Which bike am I doing it on? Good question [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=west5cycles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4166290&amp;post=345&amp;subd=west5cycles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Powertap training</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cecilia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I took the plunge &#8211; got hold of a powertap wheel and got on the programme figuring out just what sort of power all this fixie riding has made me capable of. As a good nerd I of course have coupled my purchase of the Powertap with the book &#8216;Training and Racing with a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=west5cycles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4166290&amp;post=342&amp;subd=west5cycles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Knees up</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cecilia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I&#8217;ve really felt the presence of my knees &#8211; in a bad way. The cold weather has certainly made them more susceptible to pain, but something else has had me quizzing for a while where the sudden pain came from. Riding fixed up hills has certainly exacerbated it, and yesterday&#8217;s 85km loop really had [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=west5cycles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4166290&amp;post=340&amp;subd=west5cycles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Creative and unusual bike designs</title>
		<link>http://west5cycles.wordpress.com/2009/01/19/creative-and-unusual-bike-designs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cecilia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everytime there is a bike show somewhere in the world, I scan the photos posted of latest designs manufacturers are bringing out and can&#8217;t help but feel a little tinge of disappointment. Bikes still look like bikes and albeit some innovation is taking place with materials, and the drive train &#8211; it&#8217;s still nothing Earth [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=west5cycles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4166290&amp;post=336&amp;subd=west5cycles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pedal pushing (and pulling)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cecilia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting statement about riding fixed always mentioned is that it improves your pedaling technique. I will certainly agree as when you get used to the continuous revolutions, you begin instinctively to adapt into a smoother, more energy efficient way of propelling yourself forward. Less twisting and &#8216;battling&#8217; with the bike than what you see with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=west5cycles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4166290&amp;post=334&amp;subd=west5cycles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Train fixed to improve road riding</title>
		<link>http://west5cycles.wordpress.com/2009/01/03/train-fixed-to-improve-road-riding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cecilia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I went out for the first time in a long time on my road bike again &#8211; I&#8217;ve been rather religiously riding my fixies, even on the rollers as I find the continuous pedalling more meditative than the constant tweaking and fiddling of shifting gears. In fact, I felt positively weird free-wheeling for the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=west5cycles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4166290&amp;post=332&amp;subd=west5cycles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Singlespeeding on a mountain bike</title>
		<link>http://west5cycles.wordpress.com/2008/12/31/singlespeeding-on-a-mountain-bike/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cecilia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not wanting to completely ignore those of us who have mountain bikes still littering the back of the garden shed from those days where that was (is) still the bike to have &#8211; why not put it to good use and turn it into a single-speed for a new lease of life? Don&#8217;t know about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=west5cycles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4166290&amp;post=330&amp;subd=west5cycles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Recycle your old bike &#8211; turn it to a singlespeed!</title>
		<link>http://west5cycles.wordpress.com/2008/12/31/recycle-your-old-bike-turn-it-to-a-singlespeed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cecilia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now a lot of time on this blog has been devoted to the fixie fever that has gripped me and many others out there on the road and I&#8217;ve also written at length about building your own fixie from parts begged, borrowed, bought but not stolen. However, as my still recovering partner can attest &#8211; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=west5cycles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4166290&amp;post=328&amp;subd=west5cycles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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