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I want to start doing more cycling on my gears and see if my 3.5mi commute each day has made any difference to my fitness levels.
So today I went for my first time round regents park just to test out me and my new bike (allez 16 sport). As I started off I wanted to push it and did a really quick lap (for me) 7.5mins or something. I kind of wanted to see what i was capable of/what a good time was. Then about one and a half laps in I started streaming this extremely competent cyclist who was going really fast. He let me stream him for two laps and then I decided to try and return the favour and took over for a lap, which completely fucked me,I forgot how windy it was. I then cycled up primrose hill and then up to hampstead tube and back down. Terrific weather.
If you are the person who i was streaming (grey beanie, black Willer and red cycling top) I'd like to thank you dearly. You gave me a wonderful introduction into cycling round RP.