Param Param Param !!! Wakaw !!!!: I am Keeping Fit & Fine

Terrible pandemic has hit planet earth since I last wrote and during this horrible time, I hope and wish everyone is healthy and their family is doing well too.

This does mean - working from home and not travelling into work.

This is the first time in the last 10 years, that I didn't spend 4 hours a day travelling to and from London.

Now, it's also allowed me to relax more, not wakeup at 5:30 AM, have evenings at home, spend more time with family and focus more on health. I focused on getting busy with cycle rides in the evenings and watching less TV after work.

I had an old (25 years too old) Raleigh Bike that I bought from the cycle shop on Kings Road. I biked almost every evening in late March, April and May. It took me from A to B, helped me stay fit, not put on weight but had a few challenges. they being; poor grip on road, poor gear changing mechanism, uphills were a pain and overall weight was very 1980s.

I got some ideas how to road bike on this plus YouTube, but now I wanted to go even faster. So, the logical next move was to get a better bike!

I asked my very good friend who has 5 bikes too many in Switzerland and his suggestion was to get a RIBBLE. Quite small family run company from Lancashire and its been around since 1890s.

The bike itself has a carbon frame and carbon fork! Much lighter than my Steel Raleigh, has better gear changing mechanism and also I can attach my clip-on shoes to the pedals. The uphill rides should be better I suppose. I got this on Monday and went on a bike ride later that afternoon.