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		<title>London to Paris</title>
		<link>http://west5cycles.com/2009/04/08/london-to-paris/</link>
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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.com&blog=4166290&post=345&subd=west5cycles&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Powertap training</title>
		<link>http://west5cycles.com/2009/03/04/powertap-training/</link>
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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.com&blog=4166290&post=342&subd=west5cycles&ref=&feed=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.com&blog=4166290&post=340&subd=west5cycles&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Creative and unusual bike designs</title>
		<link>http://west5cycles.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>
				<category><![CDATA[Bike design]]></category>
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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.com&blog=4166290&post=336&subd=west5cycles&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pedal pushing (and pulling)</title>
		<link>http://west5cycles.com/2009/01/12/pedal-pushing-and-pulling/</link>
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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.com&blog=4166290&post=334&subd=west5cycles&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Train fixed to improve road riding</title>
		<link>http://west5cycles.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.com&blog=4166290&post=332&subd=west5cycles&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Singlespeeding on a mountain bike</title>
		<link>http://west5cycles.com/2008/12/31/singlespeeding-on-a-mountain-bike/</link>
		<comments>http://west5cycles.com/2008/12/31/singlespeeding-on-a-mountain-bike/#comments</comments>
		<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 you, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=west5cycles.com&blog=4166290&post=330&subd=west5cycles&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Recycle your old bike &#8211; turn it to a singlespeed!</title>
		<link>http://west5cycles.com/2008/12/31/recycle-your-old-bike-turn-it-to-a-singlespeed/</link>
		<comments>http://west5cycles.com/2008/12/31/recycle-your-old-bike-turn-it-to-a-singlespeed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cecilia</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://west5cycles.com/?p=328</guid>
		<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.com&blog=4166290&post=328&subd=west5cycles&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The flatbar flyer</title>
		<link>http://west5cycles.com/2008/12/01/the-flatbar-flyer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cecilia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A while ago I got hold of a beautiful Merlin frame, made in Leeds, Yorkshire out of 631 Columbus steel and as recently as in 2005, proving that the trade in steel frames is still going strong. I built it up as a racy fixie, with track bars and all &#8211; a joy to ride [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=west5cycles.com&blog=4166290&post=324&subd=west5cycles&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My very own superbike: Stealth Pro Carbon Aerospoke</title>
		<link>http://west5cycles.com/2008/11/30/my-very-own-superbike-stealth-pro-carbon-aerospoke/</link>
		<comments>http://west5cycles.com/2008/11/30/my-very-own-superbike-stealth-pro-carbon-aerospoke/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cecilia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok so I have been very silent of late and I have two excuses: one bad one &#8211; too much work and travel and a pretty good one: when not doing the above I have actually been out cycling, desperately trying to avoid the weather getting me down and sofa and TV-bound with a hot [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=west5cycles.com&blog=4166290&post=322&subd=west5cycles&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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